Marlow Bryant
Chapter Lead - Los Angeles at Emerging Venture Capitalists Association
Marlow Bryant
Chapter Lead - Los Angeles at Emerging Venture Capitalists Association
Santa Monica, California
Overview
Work Experience
Vice President
2022 - Current
$1.6B AUM VC/Growth equity firm partnering with founders from product/market fit to IPO. Select Investments and Involvement: Acceldata | Series C | Data observability platform Immuta | Series E | Data security platform Expel | Series E | Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Platform SpyCloud | Series D | Cybercrime Analytics
Chapter Lead - Los Angeles
2024
EVCA is a nonprofit, community-driven organization dedicated to empowering the next-generation of VCs who have a role in supporting companies that will fuel the economy of tomorrow. Founded in 2017, EVCA has become the largest global community of VCs (pre-partner & partner), with over 1350 members across the globe. Please reach out if you're interested in working with us for a VC-relevant event in the SoCal area!
Associate
2020 - 2022
~$1.0B multi-stage VC fund backed by 4 of the 10 largest US utilities, investing in cybersecurity, climate tech, and enterprise software. Led the investment cycle for seven investments including sourcing, diligence, deal execution, portfolio support, and exit. Nominated as board observer for 5 portfolio companies, supporting leadership on capital raising and financial reporting. Board Observer Involvement: SecurityAdvisor | Series A | Real-time Security Awareness Training. Acquired by KnowBe4 (NAS:KNBE) Accurics | Series A | Cloud-native Security for DevOps. Acquired by Tenable (NAS TENB) Mitiga | Series A | Cloud Incident Response Query.ai | Series A | Federated Search for Security Operations Altamira | LBO | Cyber Analytics Solutions for US Defense and Intelligence
Associate - Private Equity
2020 - 2020
Executed on strategic and financial outcomes, including M&A and capital raises, across BX’s private equity portfolio. Involved in Blackstone's acquisition and sale of Refinitiv, a $20B spinoff from Thomson Reuters, accelerating buy-and-build plans ahead of sale to London Stock Exchange Group for $27B.
Analyst - Private Equity
2018 - 2019
M&A Advisory
2016 - 2018
Performed commercial diligence on consumer tech, CPG, and retail targets for private equity buyers.
Chief Operating Officer
2015 - 2016
Pre-revenue e-commerce startup. Raised $60,000+ from bootstrapping competitions to create a mobile marketplace for parking spaces.