Paul Iaffaldano

General Partner

2021 - Current

Managing Director

2017 - 2021

A New Career Chapter: I’m Merging with BIP Capital Building Accelerant Venture Capital into one of Atlanta’s top early stage venture firms has been a blast. I’m proud to have worked with some amazing entrepreneurs like Dave Williams at Blinq Media, Greg Foster and Chad Mallory at BrightWhistle and Todd Walrath at Senior Living.net. Their brilliance and hard work made me successful. I can’t thank them enough. As I built Accelerant, I frequently co-invested with the team at BIP Capital. We are in some terrific deals together with outstanding teams: UserIQ, VoApps, PlayOn! Sports, and Huddle Tickets, to name a few. There is nothing I find more rewarding than partnering with smart people. So, it’s an honor to share that Accelerant is merging with BIP Capital and I am joining as managing director. Merging with BIP Capital has been a no-brainer. They are one of the largest early-stage venture firms in the southeast and have invested nearly $200 million with more than 25 promising portfolio companies. My new partner, Mark Buffington is now CEO at BIP Capital and I’m confident that together we can deliver even stronger results across a greater number of investments than ever before. Read the full news story online here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/southeast-investment-firm-bip-capital-merges-with-accelerant-venture-capital-300438704.html. Still doing what I love to do: help good ideas and good companies grow into great, sustainable, profitable operations.

Principal, Early Stage Private Equity Investor

2009 - 2017

I invest both time and capital in early stage digital media companies. I have been a part of several successful exits including: The Travel Channel, The Weather Channel, Blinq Media, Senior Living. My major investments include: User IQ, VoApps, Bright Whistle, Great Parents Academy, PlayOn Sports, SoloHealth,

CEO

2014 - 2015

General Manager, EVP The Weather Channel Media Solutions

1997 - 2009

Mr. Iaffaldano was Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Weather Channel Media Sales Company, where he was responsible for all advertising revenue functions of The Weather Channel Companies, including cable TV, online, mobile and international. He was recognized by customers as having the leading sales organization in both television and online industries (#1 in sales performance). He received the first-ever lifetime achievement award for excellence in sales, as recognized by major advertisers. The Weather Channel companies was successfully sold to private equity for $3.6 billion in September 2008. During his tenure, he co-chaired the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) privacy committee though difficult data ownership negotiation. In 2008, he received a technical Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2004, he was selected by Advertising Age to receive the prestigious Media Maven award for thought leadership in digital media. Mr. Iaffaldano was a founding board member of the Wireless Advertising Association (now known as Mobile Marketing Association). In 1997, Iaffaldano was part of the weather.com launch team. The organization went on to introduce many new firsts in the online advertising space including many that were later adopted by the IAB.

VP National Sales Manager

1995 - 1997

Account Director

1983 - 1990

I won a Gold Effie Award from the American Marketing Association for work on Celestial Seasonings, and performed distinctive work for Kraft-General Foods, and Quaker Oats.