Theron McCollough

Managing Director

2023 - Current

Citizens Private Bank provides holistic, high-touch client service to venture capital, startups, and private equity firms. ​We are a trusted partner to established venture capital funds & emerging managers, founders, LP's and corporates for Citizens Private Bank. We offer tailored financial solutions and expert guidance. With a rich legacy of supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, we specialize in providing comprehensive banking services to meet the unique needs of the innovation economy. ​To learn more about how we work with the above groups reach out to: theron.mccollough@citizensbank.com

Advisor

2022

Investor & Mentor

2016

Mentored early stage SaaS/B2B startups, working hands on to focus on product market fit, sales, demand generation and fundraising Forum Ventures is a SaaS-focused accelerator based in San Francisco and New York and backed by industry-leading operators from companies like Box, Salesforce and Cisco with extensive experience scaling SaaS companies. We focus on strong founding teams with zero or early revenue. Startups will receive a curated agenda of mentor sessions and office hours, $50,000 in funding, subsidized office space and key introductions to potential customers and partners. We partner with banks, law firms, fund of funds and follow on investors. Over the 4 month acceleration, we work hands on, focusing on product market fit, sales, demand generation and fundraising.

Managing Director

2022 - 2023

Managing Director with First Republic Bank, focused on the intersection of VC, LP, and portfolio relationships. We work closely with the private market asset class and host gatherings supporting the early stage startup community.

Venture Partner

2021 - 2023

Stage is a turnaround venture fund that offers early-stage small and medium-sized enterprises both the capital and management expertise to rethink their approach to growth. As a venture studio, we work closely with bankers, lenders, and founders to help them see their next level of success, through to exit.

Founder & CEO

2019 - 2022

fiifi is the system of record for all startup investments so private market investors, venture capitalists, and emerging managers can stay focused on finding and executing the best deals. fiifi is a unique solution for the Angel, VC and early stage investor to dynamically view their startup portfolio on a near real-time basis. By aggregating portfolio information, we offer actionable insights, notifications & collaboration tools. Our machine learning platform allows investors, bankers, and anyone interested in private market assets to stay aware of their portfolio, monitor time-sensitive action items, and make quicker investments through learnings. set up a 20 minute demo at fiifi.co

Managing Director

2017 - 2019

Forged connections between the SVB office and VC/Startup communities, leading the West Coast Early Stage practice. I expanded Las Angeles Banking operations for the early stage practice, through these activities, being a player coach and active participant in the community I helped increase our footprint, exceeded revenue goals by 24%, increased year over year gross profit by 92%. As the West Coast Lead for early stage banking I was responsible for 61% of our early stage banking. SVB banks technology: • 50% of all venture capital-backed technology and life science companies in the U.S. • 600+ venture capital firms • 64% of US VC-backed companies that completed an IPO in 2014 • 62% of CNBC's Top 50 Disruptors in 2015

Business Development | Partnerships | Growth

2014 - 2017

As head of startup business development and partnerships, I helped open up the silos of knowledge of the Pivotal team sharing insights, workshops and displaying potential outcomes to clients' and ideated high-energy, fully-transparent partnerships We are agile to the core and lean in practice. Innovative ideas excite us. Cutting-edge technologies fuel us. Whether you have a product you want to build and deploy quickly, or you have a team that wants to learn a new way to build software, Pivotal can help.

Business Development

2014 - 2015

• Created extensive training, sales tools and management training tools with national and international brands such as McDonald's, Wendy's and Kaplain • Developed a unique approach to immersive training courses and first-person micro simulations, beginning with video games under the name Evil Genius Games and working on titles like Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL • Recognizing and utilizing the best skills of each client, helped bring learning to life in virtual spaces eMersive systems is an award winning training simulation company with clients such as, Deloitte, NASA, NSA, ARMY and USAF.

Chief Development Officer

2013 - 2014

• Defined product strategy and vision for the end user, constructing the company and product mission, website, mobile web and iOS apps • Managed product development, marketing and PR teams, working closely with the CMO to build feature lists and wireframes for brand engagement with large corporations, and construct timelines and execution methods in an agile development environment • Completed a fully functional product in an aggressive timeline, including hiring sales and building sales tools, building video and other demos for customers and Fortune 500 clients throughout the development process CommutePays delivers situational promotions and rewards directly to your mobile device each day, based on your personal commuting routine. Whether traveling to work, running an errand or simply meeting for coffee, most of us commute every day.