Ascent Venture Partners

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Michael D'Amelio is currently the Managing Partner of JMC Venture Partners, a private equity firm founded in 1999. JMC focuses on investments in middle market companies. Prior to JMC, Michael was the CEO of TACC International Corporation (TACC), a privately held developer and manufacturer of proprietary industrial adhesives. Michael led TACC through an acquisition and organic growth campaign to become the second largest privately held adhesive manufacturer in the US, until its sale to Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) in 1998.

Robert Mazzarella was the Chairman and CEO of Pyxis Mobile (now called Verivo). He has over 33 years experience in the securities industry and more than 18 years at Fidelity Investments. Before he retired from Fidelity Investments in February, 2002 he was president of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. During his tenure at Fidelity, he was also president of Fidelity's Institutional Brokerage Group which included Fidelity Capital Markets, correspondent clearing services, Registered Investment Advisor services, and market data distribution services. Mr.

Matt joined the Ascent team in 2002 to continue his work with innovative early stage enterprise IT companies. Matt loves seeing common problems solved using new technology and was attracted to venture capital because it enables him to work closely with management teams over a longer time frame, developing strong relationships.

Chane Graziano is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Bioscience, a publicly held developer and distributor of laboratory instrumentation products. Prior to joining Harvard Bioscience in 1996, Chane served as the President of Analytical Technology, an analytical electrochemistry instruments company, from 1992 to 1995 and the CEO of ATI Orion from 1990 to 1993. Chane previously served as the President of Waters Corporation, a major analytical instrument manufacturer, from 1986 to 1989.

Brianjoined Ascent in 2003. As general partner, he leads investments and applies his 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to help the firm’s portfolio companies with a focus on financial technology, mobility and internet services including Cargo Metrics , Placemark Investments , TimeTrade and Verivo . In addition, Brian oversees the firm’s finance and reporting team. Before joining Ascent, Brian was COO and CFO at Argo Global Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in wireless technologies based in Wakefield, MA.

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