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Brett Calhoun

General Partner at Redbud Investor (idea to Pre

Columbia, Missouri

Overview 

Brett Calhoun is currently serving as the General Partner at Redbud VC, where he has been instrumental in leading investments from idea stage to Pre-Seed+ in various sectors including LegalTech, ConstructionTech, and FinTech. With a background in finance and entrepreneurship, he has successfully co-founded and advised multiple startups, and has made impactful investments in companies like Haven, Braid, and Clearing. Calhoun's career highlights include founding The Junction and being an Adjunct Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, showcasing his ability to excel in both academia and entrepreneurship, as well as his expertise in early-stage investments and startup advisory roles.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner & Co-Founder

    2023 - Current

    Building a top-tier Pre-Seed VC fund in the heartland, investing coast-to-coast

  • Managing Director and Founding Team

    2021

    We started the Scale accelerator (4 cohorts) that evolved into Redbud VC (new fund/investors) - we learned a lot

  • Co-Founder

    2024

    Building something cool for HOAs - launched some side products in the interim hoafiling.com and hoaloan.com

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    2024

    Supporting our portfolio and acquisitions (steel, banking, tesla rental, etc.) through analytics and finance

  • Adjunct Advisor

    2024

    Adjunct Advisor for AACE student venture fund https://business.missouri.edu/allen-angel-capital-education-program

  • Founding Team

    2021

    We are a SaaS fintech startup focused on solving awareness, lack of experts, and compliance for qualified small business stock for every name on a company's cap table. - Product of CapGains.com I help founders, employees, and investors realize the benefits of the Section 1202 and 1045 Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) 100% capital gains tax exclusion. We provide consulting, tools, and rollover opportunities.

  • Founding Team

    2021

SaaS platform that is leveraging AI/ML to increase transparency with lien data

  • Founder

    2022

    The Junction is a growing community of founders, investors, and ecosystem builders who are passionate about building tech startups in our flyover states. The mission of The Junction is to consolidate the thousands of tight flyover ecosystems into one family.

  • Guest Contributor

    2023 - 2023

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2023

    Empowering veterans to be homeowners through access to capital. In the first year, we helped 900 veterans purchase a home. Scaled to over $1.2M ARR 12 months after launch.

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