Brett Calhoun
General Partner at Redbud Investor (idea to Pre
Columbia, Missouri
Overview
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.