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Ed Engler

Managing Partner at Pittsburgh Equity Partners

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overview 

Ed Engler is a Managing Partner at 3 Points Rising Ventures, where he has successfully invested in companies like Honeycomb Credit and ShowClix. With extensive experience in business development, entrepreneurship, and venture capital, Ed is known for his strategic leadership and expertise in partnering with B2B SaaS companies to help them scale and disrupt their industries, making him a sought-after advisor and board member in the Pittsburgh area.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2022 - Current

    3 Points Rising leverages digital analytics to help CEOs of growth companies chart the right course between growth and funding and deliver a great outcome for everyone.

  • Chairman

    2019

    Mechanical X Advantage delivers transparency, accountability and consistency to the commercial services industry.

Mechanical X Advantage provides HVAC, Hardware, Cooling, and UPS solutions.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2023

    bl!nk's offers e-commerce sellers the fastest way to more revenue by delivering content to buyers faster than they can otherwise manage to achieve double-digit growth within 30 days.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2022

  • Director

    2017 - 2022

    Affective Health is Redefining Engagement in Healthcare. We deliver high-value digital patient experiences to further drive patient engagement, training and behavior that reduces costs and improves patient reported outcomes.

  • Board President Emeritus

    2002

    Charter member of Bike Pittsburgh's board of directors. Board president 2007-2011. Board member and Treasurer until January, 2023, Emeritus status since. Superfan forever!

  • Managing Partner

    2007 - 2024

    Managing Partner at Pittsburgh Equity Partners, a VC fund targeting early stage, post-revenue companies in the information and medical technology sectors in the extended Western Pennsylvania region. Invested in 8 companies and delivered double digit IRR to our LPs.

  • Director

    2018 - 2023

    Honeycomb is reinventing community banking by helping small business owners crowdfund the loans they need to make their businesses thrive. Honeycomb helps clients turn their customers into investors. In return, investors get access to high-yield savings with a high degree of safety in companies they love.

Honeycomb Credit is a developer of a peer-to-peer lending platform designed to allow friends and family to fund small businesses.

Raised $17,939,909.00 from Mudita Venture Partners, Symphonic Capital, Innovation Works, SustainVC, The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Trog Hawley Capital, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Citta Capital and Innovation Works.

  • Board Member

    2009 - 2020

    Had the privilege to be on David's board with Mike Green for a great ride!

Industry Weapon is now Spectrio - one of the nation's leading providers of customer engagement technology solutions.

  • Advisor

    2008 - 2018

    Advisor to AlphaLab which incubates seed stage companies with money, office space and expertise.

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