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Greg Avis
Managing Partner, Bangtail Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Greg Avis is currently the Managing Partner at Bangtail Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in private equity, growth capital, and angel investing. He has held leadership roles at Nest Ventures and Foundant Technologies, and has served as the Board Chair at Opportunity Fund and the Interim President and CEO at Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2018 - Current
President
2015
Director
2019
Board Chair
2015
Accion Opportunity Fund is a nonprofit firm that provides funds to mall businesses.
Raised $3,150,510.00 from Truist Foundation and Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
Director
2015
Quiq is a technology company that offers a cloud-based messaging platform to connect consumers with enterprises.
Raised $44,000,000.00 from Foundry Group, Baird Capital, Venrock and NEXT Frontier Capital.
Director
2015
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
2018 - 2018
Silicon Valley Community Foundation partners with families, individuals, and corporations to manage and facilitate their philanthropy.
Founder, Senior Advisor
1984 - 2018
Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Education
B.A.
1976 - 1980
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1982 - 1984