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Sean Barkman

Partner at Ballast Point Ventures

Tampa, Florida

Overview 

Sean Barkman is a Partner at Ballast Point Ventures in Tampa, Florida, where he has successfully invested in companies like Viirtue, Keen Decision Systems, and Abacode. With a background in investment banking at Raymond James Financial, he holds an MBA from Crummer Graduate School of Business and a BSBA from UCF College of Business. Barkman has played a key role in leading successful investments in various companies, such as Viirtue and Keen Decision Systems, while also serving on the boards of multiple organizations, including Viirtue, Inc., Keen Decision Systems, and Abacode Cybersecurity & Compliance.

Work Experience 

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Ballast Point Ventures

  • Partner

    2011 - Current

    We are a later-stage venture capital firm providing growth capital to rapidly growing private companies located primarily in the Southeast and Texas.

Ballast Point Ventures, a private equity firm, invests in established privately owned companies.

ballastpointventures.com
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Viirtue, Inc.

  • Board Member

    2023

Wholesale Cloud Services Distributor Serving 140k+ Subscribers Across the US&CA.

Raised $10,800,000.00 from Ballast Point Ventures.

viirtue.com
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Keen Decision Systems

  • Board Member

    2022

Keen Decision Systems is a developer of a Software-as-a-Service to help marketers make data-driven decisions.

Raised $17,949,999.00 from Ballast Point Ventures and Triangle Tweener Fund.

keends.com
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SPOTIO

  • Board Member

    2019

SPOTIO is the leading sales engagement platform for field sales.

Raised $5,099,462.00 from Ballast Point Ventures and Creative Co Capital.

spotio.com
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Abacode Cybersecurity & Compliance

  • Board Member

    2019

Abacode is a cybersecurity and compliance services company.

Raised $4,850,000.00 from Ballast Point Ventures.

abacode.com
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Florida Venture Forum

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2022

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SkuVault

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2022

    Inventory and warehouse management software.

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YPrime

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

Y Prime offers software solutions for clinical trial processes, enabling clients to stay on time and within budgets.

Raised $12,519,068.00 from Flexpoint Ford.

y-prime.com
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The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research

  • Investor Advisory Board Member

    2015 - 2019

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Raymond James Financial

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2008 - 2011

    Senior Analyst in the Technology Group. Worked on a variety of M&A and capital raise assignments.

Education 

Investments 

Viirtue

Series A

Total funding: $11M

Keen Decision Systems

Series B

Total funding: $11M

Abacode

Series A

Total funding: $5M

SPOTIO

Series A

Total funding: $5M

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