3i Member Spotlight

Mitch Caplan brings over 30 years of experience leading innovation across the financial‑services industry. He co-founded Telebanc, the first branchless bank in the U.S., and scaled it from $50 M to $…

Benji Shomair is an entrepreneurial operator and investor who spent over a decade at Facebook (now Meta), where he built and scaled multiple billion-dollar global businesses across ads, messaging, an…

What do BlackBerry, Swiffer, Impossible Burger, Sonos, and Febreze have in common? They were all named by one man—David Placek, founder of Lexicon Branding, the agency behind more than 100 iconic bra…

A 3i Member since 2024, Ankur Bansal is the President of HomeLight Inc. He brings over a decade of experience as a founder, operator, and investor in the technology space. Ankur began his career in p…

A 3i Member since 2022, Adam H. Schwartz is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at First Manhattan, where he has worked since 2001. Adam played a pivotal role in launching the FM First China Funds in 200…

Craig Weiss is a leading Entrepreneur, Investor, and an Author. Currently, he is the Managing Partner of Flagstaff Ventures, where he brings entrepreneur-focused perspective to the venture capital fi…

Zoë, formerly the Senior Vice President of AI at Citi, is a distinguished leader in the AI field with over 12 years of experience. At Citi, she spearheaded the adoption of agentic AI across the firm,…

Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer at The Bleakley Group and publisher of The Boock Report. He is a trusted voice in financial media, regularly contributing to CNBC. Prior to joining Blea…

Mawi Asgedom is a world-renowned speaker, bestselling author, and entrepreneur. After fleeing Ethiopia as a child and spending years in a refugee camp, Mawi overcame incredible challenges to graduate…

Ed Newman is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he leads the firm’s Corporate Strategy business in North America and the private equity and M&A team in the Midwes…

3i Member Ted Seides, CFA, is the Founder of Capital Allocators LLC, an ecosystem that encompasses podcasts, gatherings, and advisory services for managers and allocators. In this special edition pod…

Dave Balter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished track record of impacting various industries. He founded BzzAgent, which was acquired by Dunnhumby, and Smarterer, which was acquired by Plur…

In this episode of our Member Spotlight podcast, Mark Gerson interviews Jon Weber, founder of Jon F Weber & Co., LLC, exploring the intricacies of corporate boards and the role of board members. Jon,…

Igor is the CEO of Market Prophit and the Co-Founder and CEO of RWA.Holdings, a next-gen exchange for cryptocurrencies and all global tokenized Real World Assets (RWA). He has been an investor and tr…

Kristine Thompson is a CEO, investor, entrepreneur, and board director from Trinidad & Tobago. She has held regional CEO positions for various companies in the Caribbean, including a regional snack m…

Samy Bahra is the Co-Founder and Former CTO of Backtrace I/O, a turn-key debugging platform that stabilized large-scale companies' software with clients including Amazon, Cisco, Verizon, and more. Ba…

Mitch Julis, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Canyon Partners, leads one of the world's largest and most successful multi-strategy hedge funds. Established in 1990, Canyon Partners specializes in value-…

Alicia Levine is the Head of Investment Strategy and Equity Advisory Solutions at BNY Mellon Wealth Management. She is a prominent market commentator, frequently appearing on CNBC and Bloomberg News.…

Craig Weiss is a leading Entrepreneur and Investor, esteemed by both Goldman Sachs as a top 100 innovator and acknowledged by Forbes as a Disruptor. He is currently the Managing Partner of Flagstaff …

Billy Libby is the Co-Founder & CEO of Upper90, a leading private credit firm that provides senior secured asset-backed facilities to technology companies with positive unit economics and collateral.…