Laura Roden
LP
Laura Roden is an expert in the structure, analysis, diligence and marketing of alternative asset funds, including private equity funds; venture capital funds; hedge funds; distressed and high yield debt funds; private real estate partnerships; and CTAs. She works closely with investors such as family offices, foundations & endowments, and independent investment advisors/wealth managers to help identify high quality solutions for their allocations in these areas. She also provides consulting services to assist fund managers and other entities in the process of raising capital and investor relations.
Her experience with alternative assets ranges across a wide variety of fund and direct investment types and strategies, including:
- Private Equity and Venture Capital: information technology, life sciences, clean tech, buyouts, impact/ESG, secondaries, fund of funds, SBIC, angel groups and funds, regional and international geographical sectors.
- Hedge and CTA: equity market neutral, foreign currencies, global macro, event driven, fund of funds, emerging markets.
- Debt: distressed debt, venture debt, specialized credit strategies.
- Real Estate funds and special purpose vehicles.
Laura brings a fiduciary- and fundamental analysis-based approach to investment due diligence, a perspective formed during her earlier career as a corporate chief financial officer, and while earning her MBA at Harvard Business School. She is considered an industry expert in the alternative assets industry, and has frequently lectured and participated in panels on investing and finance. She was recently a featured panelist on the topic of venture capital at the Milken Global Conference.
Laura is also a member of the board of directors of Heritage Commerce Corp and Heritage Bank of Commerce (NASDAQ: HTBK), where she serves on the Finance & Investment Committee and the Audit Committee.
Laura can be contacted at info at capformconsultants.com, or (650) 206-2523.