Cliff Holekamp - Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner @ Cultivation Capital

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Primary Job Title Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner
Primary Organization
Cultivation Capital

Location Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Regions East Coast, Southern US
Gender Male

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Cliff Holekamp is based out of Greenville, South Carolina and is the Cofounder, Managing Director, and a General Partner of Cultivation Capital. Cliff previously worked at Foot Healers as a Founder & President. Cliff Holekamp attended the Washington and Lee University and Washington University in St. Louis. Cliff Holekamp has been recognized by

Business Insider as one of the Seed 100 Best Early Stage Investor and as the top startup investor in their career. Cliff Holekamp has been named one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurship Professors in the World in their career.

Personal Investments

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investments. Their latest investment was

Series A - PlanGap

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	PlanGap	—	Series A - PlanGap	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Clever Real Estate	—	Series B - Clever Real Estate	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Curate	—	Seed Round - Curate	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	FinLocker	—	Series A - FinLocker	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Avail	—	Series A - Avail	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Clever Real Estate	—	Series A - Clever Real Estate	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Reconstruct	No	Series A - Reconstruct	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Avail	No	Venture Round - Avail	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Curate	No	Seed Round - Curate	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Noonlight	—	Seed Round - Noonlight	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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114

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Detect Auto	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Seed Round - Detect Auto	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SweetSpot	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Seed Round - SweetSpot	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	OpsCompanion	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Pre Seed Round - OpsCompanion	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Avol Aerospace	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Seed Round - Avol Aerospace	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CodeBuddy	Cultivation Capital	—	Seed Round - CodeBuddy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Solis Agrosciences	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Series A - Solis Agrosciences	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Parsec Education	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Series A - Parsec Education	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	VedaPointe	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Seed Round - VedaPointe	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CADchat	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Seed Round - CADchat	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Clever Real Estate	Cultivation Capital	Yes	Venture Round - Clever Real Estate	obfuscated obfuscation

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TopOPPS

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exits. Their most notable exits are

TopOPPS

Noonlight

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DealCloud

TopOPPS Artificial Intelligence for Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Management
Noonlight Noonlight combines advanced technology (APIs) with real humans to protect and comfort people so they can live freely.
DealCloud Deal management and business development software for principal investing and M&A advisory professionals.
BenchmarkONE BenchmarkONE develops software that automates sales and marketing activities to enable businesses to reach and retain customers.
Avail Avail provides a platform containing tools and resources that streamline the landlord-tenant relationship.

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Cliff Holekamp

is the

Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner

Cultivation Capital

. Additionally,

Cliff Holekamp

has had

past jobs including

Professor of Practice & Academic Director for Entrepreneurship

Washington University in St. Louis

Cultivation Capital Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner2012

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Washington University in St. Louis	Professor of Practice & Academic Director for Entrepreneurship	2008	2019
Foot Healers	Founder & President	2001	2007
IBM	Client Representative	Jun 1, 1996	Jul 31, 1999
Washington University in St. Louis	Professor of Practice and Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at the Olin Business School	2020	—

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Cliff Holekamp

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board and advisor roles including

Board of Directors

Parsec Education

Board of Trustees

Christ Church Episcopal School

, and

Board of Directors

ScopeStack

Parsec Education Board of Directors2024
Christ Church Episcopal School Board of TrusteesJul 1, 2023
ScopeStack Board of DirectorsApr 2023
NextGEN Board of DirectorsMar 2022
South Carolina Research Authority SC Launch Board of Directors2021
Clemson University Board of Directors, Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF)2021
PlanGap Board of Directors2021
Benchmark Email Board of DirectorsSep 2019
Clever Real Estate Board of Directors2019
Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees2018

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
PolicyEngage	Board Member	2013	Dec 2025
FinLocker	Board of Directors	2018	2024
Element451	Board of Directors	2021	2024
Resilia	Board of Directors	2020	2022
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	Danforth Leadership Council	2015	2022
Venture for America	Advisory Board	2018	2022
TopOPPS	Board of Directors	2014	2021
Avail	Board of Directors	2017	2020
T-REX	Board of Directors (Friends)	2014	2019
Upside	Board of Directors	2014	Feb 1, 2015

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Education

Cliff Holekamp

studied at

Washington and Lee University

and

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington and Lee University BAJournalism
Washington University in St. Louis MBAEntrepreneurship2001