Brendan Scher

Edison Venture Partners LLC (Edison Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by John H. Martinson in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

EC Management Services LLC (Escalate Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Ross J. Cockrell and Jim Ellison. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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