SharesPost, a liquidity provider to the late-stage, venture-backed asset class, has appointed Kelly Rodriques to its board of directors.
Rodriques has more than 25 years of financial services and technology experience and has been an investor in more than 20 venture-backed firms.
He was a founding investor of mFoundry, a provider of mobile banking which was acquired by Fidelity Information Systems in 2013.
Most recently, he served as CEO of Pensco, an alternative asset custodian.
"Kelly Rodriques has spent his professional career helping investors put capital to work in high-growth opportunities in alternative assets and private equity," says SharesPost founder and CEO Greg Brogger. "Kelly's Fintech and M&A experience, along with his executive leadership, will help SharesPost continue creating opportunities for individuals and institutions to invest in the private technology growth asset class."
Rodriques is co-managing partner of Operative Capital, a Fintech venture firm based in San Francisco with nine active investments. Earlier in his career, Rodriques was operating partner of Ignition Capital and CEO of Totality. He also serves on the board of AlphaClone, a Fintech firm focused on asset management.
"As private equity and alternative asset investing continues to grow, SharesPost has a unique opportunity to provide many more investors with access to late-stage, venture-backed companies," says Rodriques. "SharesPost is very well-positioned to expand its market leadership and provide opportunities to invest in an asset class whose growth potential doesn't exist in the public markets today."
