Fountain Partners has appointed John Van Hooser as managing partner.
Van Hooser joins Fountain Partners founder Tom Carter in managing its third fund, Fountain Leasing 2010, which is dedicated to equipment leasing needs of venture, growth and expansion stage companies.
Van Hooser brings over 15 years of venture capital and private equity experience most recently as a general partner at M/C Venture Partners.
"I am very excited to join Fountain and to work with Tom to continue to build on the company’s success," says Van Hooser. "In my years as an equity investor, I have had first hand exposure to the challenges growth and venture stage companies face when it comes to financing meaningfully sized capital equipment purchases. In recent years I witnessed Fountain’s ascension as a go-to source of equipment financing for equity sponsors and management teams in the communications sector based on its customer centric culture and ability to customise terms to fit clients’ needs without requiring warrants, covenants or additional security; terms that are complimentary to existing equity and debt partners alike."
Fountain Partners has invested two equipment leasing funds and is near the end of its fundraising for its third fund.
"John has been a highly regarded investor not only for being astute in his business judgments but for being an individual that chief executives and other equity managers respect for his integrity, fairness and effectiveness," says Carter. "The partnership is fortunate and proud to have John as a managing partner of its funds."
In addition to M/C Venture Partners, Van Hooser was an investment professional at J.P. Morgan Capital and prior to that held positions at The Walt Disney Company and Bain.
