We are Lighter Capital. Don’t expect to find your typical banker here – the only suits we wear are track suits but we wear many hats. We move quickly, we keep things light-hearted. So who are we?
Andy Sack, Customer Development + Lightness 
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Email: asack [at] lightercapital.com
Even though he’s got amazing curly hair, Andy doesn’t rely on his good looks to make things happen. As a serial entrepreneur, Andy understands how painful it can be for companies to get funding – and that’s why he started Lighter Capital. As CEO, Andy focuses on supporting revenue growth of the companies we invest in, and for making sure we have a well-stocked Keurig coffee maker!
John Roper, Architect + Analytics
Email: jroper [at] lightercapital.com
If the financial demise of 2008 was caused by banks building a house of cards, John’s making sure our Lighter Capital is built on a house of awesomeness. John’s applying 17 years of experience designing large scale system architecture at places like Microsoft and eBay to make sure we have a lean, mean small-business-funding machine.
Fun fact: John owns a flock of Indian runner ducks to eat the slugs off his front yard. Jealous much?
Rob Belcher, Finance + Partners
Email: rbelcher [at] lightercapital.com
If there’s one thing you should know about Rob it’s that his Australian Shepherd, Kora, is the smartest dog in the world. If there’s another thing you should know about Rob, it’s that he’s the guy who makes sure companies are getting the funding they need as quickly as possible.
Matthew Chad Matanovic – Design + Product management
Email: mmatanovic [at] lightercapital.com
Think our website looks better than Leonardo Dicaprio during his Titanic years? We do too, and Matthew’s the one to thank for that. After 15 years working on tech startups, Matthew believes there’s still lots to do to make the internet easy to use. Especially financial sites. Yikes! His goal is to make Lighter Capital the best financial service on the world wide web. If you have suggestions for him, he’d be delighted to hear from you.
Drew Schwarz, Marketing + Finance
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Email: dschwarz [at] lightercapital.com
Schwarz runs our marketing efforts but has a hard time keeping his nose out of everyone else’s business. A recovering investment banker, Schwarz knows enough about corporate finance to be dangerous, but prefers to spend his time showing the world how awesome Lighter Capital is.
Jenn Newkirk, Office manager + Marketing
Email: jnewkirk [at] lightercapital.com
A recent graduate of the University of Washington (Go U’Dub!), Jenn used to work with 5 Hour Energy and thus regularly tries to convince us that the stuff really is good for you.
