Greg is a Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2014.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, Greg was the COO of Piece & Co. and spent six years at Redbox, where he led the strategy team before leading new venture development and corporate venture investing. Greg has led and manages a number of HPVP investments including Hubdoc (acquired by Xero), Pear Deck (acquired by GoGuardian), Provi, and Frank, among others, and sourced our investments in ShipBob and VNDLY.

Pronouns: He/Him

Jim is the Talent Advisor and a Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2021. In this role, Jim provides strategic talent support and consulting to the firm and portfolio companies.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, Jim served as head of people at dscout and Sprout Social — both Chicago-based software startups.  In these roles, Jim built, grew, and oversaw teams across recruitment, talent management, DEI, culture, HR and benefits strategy.  The impact of this work is seen in awards from Glassdoor, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago, and Built in Chicago. Jim holds a M.S.Ed. in Elementary Education from Northwestern University and a B.A. in Communications from Boston College.

Carlos is an Associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2021.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, Carlos was an associate at Mesirow Financial in the Private Equity Real Estate team where he focused on acquisitions and asset management. Additionally, Carlos was a Co-founder and Director at Angeles Investors. He is a Board Member of Chicago-ALPFA and received his BBA at the University of Notre Dame.

Tim is the Operating Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2015.

Tim is currently the Chairman and CEO of portfolio company, Terminus, the leading go-to-market cloud named a leader in the Forrester Wave for 2020. Prior to his current roles, Tim was the CMO of ExactTarget where he helped grow the company to $400M in revenue, through IPO, and to a $2.7B sale to Salesforce. Tim also currently serves on the boards of portfolio companies G2 and VNDLY.

Guy is the Managing Partner for Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with firm since its beginning in 2011.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, Guy worked for the Boston Consulting Group where he focused on corporate strategy across a variety of industries. Previously he served as an associate and investing Member with Hyde Park Angels, and spent his early career as a mechanical engineer with Raytheon and General Electric. Guy has led investments in a number of software companies and manages HPVP's investments in Fixer, MarketWagon, Upfront Healthcare, and Zipnosis, among others. He writes about venture capital and startups at vcwithme.co. 

Alisa is the Chief Administrative Officer and a Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2019.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, she spent over 17 years at GCM Grosvenor in various roles, most recently as a Principal in Operational Due Diligence, overseeing hedge fund strategies. Alisa began her career as an auditor for Arthur Andersen.

Allison is a Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2019.

Prior to HPVP Allison ran business operations for Civis Analytics, a Chicago-based data science software startup. She also co-founded Flag Analytics, a predictive analytics company focused on public safety, and spent her early career in healthcare consulting at Accenture.

Ira is a Partner with Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since its beginning in 2011, following a decade as a successful angel investor.

Ira is also a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he teaches entrepreneurship and tax strategy. Ira has been actively investing in private companies for the past 20 years and has made over 125 venture capital and angel investments. He currently serves on the boards of portfolio companies FourKites, ShipBob, Cove Markets, LandscapeHub, 2ndKitchen, PartySlate, and NestEgg, as well as a board observer at Leap.

Pronouns: She/Her

Olivia is the Operations Manager at Hyde Park Venture Partners and has been with the firm since 2022.

Prior to Hyde Park Venture Partners, Olivia served as Recreation Supervisor for the Village of Lincolnwood in Illinois. Olivia is a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional within NRPA and serves as an Alumnae Board Member for Regina Dominican High School, providing a female focused education.

Olivia holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Brennan School of Business and a Bachelors in Corporate Communications, both from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.