Thomas Palmer

  • Mr. Palmer is currently a Venture Partner with Gazelle TechVentures

  • Mr. Palmer is a General Partner of Adams, Harkness, & Hill Technology Ventures, an emerging growth technology venture capital firm. He focuses on leading and managing investments, management of fund operations, and raising capital.

  • Former General Partner and Managing Director of Kansas City Equity Partners, an $120 million venture capital fund focused on Midwest investing. Mr. Palmer was responsible for the firm's information technology and communications investments.

  • Former Board Member for BeyondNow Technologies, Birch Telecom, NetSales, Vroom Technologies, Planet Alumni and iTravel.

  • Prior to joining KCEP full time, he was a Kauffman Fellow with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership with KCEP as his resident firm. Previously, he was Associate Director, Investments and Acquisitions, for Ameritech in Chicago. He also served as Manager of Business Analysis for Trans National Group in Boston, where he performed strategic planning, international expansion, investments, and divestitures.

  • Mr. Palmer holds an undergraduate degree in Economics/Computer Science from Dartmouth College and a Masters in Management, with emphasis in entrepreneurial finance and marketing, from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.

 

Advisors

Executive Committee
Scott Jones (Chairman)
Don Aquilano
Paul DeLacey
Rollin Dick
Scott Flanders
Jane H. Martin
John McIlwraith
Thomas Palmer
Matt Ridenour

Investment Committee
Scott Jones (Chairman)
Don Aquilano
Scott Flanders
John McIlwraith
Thomas Palmer
Matt Ridenour

Management Team
Don N. Aquilano

Venture Partners
Thomas Palmer
Matt Ridenour
Bryan S. Smith

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