Jeff Christian

Cleveland, OH

Jeff Christian is the founder and managing partner of the venture capital fund CT Access Ventures. This unique model in the venture world took knowledge of talent and Jeff Christian’s and Christian and Timbers’ network of entrepreneurs, leaders in technology, venture capitalist and private equity partners. CT Access Ventures was a 44 million dollar fund focused on mobility and internal structure and applications. CT Access Ventures made 12 investments, with the most successful being Synchronicity. CT Access Ventures invested in Synchronicity at a very early stage and sold their position post IPO. A number of top venture firms themselves including The Mayfield Fund were investors in CT Access Ventures as well- this allowed CT Access Ventures to focus on making investments in deals that were over-subscribed and led by a top tier venture capital fund. CT Access Ventures was one of the most successful funds during a period of time where very few venture funds did well.

Jeff Christian is still active in the investment community as an investor in many other venture funds. Jeff focuses on deals where talent is the primary component. Partnering with Private Equity firms, Jeff Christian is involved with the ‘’backable CEO model’’, where they back a proven CEO in major consolidation plays as well as identify and recapitalise companies that are already in existence but need capital.