Timothy Mahoney

Timothy Mahoney, a former member of the United States Congress who represented south Florida's 16th District, also possesses extensive business and technological experience. After his service in the 110th Congress, Mr. Mahoney founded Caribou LLC, a firm designed to help new entrepreneurs gain access to funding opportunities by means of government contracts, investment, loans, and credits for a variety of energy, clean technology, defense, and health-related business ventures. Timothy Mahoney and his partners at Caribou offer a range of expertise in government, business management, banking, and other fields. They bring their combined networking and negotiation skills to aid business owners attempting to expand, make acquisitions, or increase return on investment during a time of limited commercial lending as well as start-up companies striving to become established when there is diminishing venture capital funding available. Timothy Mahoney also cofounded vFinance.com, which operates under the name National Holdings.

Timothy Mahoney received his Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Business from West Virginia University and his Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. After graduation, he started out in personal computers and commercialized technology, devoting more than a decade to building companies in that field. Two of the companies Mr. Mahoney was involved in went public, and one was acquired by a private equity company. Timothy Mahoney later founded the Center for Innovative Entrepreneurship and cofounded National Holdings Inc. The latter company, which became a leading financial services corporation, manages client assets totaling more than $3 billion. Its 30 offices span the United States and employ 500 staff members.

With Caribou, Timothy Mahoney brings this previous experience full circle to assist individual business executives and their firms strategize risk management and increase return on investment. For instance, Mr. Mahoney provided one Caribou client, a publicly traded oil and gas company facing a hostile takeover; with valuable crisis management advice and also brought in a new chief operating officer and board of directors to thwart the takeover attempt. In another instance, his efforts resulted in a client obtaining $50 million in private equity funding from a major Wall Street firm.