Brian Townes's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Brian Townes has a B.S. in Business Administration from Queens College. He finished his undergraduate studies in 2006 and has been working in the investment industry since then. Townes started his career as an investment advisor at Townes & Co. He held positions including investment advisor, head of business development, and senior vice president. Townes has over 10 years of experience managing clients’ portfolios and is currently a Vice President of Topwater Capital, a Division of Leucadia Asset Management. Townes has expertise in bothprivate and public investors. Townes is also a partner at DMC Partners, where he is a managing director and head of business development. Townes is also a managing director at Verition Fund Management LLC, where he is a Vice President.

🎓 Education

Brian Townes has a B.S. from Penn State University in investment banking. Townes is currently a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst at CAIA Association. Townes has experiencestheory of finance and Macroeconomics from Penn State University. Townes also completed a program in Financial Planning from the University of Nevada, Reno.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

In his most recent role at Topwater Capital, Brian managed the business development and operations of the company's new investment vehicle, the Verition Fund Management LLC. This was a new, standalone vehicle designed to supporteportfolio management and provide capital to early stage companies in the technology, biotech, and healthcare industries. Verition was founded in 2008 and was one of the first investment vehicles to emerge from the wreckage of the Great Recession. The fund was successful in launching two subsequent vehicles and managed $1.8 billion in raised capital in 2017 and 2018. Topwater Capital has since joined the S&P 500 and Brian is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business.Brian Townes has over 10 years of investment experience as a managing director, head of business development, or senior partner at a venture capital firm. He also has experience in the technology, biotech, and healthcare industries.