Venture Capital

Paul Gompers is an Advisor and an investment committee member of Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. Dr. Gompers is the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In this role, Paul focuses on research and course development in entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, and private equity, and has worked in the venture capital and private equity industry for more than 25 years.

He brings more than two decades of academic and industry experience in venture capital and private equity. Prior to his current role, he served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, where he created a course entitled “Entrepreneurial Finance and Management.” His research has examined risk and return in private equity, venture capital managers' compensation, and the factors influencing the success of venture capital and private equity firms. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Private Equity. He is also the co-author of three books on the venture capital industry. Paul began his academic career after completing his Ph.D. in Business Economics at Harvard University.

Matt Horten is a Managing Director and Investment Committee member on Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. Matt joined Bow River through its acquisition of Spur Capital Partners. He has more than 20 years of private equity and venture capital experience and more than 24 years in the financial services industry. In his role, he leverages deep expertise in portfolio construction, asset allocation and private markets investing to support the team’s investment activities.

Prior to joining Spur Capital Partners, Matt served as Chief Investment Officer of a family office, where he oversaw a diversified portfolio including direct investments, private equity funds, hedge funds, oilfield service assets and marketable securities. Earlier in his career, he worked at J.P. Morgan Private Bank advising endowments, foundations and family offices on asset allocation, investment management and deal structuring. He was also a Partner at Adams Street Partners in Chicago, where he spent more than nine years focused on advanced analytics, portfolio construction, investor relations, research, due diligence, risk modeling and proprietary software development across private market portfolios.

Matt holds a BA from Westminster College.

Teri is a Director on Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. Teri oversees the firm’s back-office operations and joined Bow River through its acquisition of Spur Capital Partners. She had been with Spur Capital since 2004. She built and manages the venture capital team’s back-office and is responsible for consolidated financial reporting, financial planning, and forecasting. She brings extensive experience in financial reporting and analysis within both corporate and investment environments.

Prior to joining Spur, Teri served as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at Occidental Chemical and as Manager of Financial Reporting and Analysis at Mapco NGL. She also worked with a venture capital fund of funds earlier in her career.

Teri holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Rice University.

Aletha is a Senior Accountant on Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. She joined Bow River through its acquisition of Spur Capital Partners and had previously worked alongside Spur’s founding members for 10 years at Knightsbridge Advisers. She brings extensive experience supporting investment operations and working closely with the venture capital team.

Aletha holds a Bachelor of Science from University Center Tulsa and an MBA from Oklahoma Wesleyan.

Brooke Remple is an Associate on Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. Brooke supports the team’s financial operations and brings a strong background in treasury and accounting functions.

Brooke joined Bow River through its acquisition of Spur Capital Partners. Prior to joining Spur, Brooke spent six years in the Treasury Services department at ConocoPhillips/Phillips 66. She also worked in the accounting department of a nonprofit residential girls' home in Nashville.

Brooke holds a degree in Business from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Cassie Walters is an Associate on the Bow River Capital’s venture capital team. She joined Bow River through its acquisition of Spur Capital Partners. Cassie joined Spur Capital in 2008 and supports the firm’s marketing and fundraising initiatives, and is responsible for communications with fund investors.

Cassie began her career at Spur Capital as a receptionist and has progressively expanded her responsibilities across the organization.

Jeremy Held, CFA, is responsible for Bow River Capital’s registered asset management business including investment oversight, research and product development.

Prior to joining Bow River Capital in 2019, Jeremy was the Director of Research and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at ALPS Advisors, a Denver-based asset manager that specializes in registered fund vehicles focused on real assets and alternative investments. Jeremy began his career at ALPS in 1996 and helped lead a variety of business initiatives over two decades, including the launch of the firm’s asset management business in 2007. As CIO, Jeremy was responsible for manager selection and oversight and was ultimately responsible for all aspects of the ALPS Advisors business, overseeing 44 registered investment companies and more than $20 billion in assets.

Jeremy graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Business. He is a CFA® charter holder and a member of the CFA Society of Denver.

Jeremy is on the board of Principal Real Estate Income Fund and Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver.