Bio

Troy Hartzell is Managing Partner and co-founder of Evolution Capital Advisors. For over a decade, Evolution Capital has provided tailored capital formation and M&A advisory services to promising early stage and bootstrapped technology start-ups in the Northwest. As a start-up founder, venture capitalist, and investment banker, Troy has a passion for technology innovation and new venture creation. Troy has deep domain expertise and relationships within the mobile, digital media, and communications sectors and over 17 years of experience in building, financing, and selling emerging growth technology businesses. Prior to Evolution Capital, Troy led the wireless and communications practice at Cascadia Capital, a national middle-market investment bank. At Cascadia, Troy was responsible for managing key strategic relationships with venture and private equity funds and corporate acquirers in the IT and communications market. Troy executed, structured, and negotiated corporate finance and M&A transactions. Prior to Cascadia, Troy was with Watershed Capital, a $200 million venture fund, where he focused on principal investments in wireless, broadband, and Internet-related companies and led the development of the firm’s wireless investment strategy. Previously, Troy was co-founder and CEO of a Seattle-based, venture-backed, digital media start-up that built one of the first online communities and digital advertising platforms for U.S. universities. Troy holds a B.A. in Business Administration with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from the University of Washington.