Ross Cockrell Bio

Ross Cockrell is a member of Escalate’s investment committee and is responsible for originations and portfolio management. Before co-founding the firm in 2005, Ross spent ten years with Austin Ventures, where he was a general partner focused on investments in the software and services sectors. At Austin Ventures, he was responsible for the firm’s investments in Convio, Reactivity, Staktek, iMark, and Whisperwire. Earlier in his career, Ross worked for Lomas Financial, where he was involved in asset-backed securitization and structured finance. Ross received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard University and an MBA from The University of Texas.