Southpointe Ventures Team

Ed is a founder and has been managing partner of SouthPointe Ventures since 2003. Prior to SouthPointe, Ed was a partner at merchant banking firm EGL Holdings, Inc., and before joining EGL, was an operating partner for Prometheus Partners, an Atlanta-based leveraged buyout firm focused on acquiring QSR and recurring revenue service businesses. Prior to his career in private equity, Ed spent 2 years as CFO for the 3rd-largest Wendy’s franchisee in the U.S. (62 locations in CA and TN at the time), and 4 years as CFO and VP of sales for a family-owned industrial equipment distribution and facility renovation business, with operations in 11 Southeastern US states. Ed started his career in commercial and leveraged lending with C&S Bank (now Bank of America) and First Union (now Wells Fargo). Ed currently serves as Board Chair of Dr Roof and DoorKraft. Ed has also been a member of the local and Global Board of Directors of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) from 2001-2021 and served as Atlanta chapter President in 2007-2008.