Jeffrey joined ORIX Venture Finance as a Principal in August 2007, to support the company�s expanding mid-Atlantic, Southeast and European operations. Mr. Bede has fourteen years of banking experience, primarily focused on the technology, consumer, healthcare, and business services sectors. Most recently, Mr. Bede was a Managing Director of Chessiecap Securities, a boutique investment bank, where he headed Chessiecap's private placement and valuation practices. Prior to joining Chessiecap, Mr. Bede was a co-founder and Principal at Capital Run LLC, a Seattle-based boutique investment bank that specialized in providing private equity, debt, and M&A advisory services to IT and consumer companies nationally. Additionally, he has held investment banking positions with Prudential Securities, Volpe, Brown & Whelan, Dain Rauscher Wessels, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Bede holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Stanford University and an MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago. |