Cliff Holekamp

Cofounder & General Partner at Cultivation Capital

Biography

Cliff Holekamp is a cofounder and General Partner of Cultivation Capital. Before venture he worked in enterprise sales at IBM and founded Foot Healers, which he led as President and sold to private equity in 2007. He was Professor of Practice and Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis until retiring from that role in 2019. He holds a BA from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. His firm profile lists current portfolio board seats at Decide, Benchmark Email, Policy Engage, Clever Real Estate, PlanGap, ScopeStack and Parsec Education, alongside non-profit board service including the South Carolina Research Authority, the Clemson University Research Foundation, NextGEN, the Holekamp Seed Fund, the Skandalaris Center at Washington University in St. Louis and the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University. SEC Form D filings name him as a manager or managing director of the general partners of Cultivation Capital Tech Fund IV, Cultivation Capital Seed Fund III and Cultivation Twain Seed Fund II.

Education

• Washington and Lee University, BA
• Washington University in St. Louis, MBA

Previous Experience

• Enterprise sales, IBM
• Founder and President, Foot Healers (sold to private equity in 2007)
• Professor of Practice and Academic Director for Entrepreneurship, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis (retired 2019)

Notable Investments

Board Seats

• Decide
• Benchmark Email
• Policy Engage
• Clever Real Estate
• PlanGap
• ScopeStack
• Parsec Education

Career Timeline

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