We are entrepreneurs and builders.
Grace Chen
Founding & Managing Partner
I founded QCap after spending over a decade advising founder-CEOs, starting with my immigrant father. My father came to the US in the 90s with $100 he'd borrowed. After he lost his job during the 2008 crisis, I began working alongside him, helping him resell semiconductor parts. From humble beginnings in our apartment, my dad's company now serves some of the world's largest tech providers. That small business has changed the trajectory of my life and is a testament to the power of scrappiness, tenacity and hard work. My dad is my greatest role model and my inspiration to support founders like him.
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I'm a former founder, operator and investor. Most recently, I was an executive at FortressIQ, a software company, helping Fortune 500 customers across supply chain, healthcare, and financial services industries adopt automation to streamline backend processes. There, I built and led our Finance, People, and Customer Success teams and helped drive our ultimate sale. As a former investor at Summit Partners, I partnered with founders of tech and tech-enabled services businesses, supporting their growth through all facets of sales expansion and talent strategy. Earlier in my career, I founded Pixi, an online rental space marketplace for hair salons and spas, which I successfully sold in 2017.
I completed my undergrad at UC Berkeley, where I studied Business Administration, and later earned my MBA at Harvard Business School.

Our team of entrepreneurs and builders has collectively partnered with hundreds of business owners and invested over $200m in founders. We believe in empowering owners, sustainable business growth, and long-term impact.

Ryan Robinson
Former Chairman & President, OnRamp

Lucas Braun
Former CEO, OnRamp

Saumil Jariwala
Founder, Feta Fund

Joachim de Belgique
Former Sales & Marketing Director,
New Southern Energy

GJ King
Former CEO, RIA in a Box

Andrew Saltoun
Former CEO, Integra Partners

Sara Rosenthal
Partner, TTCER

Tom Cassutt
Owner, American Security Products
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Former President, Nelson Nameplate Company

Spencer Applegate
Co-Founder, Verusen
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Co-Founder, Helped

Gerald Risk
Member of Board of Directors, Sunrun
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Former President, Asurion

Rob Cherun
Former CEO, Stealth Monitoring

Raymond Fan
Former CEO, Skin & Beauty Center

Jim Edmunds
Former President & CFO, Celebrity Kids Portrait Studios

Will Bressman
Former President, Complysci

Tom Jackson
President, Datacor

Jason Pananos
Former President,
Vector Disease Acquisition

Steuart Botchford
CEO, North Star Fertility Partners

Jay Davis
Former CEO, Vector Disease Acquisition

Ian McMilan
Nike, Former Global Head of Stores Marketing

Richard Taketa
Former President and CEO,
York Risk Services Group

Mike Horowitz
Former CEO, Buckeye Restaurant Group

David Lazier
Owner, American Security Products
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Former Co-President, Nelson Nameplate Company

Brett Haness
Former VP, Goldman Sachs

Sam Hyde
President, Circle Surrogacy

Doug Tudor
Former SVP, Asurion

Kent Weaver
Executive Chairman & Former CEO, Progressive Home Care

Clayton Sachs
Vice President, Datacor