Paul Conley

Paul Conley

Managing Director atPaladin Capital GroupWashington, D.C.

Paul Conley is a Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group. He previously served as CEO of BrightScale and Appfluent Technology and held R&D roles at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

What Paul can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
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Paladin Capital Group writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory · Postdoctoral
  2. BrightScale · Founding CEO
  3. Appfluent Technology · Founding CEO
  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  5. Paladin Capital Group · Managing Director
    Now

Companies founded

BrightScaleAppfluent Technology

Focus

high-performance computingapplied physicsbiomedical engineeringhdtv marketenterprise itsupercomputing

Education

UCSD, PhD in Computational PhysicsUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of California San Diego, PhD in Computational Physics and MS in Bioengineering

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Who is Paul Conley?

Paul Conley is a Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group. He previously served as CEO of BrightScale and Appfluent Technology and held R&D roles at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

How much does Paul Conley invest?

Paul Conley invests through Paladin Capital Group, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Paul Conley?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Paul in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Paladin Capital Group backed works better.

What did Paul Conley do before Paladin Capital Group?

Postdoctoral at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Founding CEO at BrightScale; Founding CEO at Appfluent Technology; Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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