Montage Capital

Growth debt for today’s capital efficient companies

Since 2005, Montage Capital has been a pioneer in the growth debt market. Our tailored capital solutions allow companies to invest in growth while minimizing dilution and do not require concurrent or previous equity investment. Working with Montage allows entrepreneurs to maintain more control of their business and ultimately the overall outcome. ‍

As an attractive alternative to equity financing, Montage growth loans are a form of hybrid capital, having both debt and equity features. This structure creates alignment with all stakeholders and allows us to focus on helping increase shareholder value. We are a patient capital partner with a long history of successfully assisting companies through all stages of the business cycle. Beyond capital, we encourage our portfolio companies to leverage our relationships and experience.

Team

Eric Gonzales, Managing Director

Eric Gonzales is a Managing Director at Montage Capital. In addition to co-managing the Montage investment funds, Eric also oversees investor relations, operations and finance at Montage.

Prior to Montage, Eric spent several years as an early-stage venture capital investor at DCM. He also founded and ran his own startup company, and has product management experience from Cisco and HP, commercial banking experience from Bank of America, and investment banking experience from a Boston-based boutique firm.

Eric is actively involved in community service. He is Chairman of the Board at ACE Charter School, a network of public middle and high schools which provides a path to college for struggling, economically disadvantaged, predominantly Latino students in east San Jose. Eric has also been mentoring Latino entrepreneurs participating in the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Leadership Program since the program’s inception, and he is an active volunteer interviewer of prospective Harvard undergraduate students from Silicon Valley. Eric received a BA in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford.

Mike Rose, Managing Director

Mike Rose is a founder and Managing Director of Montage Capital. Mike was largely responsible for developing the firm’s initial strategy and positioning, and has been intimately involved in all aspects of fund management since Montage’s first investments were completed in 2005. Key ongoing responsibilities include investment origination, structuring and underwriting, portfolio management and raising capital. Prior to founding Montage, Mike spent over 11 years in corporate banking, serving as Senior V.P. for two early-stage banks, United American Bank and Legacy Bank, where he was responsible for building commercial loan divisions.

Mike spent over 8 years with Silicon Valley Bank, where he gained an acute understanding of technology lending and venture capital. In addition to commercial lending, Mike was a Director overseeing investments made by Silicon Valley BancVentures, L.P., SVB’s $56 million equity fund launched in 2000. Mike started his career as one of the first 10 employees of Meta-Software, a Silicon Valley-based provider of Electronic Design Automation software tools. Meta-Software achieved its initial public offering in November 1995, and was acquired by Avant! (now Synopsis) in the subsequent year.

Mike is actively involved as an advisor to the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, and has served on numerous boards including OnPharma (acquired by Valeant Pharma) and Striva Corp. (acquired by Informatica). Mike holds a BS in Finance from San Jose State University.

Chet Kasper, Managing Director

Chet joined Montage Capital in 2012 as an Associate where he primarily focuses on evaluating investment opportunities in technology and life science companies.

Previously, Chet worked at Hidden Hills, a real estate investment and management company where he assessed and provided valuation analysis for commercial real estate opportunities. Prior to that, Chet was with Countrywide Financial in a business development role focused on commercial banking.

Chet received a BA in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles. ‍

Chet Kasper is a CFA® charterholder.

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