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Sever is responsible for leading investments in companies primarily located in the mid-Atlantic area. He co-leads Edison’s Education investment strategy in primary, secondary, on-line and corporate sectors. Sever also focuses on Software segments including mobility, systems management, information services and on-demand applications.

Sever is active in the mid-Atlantic venture community as Chairman of NVTC’s Capital Formation Committee. He also serves as a leader on committees for Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), Deloitte & Touche Technology Venture Center (TVC), Maryland Incubator and National Sciences Foundation Tech Program.

Prior Experience

Prior to joining Edison, Sever was with Lazard Technology Partners (LTP), a $400M early stage venture fund. There he co-led enterprise software investments in systems management, security, analytics and on-demand application sectors.
 
Before joining Lazard in 2000, Sever held product management and operations leadership positions in Thomson Financial's Equity Research Products division. In this role, Sever led teams responsible for software platform development, database architecture, content operations management, as well as implementation of equity analyses and quantitative portfolio modeling systems.
 
Sever is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute.

Other Investment Experience

Boxtone; Cyveillance; FNX; Intellitactics; Interwise; Managed Objects; NFR; Vocus

Education

BS, Finance, Virginia Tech

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital—Joe Paterno. I have a simple but high standard for companies we invest in—unique, leading-edge products or services, with an unbounded market opportunity, and capable management teams that are up to the challenge. The next part in company building is vital—putting in place ahead of the curve key operational spring-boards that accelerate growth and avoid stall-points.