Heather Grove, Angel Investor

I currently serve as Executive Managing Director of Trellus where I focus on measuring, enhancing, and monetizing the value of privately held companies. I have over eighteen years of experience conducting valuation analyses of business enterprises and various types of securities including common and preferred stock, options, warrants, and partnership interests for merger and acquisition, divestiture, litigation and dispute resolution, estate and gift tax planning, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting purposes. Prior to founding Trellus and its predecessor, I served as Director of Corporate Finance for a venture-backed technology company. I was incredibly fortunate to begin my career as an analyst in the Valuation Services Group at Ibbotson Associates, where I worked directly with Roger Ibbotson on a number of high-profile valuation disputes. I'm a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, where I serve on the Public Policy Committee, which informs policymakers about the substantial impact the middle market has on U.S. jobs and economic growth and the potential effects of policy proposals on the middle-market ecosystem. Outside of the firm, I'm an active angel investor and serve as a board member and advisor to several early-stage companies.