Les Szekely, Angel Investor

In my heart, I have remained a businessman and deal-doer. I started angel investing in 1999, and since a substantial exit in 2004, I have increasingly involved myself in the world of angel and VC investment. In 2009, I left Deloitte to dedicate my efforts entirely to angel and VC investing. Two of the businesses which I seed funded, Microequities & Siteminder, have been listed and I remain a director of both. I cofounded the VC funds manager EVP in 2014 with Howard Leibman. EVP actively manages several VC funds and syndicates and has several hundred "sophisticated investors" as clients. In addition to chairing the EVP Investment Committee, my time is spent as a non-executive director of several startups, and I continue to angel invest in early-stage businesses.