Joe Mancini
Joe brings 15+ years of experience scaling technology companies to Front Porch and is our primary contact for all tech-focused fund partners and direct investments.
Blake Patton
Blake Patton is the founder and Managing General Partner of Tech Square Ventures where he leads investments in enterprise software, marketplace, and platform technology companies. Under his leadership, the firm has invested in more than 100 early-stage companies and launched Engage, an innovative corporate innovation and enterprise startup accelerator program.
Dr. C. Cybele Raver
Dr. Raver offers a unique perspective on education as a developmental psychologist, professor, researcher, clinician, educator and administrator. Raver oversees all faculty, staff, programs and initiatives for Vanderbilt’s 10 schools and colleges. She also leads the university’s research, admissions, student affairs and residential life.
Raver is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College.
5/3 Bank (Fifth Third)
Your business requires custom solutions to meet the specific moments you’re navigating. Fifth Third’s industry experts are ready to help with tools designed to make business more efficient and solutions built specifically around your goals.
J.P.Morgan
J.P. Morgan, a global leader in financial services with a comprehensive suite of investment banking, commercial banking, treasury, payments, and advisory solutions, empowers entrepreneurs, growth-stage companies, and venture investors across the Southeast and beyond to scale innovative businesses through sophisticated financing, strategic guidance, and access to capital markets.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university whose commercialization path runs through Discovery to Impact, with a licensing office that returned nine figures in a single year and a seed fund that invests in university startups.
University of Florida
The University of Florida is a public research university in Gainesville whose commercialization path runs through a record research enterprise and a technology-licensing office that ranks among the nation’s most active.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is the flagship of The Texas A&M University System, a public research university in College Station whose commercialization path runs through Texas A&M Innovation and a system licensing office that posted its highest disclosure count in five years.
University of Alabama
Founded in 1831 as the state’s flagship university, The University of Alabama has always focused on being the best. Today, world-class faculty continue to guide our students to reach their highest potential and make a positive impact in our community, in our state and around the world.
Louisiana State University
LSU isn’t just an institution of higher education. We are a community and a culture. Through learning, research, and community engagement, we are dedicated to changing lives, whether it’s a student in the classroom or the citizens of Louisiana and the world.
