Derek C.

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CEO and Managing Principal @ U.S. Strategic Capital
Alpharetta, GA, US
Derek C.'s Location
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, United States
About Derek C.

Derek C. is a CEO and Managing Principal at U.S. Strategic Capital. Colleagues describe him as "Derek helped us raise $26 million in capital for Frontier Bank of Texas, a de novo institution which opened in 2007, in Elgin, Texas. He is a people-oriented guy who kept us on task and organized throughout the process. We owe much of our existence as a Bank to his expertise!" and "Derek is an incredibly resourceful investment banker who helped our start up bank raise more than $20 million dollars between May and October of 2008; the most difficult time for raising capital in my 40 years of experience. He is extremely personable, driven, and creative in finding ways to be successful. I would not hesitate to hire Derek again."

Derek C.'s Current Company Details
U.S. Strategic Capital

U.S. Strategic Capital

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CEO and Managing Principal
Alpharetta, GA, US
Employees:
10
Derek C. Work Experience Details
  • U.S. Strategic Capital
    Ceo And Managing Principal
    U.S. Strategic Capital
    Alpharetta, Ga, Us
  • Ussc Alternative Income Fund
    Chairman Of The Board
    Ussc Alternative Income Fund 2018 - Present
    Milton, Georgia
    Our debt fund focuses on lending short term capital (6 to 36 months) to small businesses, GP loans to Private Equity Funds, contract financing, and receivables financing. Our sweet spot is $500k to $7.5 million loans, mezz rates with flexible structures in a myriad of industries. No restaurants.The business must be a minimum of 3 years old and $3 million in annual revenue. We keep all our loans & service internally.
  • U.S. Strategic Capital
    Ceo & Managing Principal
    U.S. Strategic Capital 2013 - Present
    Greater Atlanta Area
    U.S. Strategic Capital is a boutique investment bank. We invest & lend money to small businesses, PE Funds, real estate and community banks. We also co-invest with other PE Funds and Family Offices through the USSC Alternative Income Fund and the USSC Venture Fund.www.USstrategicCapital.com
  • U.S. Strategic Venture Fund
    General Partner & Board Member
    U.S. Strategic Venture Fund 2016 - Present
    Atlanta, Ga
    At USSC VF we invest in early revenue venture companies with a preference towards the Southeast. Current portfolio includes FS Logix (Acquired by Microsoft), Tomahawk Robotics (3 rounds, Acquired by AeroVironment, NASDAQ: AVAV), Sengine Cancer Treatments, Agrisource Data, Grubbly Farms, Airfusion AI Software, Sionic Mobile, Vital4 Background Screening, Raw Shorts explainer videos (2 rounds, acquired in 2021), Swift Paws plus we invested in 3 other Venture Funds.
  • Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
    Member
    Vistage Worldwide, Inc. Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
    Vistage is the world’s largest CEO peer advisory organization for small and midsize business leaders. The Atlanta MSA has over 600 CEO's as members, all broken down into groups of 12 to 15. Your small group is led by a Chairman and you meet once per month for an entire day.
  • Enduring Hearts
    Board Member & Finance Committee
    Enduring Hearts Jan 2014 - Jan 2022
    Atlanta, Ga
    Enduring Hearts is a national organization based in Atlanta that seeks to save lives by funding research to increase the longevity of organ transplants, with a priority towards pediatric heart transplants. Heart transplants don’t last a lifetime, the average is only 17 years. One in four kids face a chance of needing another within 5 years. We are improving that statistic every year and want to make a new heart the cure...and to last a lifetime!We have gas card program's for the parents of children going through a heart transplant all over the U.S. We also have a grocery program for heart families in need.Go to www.Enduringhearts.org for more info and to attend our yearly Bourbon Gala, Charity Golf Tournament, or charity poker tournament!
  • Cfiii
    Vice Chairman Of The Board
    Cfiii 2013 - 2017
    We acquired 19 different properties in 11 states including Student Housing, Hospitality, Senior Living, Retail and Office.
  • Phoenix Fund
    Board Member
    Phoenix Fund 2011 - 2017
    Private Equity Real Estate Fund that focused on Sponsor Equity in medium to large cities in the Southeast and Southwest.
  • Alpha Cre Fund
    Board Member & General Partner
    Alpha Cre Fund 2010 - 2016
    Commercial Real Estate Private Equity Fund that acquired distressed bank notes.
  • Commerce Street Capital,Llc
    Managing Director
    Commerce Street Capital,Llc 2007 - 2013
    Managing Director of the Bank Capital Group which was responsible for raising & investing $547 million over 31 different equity offerings just during the economic downturn. We also helped successfully launch 2 Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC Funds), several PE Funds, in addition to helping acquire over two dozen community banks.
  • Samco Capital Markets
    Senior Vice President
    Samco Capital Markets 2005 - 2007
    Dallas, Tx
    SAMCO is an investment bank based in Dallas, Texas. The IB side spun off to become Commerce Street Capital when our parent company went public in 2007.
  • Vector Marketing
    District Owner
    Vector Marketing 2000 - 2004
    Jacksonville, Fl
    Inducted into Academy of Champions in 2004 for exceptional office sales.I ran the #1 Branch Office (out of 42) in the SE Region for 2001.

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Derek C. works for U.s. Strategic Capital

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Derek C.'s current role is CEO and Managing Principal.

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Derek C. attended University Of Georgia - Terry College Of Business, Louisiana State University, Greater Atlanta Christian School.

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