Interlock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Texas and New York. We back companies driving transformational change in the legacy enterprise technology stack fueled by artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and other innovative solutions.

Parent company, BEGiN, and its primary brand, Homer Learning, provide a global platform for early childhood education.

VidMob is an online video production company serving social media platforms, agencies, brands and publishers.

Advising corporations, family offices and private equity investors regarding mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and alliances, across several industries. Disciplines covered include strategy, competitive assessment, financial due diligence, technology, operational workflows / business processes, development roadmap, consumer demographics, regulatory risk, valuation, structure, international matters and tax planning. Direct investments in software, media, education, real estate, energy, sports data and technology.

Share Rocket is a social media ratings company.

Publicly traded (NYSE: LRN) $850 million in revenues, international education technology company operating throughout the U.S. with an established presence in Europe, Middle East and Asia, and serving students in more than 80 countries. Company was ranked No. 280 on Deloitte’s “Technology Fast 500” and top 1% performance of Russell 2000.Responsible for corporate finance, accounting, public reporting, regulatory compliance (including Sarbanes-Oxley), tax planning and compliance, audit, investor relations, risk management, MIS, BI, financial planning and analysis, school services, IP tax matters and transfer pricing. Led a team of 100-plus and dozens of external resources.• Developed the infrastructure and financial systems to support an acceleration of growth of the company from $380 million in 2010 to $850 million in fiscal 2013; demonstrating significant improvement in operating leverage, generation of free cash flow, expansion of margin, improved profitability and higher return on capital.• Engaged in domestic and international corporate development, business development, strategic alliances and joint ventures; completing 13 transactions, initiatives and financings.• Recruited more than 60 finance and accounting professionals domestically and internationally over 24-month period to support hyper growth of company and developed first-ever internal professional training and development program, able to offer CPE credit.• Established FP&A function which introduced financial dashboard and key performance metrics (i.e., revenue drivers, expense analytics, incremental margin, FCF, ROIC), providing timely business intelligence and actionable information, supporting rapid top-line revenue growth, global expansion and capital prioritization.• Implemented rigorous financial and operational controls, remediating SOX internal control deficiencies, improving SEC compliance, internal audit results and relations with independent auditor.

HTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of international diversified media firm Hearst Corp., was the second-largest independent television company in the U.S. in 2010 with 29 stations in 24 states reaching nearly 20 million households. In 2009, Hearst acquired Hearst-Argyle Television, which was formed in 1997 after Argyle Television acquired Hearst Broadcasting. Strategic partner to the CEO, led a team of 185 associates responsible for international corporate finance, accounting, SEC reporting and compliance (including SOX), tax planning and compliance, audit, investor relations, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, strategic initiatives, MIS, board communication and HR.• As one of the original investors and founders of Argyle Television, raised $50 million in private equity and led $340 million acquisition of Times Mirror Co.’s Broadcast Division.• Instrumental in leading the merger of Hearst Broadcasting and Argyle Television, advising corporate management and board on capital markets, public company issues and regulatory compliance.• Creation of a platform for industry consolidation; successfully completed several transactions including the $1.6 billion acquisition of Pulitzer Broadcasting.• Through organic growth, M&A and strategic initiatives, revenue grew from zero to $1 billion.• Successfully managed numerous operational and financial challenges arising from capital market disruptions; 9/11-related drastic reductions in revenue; business disruption due to Hurricane Katrina; and others.• Prevailed in several highly complex technical matters, including interpretation of SEC regulations; resolution of tax exposure associated with accounting method change and “like-kind” exchange; and raised $200 million of equity in 45 days under adverse conditions after 9/11.• Strategic initiatives including digital media, innovative programming, inventory management systems, data warehouse, system implementation, retransmission, and satellite distribution.