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Roger Ehrenberg

Roger is an active early-stage investor, having seeded or invested in over 20 companies in asset management, financial technology and digital media since 2004. Prior to his venture days Roger spent 18 years on Wall Street in M&A, Derivatives and proprietary trading.

Throughout his career he has held numerous executive positions, including:

President and CEO of DB Advisors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. His 130-person team managed over $6 billion in capital through a twenty-strategy hedge fund platform with offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.

Managing Director and Co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Strategic Equity Transactions Group. In 2000, his team won Institutional Investor magazine’s “Derivatives Deal of the Year” award.

As an Investment Banker and Managing Director at Citibank, he held a variety of roles and responsibilities in the Global Derivatives, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Structuring groups.

Roger sits on the Boards of BlogTalkRadio; Buddy Media; Clear Asset Management; Global Bay Mobile Technologies and Monitor110. He is currently Managing Partner of IA Capital Partners, LLC.

He holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Management from Columbia Business School and a BBA in Finance, Economics and Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

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Roger Ehrenberg's Latest Articles | 91

Fixing Wall Street? The Feds Blew It

Aug 3, 2009| 2

Today’s press is constantly filled with bluster about “new” regulatory regimes, Executive Pay Czars and other gripping topics stemming from 20/20... Read »

Re-designing the Wall Street Trader Compensation Model

Jul 26, 2009| 1

The recent flap over Phibro’s Andrew Hall and his $100 million+ compensation package makes for good headlines, but fails to get at the essence of the real... Read »

The Quants Must be Crazy

Jun 4, 2009| 

As a number of historically top-ranked long/short managers have decided get out of the LP game, there is another pocket – a quieter, more stealthy pocket –... Read »

Twitter is Our Id, Facebook is Our Ego

May 19, 2009| 

I was speaking with my good friend Howard Lindzon, my partner in several Twitter-related investments, about the differences in the way people communicate on Twitter... Read »

What Keeps Me Awake At Night: Economy Edition

May 7, 2009| 

The stress tests are done. All is well. Green shoots are popping up all over the place. The worst is behind us. Everything is cool, right? Well… This is how... Read »

On a Crash Course With the Rule of Law

May 3, 2009| 

As noted in my post on the invariable failure of the Treasury’s PPIP initiative, it is impossible to coax liquidity from the sidelines if asset owners are... Read »

Private Equity Markets: Not Today, Perhaps Tomorrow

Apr 26, 2009| 

Claire Cain Miller penned a story in last Wednesday’s New York Times concerning the development of private markets for venture-backed equity investments. The... Read »

The US Government: Over-Engineering for Under-Performance

Apr 20, 2009| 

Beginning with Bush and Paulson and continuing with Obama, Geithner and the newly-emboldened Ben Bernanke, the US Government has adopted the posture of over-engineering... Read »

A Few Thoughts for a Breadless Holiday

Apr 13, 2009| 

Yes, I am referring to Passover. A truly wonderful holiday, one which chronicles the Jewish people’s exodus from tyranny in Egypt. As part of our remembrance,... Read »

May We Live in Interesting Times…

Apr 10, 2009| 

Consider these events of the past week: Life Insurers may gain access to TARP funds (though “only” $130 billion remains under the current authorization)... Read »

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