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INTRODUCING:

HOWARD LUBERT, regional PRESIDENT
KEIRETSU FORUM texas

Mr. Lubert co-founded the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2010. After 25 years in the private equity space he recognized the unique features of the Keiretsu Forum process and model and sought out Randy Williams to explore opening chapters on the East Coast. Randy introduced him to Vince Leusner and they decided to form the first Mid-Atlantic Chapter in Philadelphia. After executing 5 winter meetings on Fisher Island he was invited to form a permanent chapter in Miami. The South Florida Chapter held its first official meeting in July, 2014 and has now relocated to the West Palm Beach Area.

In September of 2017 K4-SE opened a new chapter in the financial district of Atlanta. The chapter has grown to become a significant angel group in the Atlanta ecosystem and meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month, holidays excepted. The South-East Region is expanding into Jacksonville, FL (North Florida Chapter) and New Orleans in 2024.

After the Covid 19 shutdown put plans to migrate into Texas on hold, Howard was able to attract Hall Martin, a founder of CTAN - Central Texas Angel Network, in Austin to join him in bringing Keiretsu to the great state of Texas. Executing a number of introductory meetings in the Dallas metroplex area validated the need and the interest in accredited angel investors and the North Texas Chapter held its first official meeting in December of 2023. The Texas Region is up and running and plans to expand into Austin and Houston are being put in place.

He is the Founder and Managing Partner/Senior Analyst at SafeHatch LLC, a business acceleration and corporate advisory services consultancy that supports startup and early stage technology companies. Mr. Lubert spun SafeHatch out of Safeguard Scientifics in 2000 after the dot.com implosion. The Company typically takes senior management role(s) in the portfolio companies it supports and works with them until they are prepared to complete their management teams with full-time employees. Business Acceleration services are provided for companies in many disciplines, but are usually focused in the Internet, e-business, security, SaaS, infrastructure, software, e-learning, mobile or wireless spheres.

Mr. Lubert brings 37 years of formalizing and optimizing the due diligence and deal flow processes for various venture capital funds including Safeguard Scientifics and its family of private equity funds, as well as other angel investment groups to Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic. Lubert was also senior manager at Deloitte & Touche, where he played a principal role in the development of the firm's e-business consulting practice. He is a renowned Term Sheet creator and negotiator and takes on this role in every due diligence project in the Mid-Atlantic and South-East Regions.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Due Diligence
Business Acceleration
Business Remediation/Turnaround
Term Sheet Development & Funding

HaLL MARTIN, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT
KEIRETSU FORUM TEXAS

Hall T. Martin spent 24 years in the Test and Measurement world performing sales, marketing, and business development for engineering products. He launched the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) in 2006, the Baylor Angel Network in 2007, and the Wilco Angel Network in 2008. He then launched the Texas Entrepreneurs Network in 2009 with the goal of fostering startup investment throughout the state.

Mr. Martin found the deal flow of Keiretsu to be the best in class. He sought out Howard Lubert to learn more about the Keiretsu process. Finding no active Keiretsu presence in Texas he joined Howard to co-found Texas as the newest Keiretsu Forum Region in North America, opening the North Texas Chapter in the Dallas Metroplex officially in December or 2023.

Hall is the Founder and CEO of TEN Capital and Host of the Investor Connect podcast program. He launched the firm as the Texas Entrepreneur Network in 2009. Today, TEN Capital has thousands of investors in its network and brings active funding support programs to great companies in funding mode with a focus on companies that are successful in completing due diligence with Keiretsu Forum.

Mr. Martin is the Host of the Investor Connect podcast program. He is the founder and director of Investor Connect which is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the education of startup investors. Mr. Martin is a Founder and initial Managing Director of SKU (Incubation Station), a consumer product goods accelerator based in Austin, Texas, and the former Managing Director of AccelerateNFC, an accelerator based in Dallas, Texas, focusing on Near Field Communication. Hall serves as an adjunct professor for the University of Texas leading the Idea to IP program which fosters startups from the engineering program.

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