The CEO Council is a very impressive group of well-connected people with tremendous business experience. When we become engaged in a large opportunity, I call Council Ventures to see which CEO Council member knows someone in the company. They’ve given me a competitive advantage in big companies like HCA, Ardent Health and Vanguard. I’m confident in our ability to sell Lancope solutions, but I like the extra advantage their introductions to top-tier management gives us.
— Harland LaVigne, CEO, Lancope

The CEO Council provides us with bench strength that other investors don’t have. Luke Simons introduced us to investment people focused on healthcare and we were able to access key competitive intelligence on the competition. We got introduced to a hospital chain in Worcester, MA whose Chairman & CEO is a Council Ventures Operating Partner to get our network started there, and we were introduced to the CEO of HealthSpring. These were key introductions for us.
— John Backes, CEO, Senior Whole Health

Everyone on the EVault board would agree it was the best board they have ever been on. Jim Balkom was the initial chairman and I leveraged his strong operational know-how in setting the company’s agenda and building it over the first couple of years. When it looked like a strong exit was achievable, Chip Lacy replaced Jim as chairman and helped me in the process that led to the acquisition of EVault by Seagate. Jim and Chip were instrumental in our success with EVault and they were a pleasure to work with. It was a great experience, so good in fact, that I’ve become a CEO Council member myself.
— Phil Gilmour, EVault