CUE BALL Venture Strategies

Cue Ball Collective

The Power of Collective Intelligence and Wisdom
We refer to our most engaged investors as The Cue Ball Collective (or the “Collective”). Cue Ball carefully selects each member of its underlying investor base to ensure that he is able to commit not just financial capital but intellectual and experience capital to our firm. We believe strongly that the power of collective intelligence, when appropriately harnessed, can push ideas to the next level. Cue Ball’s Collective of world class executives and seasoned entrepreneurs allows us to better analyze an investment opportunity and add tangible value by connecting members of The Collective to specific portfolio companies. The active commitment of such a group is one of Cue Ball’s most important assets.

Cue Ball Special Partners
  • Bill Achtmeyer / Chairman and CEO, The Parthenon Group
  • Graham Allison / Founding Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Dana Arnett / CEO, VSA Partners
  • Mukesh Chatter / CEO, Neo Saaj
  • Dick Delbello / Former Head of Prime Brokerage, UBS
  • Roger Enrico / Former Chairman and CEO, Pepsi Co.
  • Joe Grano / Former CEO & Chairman, UBS / PaineWebber
  • Phil Griffin / Senior Vice President, NBC News
  • Alan Hassenfeld / Chairman and family owner, Hasbro
  • Louise Julian / Chairman, EF Education First
  • Kosmo Kalliarekos / Managing Partner, Barings Capital
  • Jamie Koval / Co-Founder, VSA Partners
  • Mats Lederhausen / CEO, Because & Former CEO, McDonald’s Ventures
  • Jose Lopez / Former Managing Director, Citigroup
  • Henry McCance / Chairman, Greylock Partners
  • George Mueller / Co-founder, ISI & Color Kinetics
  • Mike Overlock / Senior Director & Former Co-Head of Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
  • Mehmet Oz / World-renowned cardiologist, NYT best-selling author, Oprah’s medical expert
  • Steve Pagliuca / Managing Director, Bain Capital Partners
  • Tuck Rickards / Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates
  • Sharon Rowlands / CEO, Thomson Financial
  • Dave Shaffer / Executive Chairman, Cengage Learning & Former COO, Thomson
  • Yugi Sugimoto / Managing Director of Bain Capital Asia
  • Cathy Viscardi-Johnston / Former EVP of Conde Nast