Early Stage Partners
Jamie Ireland ventured away from Wall Street for better balance. In Ohio.
About this ad:
Industry:
Corporate & Professional Services
Region:
Region 8 - Northeast Ohio (Cleveland)
Company:
Early Stage Partners
Jamie Ireland's successful investment career had taken him from Wall Street to Seattle. But he didn't have real balance in his life until he moved to Ohio fourteen years ago. Professionally, Jamie co-founded Early Stage Partners in 2002, a growing Northeast Ohio venture capital firm specializing in life sciences, technology, materials and advanced manufacturing. He was also instrumental in creating the Ohio Venture Capital Fund to raise millions in private investment capital for companies in the seed or early stage of business development.
Away from work, Jamie enjoys the opportunity to get involved at a high level in the arts community he's passionate about. As president of The Cleveland Orchestra Board and chairman of University Circle Inc. - an association of key cultural, medical and educational institutions - Jamie can personally make a difference. Because events are both easier to get to and more affordable due to Ohio's reasonable cost of living, Jamie finds that Cleveland's world-class cultural institutions are more accessible to everyone, resulting in a very healthy arts environment.
In Ohio, Jamie has taken a leadership role in both his career and his personal life, without sacrificing one for the other. The balance is perfect.
About Early Stage Partners
Early Stage Partners was formed in 2001 with the belief that Northeast Ohio, Ohio, and the Midwest could and would create and attract a significant number of early stage technology companies that would be attractive venture capital investment opportunities. This belief was partly predicated on trends in economics and technology. In the economic sphere, extensive study was enabling knowledge about entrepreneurship to be dispersed beyond its traditional centers to communities that had missed the last wave of economic growth and didn't want to miss the next one. Northeast Ohio was one such community.