About Us
With 55 years of combined eperience at
Amazon,
Apollo,
Sony
and
Square 1 Bank,
MaxMoic brings together seasoned operators and investors with a proven ability to drive growth and deliver profitable outcomes in
control
investments.
Brad Steele
30+ years driving and scaling technology and business strategy across banking, venture and PE-backed startups, and hyperscale cloud providers, with proven ability to adapt leadership approach to organizations of any size and stage.
- Built AWS's Global Startup Ecosystem division from zero to 260 employees across 22 countries, driving 1,100% growth in startup-segment revenue.
- Member of the founding leadership team at Square 1 Bank, playing a critical role in scaling the PE-backed, venture bank from $100M to $1B in assets ahead of its IPO and eventual sale to PacWest.
- Currently Managing Director / Global Head of Commercial Growth and US GM at Thought Machine, contributing to growth from sub-$10M in revenue to over $100M, leading global teams and a 9-figure ARR enterprise client portfolio for a venture-backed fintech serving the world's most systemically important banks.
- Deep expertise in building, developing and scaling global teams from scratch, GTM strategy, client success, business development, commercial growth, partnerships, and finance.
Mathew Guliner
Senior alternative-investment and operating executive with 25+ years across venture, growth equity, private equity, private credit and corporate development.
- Created and co-managed $100mm business incubation fund for Apollo, generating $250M in value for the firm within 12 months.
- Delivered $300M+ of value creation through technology and operating transformation initiatives across Apollo’s private equity portfolio companies.
- Previously an early member of AWS Global Startup team and responsible for building AWS' single family office strategy, generating $50M in first-year revenue while institutionalizing sales workflows and go-to-market.
- Currently managing TradeCraft Holdings, a vehicle active in sourcing and structuring debt and equity opportunities for a select group of $1B+ single family offices.
- Extensive experience in strategy, deal origination, transaction structuring and capital sourcing, combined with building institutional business platforms, technology and operational transformation and governance frameworks engineered for scale and durability.