Growth Equity

Wayne L. Hunter is a Managing Partner in the General Partner and co-founder and head of Harbert Growth Partners.  Mr. Hunter joined HMC in 2002 and serves on the boards of Ceterus, Inc., kaléo, Inc., Netsertive, Inc., and Springbot, Inc. He previously served on the boards of MapAnything (sold to Salesforce), Unitrends (sold to Insight Venture Partners), and Yap (sold to Amazon). Mr. Hunter also serves on the boards of the Florida Venture Forum and Venture Atlanta and previously served on the boards of North Carolina’s Council for Entrepreneurial Development and Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology. Prior to joining HMC, he was founding Managing Director and Head of Wachovia’s (and predecessor firms First Union Securities’ and Wheat First Butcher Singer’s) Technology Investment Banking Group. In addition, he was a member of Wachovia’s Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund Investment Committee and served on Wachovia’s Investment Banking Management Committee. Mr. Hunter has more than thirty years of experience working with leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Mr. Hunter holds a degree in law (J.D.) from the University of Alabama School of Law and a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from Auburn University.

Brian Carney is a General Partner at Harbert Growth Partners. Mr. Carney joined HMC in 2007 and currently serves on the boards of Anutra Medical, Clinipace Worldwide, Envera Health, Healthcare Interactive, Safeguard Cyber, and TemperPack. Mr. Carney is a board member of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in Durham, NC and is a former Board member of the Richmond Venture Forum. Mr. Carney is currently a member of the St. Catherine’s School Board of Governors and is past President of the St. Catherine’s School Foundation Board. Prior to joining HMC, Mr. Carney was an associate with Morgan Stanley Venture Partners where he executed growth equity investments. Prior to Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Mr. Carney was a financial analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Healthcare Investment Banking Group.

Mr. Carney holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with honors from Washington & Lee University.

Thomas D. Roberts III is a Partner in the General Partner, and joined HMC in 2002 as a founding member of the Investment Team. He currently serves on the boards of Cloud Elements, Inc., Ledbury, Inc., Sidecar Interactive, Inc., StellaService, Inc., Two Six Labs, Inc., and WhyHotel, Inc., and manages HGP’s investment in Clarabridge, Inc. He led HGP’s investments in and was a board member of Agility Healthcare (sold to GE Healthcare), JackBe (sold to Software AG), Invincea (sold to Sophos), Mobile Posse (sold to Digital Turbine), and Voci Technologies (sold to Medallia). He is a member of the board of the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation, which allocates grants for collaborative bioscience research on behalf of the Virginia state government. He is also a former member of the Executive Committee of the board of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (“MAVA”). Before joining HMC, Mr. Roberts was a senior investment banker for Wachovia (and predecessor firms First Union Securities and Wheat First Butcher Singer), where he originated and executed public and private equity and M&A advisory transactions as a founding member of First Union’s Technology Investment Banking Group. Prior to investment banking, he was with Markowitz & McNaughton, a strategy consulting firm, specializing in competitive analysis, market opportunity assessment, benchmarking and acquisition buy-side search and due diligence services for Fortune 500 clients. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia.

David C. Gerstenmaier, Jr. (also known as Chip) is a Senior Associate with Harbert Growth Partners. Mr. Gerstenmaier joined HMC in July 2016 to assist in the areas of financial analysis, deal sourcing, portfolio company monitoring, and new investment due diligence. Mr. Gerstenmaier currently serves as a member of the SURGE Selection Committee for the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (“MAVA”) and is a Mentor with Startup Virginia, a Richmond-based startup incubator program.  Prior to joining HMC, Mr. Gerstenmaier worked in the Investment Banking Group at BB&T Capital Markets where he participated in a variety of sell-side M&A, leveraged buy­out, and capital markets transactions across a broad range of industries including transportation and logistics, financial services, and industrial manufacturing. Mr. Gerstenmaier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with honors from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.

William T. Holly (Tyler) is an Associate with Harbert Growth Partners who joined the firm in July 2019 to assist with financial analysis, investment due diligence, deal sourcing, and portfolio company monitoring. Prior to joining HMC, Tyler was a Chief of Staff for Capital One’s B2B payments sales leadership team, and also spent time working with the US Government and in management consulting and investment banking roles with Accenture and Deloitte Corporate Finance (McColl Partners). Mr. Holly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and Public Policy with high distinction from the Frank Batten School at the University of Virginia.