The people behind the firm.
Two partners. Both operators. We work directly with founders from the first check through the early chapters, on the decisions that most investors watch from a distance.
Frank spent eleven years as founder and CEO of Infinite Blue, building an operational resilience software business from the ground up. He bootstrapped it for the first seven years, raised a round from Foundry Capital once the growth was proven, and sold the company to Thoma Bravo in 2024. He ran every part of that business at one point or another: setting strategy, building and leading the engineering and product teams, and developing the operators who eventually ran the place without him.
His work centers on the early calls that decide a company's shape. Strategic planning that survives contact with the market. Product management that ships, not just plans. Technical leadership that builds systems meant to scale and teams meant to last. He has hired engineers into leaders and turned founder instinct into operating discipline.
At Hadley Point, Frank leads investment decisions and works with founders on the product, technical, and organizational calls of a company's first chapter, the same ground he covered building his own.
Taryn has spent fifteen years building and operating venture- and PE-backed companies across software, sports, and media. She co-founded Ventnor Ventures, a sports-tech incubation and advisory firm, built it over two years, and sold it to PHNX Sports in 2025, where she went on to serve as Operating Partner running strategy and operations across a portfolio of SaaS, youth-sports, and media businesses. Earlier in her career she led product and growth at companies including Polygon Labs, Nerd Street Gamers, and The Wall Street Journal, and ran product organizations through two acquisitions.
Her work centers on execution. Product management that ships and finds its market. The go-to-market and community motion that turns an early user base into real traction. The operating systems and cadence that let a small team move like a larger one. She has guided early-stage founders through capital raises, growth, and the unglamorous operational work that decides whether a good idea becomes a company.
At Hadley Point, Taryn works alongside the founders the firm backs, helping them build the systems, partnerships, and momentum that carry a company from its first chapter into its second.
How we work with founders.
We move fast. First call to decision in under two weeks. We say yes or no clearly, and if the answer is no, we say why.
We lead rounds and follow rounds. Either works. We take board seats where we have made a commitment to contribute, which means we have thought through what we can actually do for the company before we ask for the seat.
Between investments and engagements, we are reachable. Not at quarterly board meetings. On the channels founders use, during the weeks that matter most. That is the whole point of being operators first.
Reach us directly.
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