Mr. Joseph Crayton is an experienced senior finance executive and banker with more than 25 years in banking, management, venture finance, entrepreneurism and consulting in the U.S. and West Africa. As Managing General Partner of Gemini Capital Partners, Mr. Crayton spearheads deal sourcing and oversees fund operations.

Prior to Gemini Capital, Mr. Crayton was a co-founder of Square 1 Bank, a premier venture bank operating across the U.S., where he was most recently the Managing Director Technology Banking, Eastern U.S. At Square 1 Bank, Mr. Crayton led several business units and departments including risk management east, technology banking east, portfolio management, portfolio analysis, loan workouts and special projects. Mr. Crayton was a key part of the banking team that helped grow Square 1 Bank from $105 million to over $2.5 billion in assets and position it to go public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Mr. Crayton worked closely with venture and private equity investors as well as entrepreneurs in a variety of ways to ensure funding plans, funding strategies, business strategies and business operations were aligned for optimal outcome He was responsible for funding several hundred companies and managed a banking unit responsible for over $1 billion in assets. He also successfully managed portfolio companies through trouble situations, workouts and turnarounds to achieve successful outcomes for all parties. Prior to Square 1 Bank, Mr. Crayton was Vice President Venture Banking with Comerica Bank’s Technology and Life Sciences Group and with Imperial Bank’s Emerging Growth Division.

In addition to his banking career, Mr. Crayton has provided advisory services to the Liberian government in several areas of finance and financial policy. He has also invested in several companies in Liberia including Libango Holdings, Transformer Manufacturers and Services, and Garson Steel, and has participated in several other ventures and non-profit activities. He holds a MBA from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business and a BA in Economics from the San Francisco State University.

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