Leonard A. Batterson

Len Batterson has been one of the nation's leading entrepreneurial venture capitalist for over thirty years. Beginning his venture capital career in 1982 as an Investment Analyst with the Venture Capital Division of the Allstate Insurance Company, he serve from 1985 to 1987 as the Director of the Venture Capital Division , then one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most successful venture capital management organizations. He was responsible for what was, at the time, one of the largest pools of venture capital in the U. S.

Len's series of notable successes began while at Allstate, where he played an integral role in the financing and restructuring of Control Video Corporation which became America Online. Inc. (AOL). On its merger with Time Warner, which remains the largest merger in U. S. business history, AOL was valued at more than $364 billion.

After leaving Allstate, Len went on to found or co-found a number of highly successful entrepreneurial venture capital funds and pools, pioneering venture capital investment in the modern era for high net worth individuals. Len has generated investor returns averaging 28%/year over nearly 30 years.

Most recently, Len founded VCapital (www.VCapital.com) providing contemporary online access while continuing to focus on early stage, institutional quality, technology investment opportunities for individual accredited investors.