Emerson Fann
Founder at Eastside Partners LLC
Profile
Emerson Fann co-founded Eastside Partners in 2005 and is the Managing Partner.
His focus is on investment opportunities in healthcare.
Prior to Eastside, Emerson was a Partner at Southeastern Technology Fund where he joined in 1998 as that firm’s first investment professional.
Southeastern funded 24 separate information technology businesses and generated top quartile returns for its investors.
At Southeastern, Emerson was active with MedMined (acquired by Cardinal Health), Emageon (IPO and subsequent sale to Amicus), Investment Scorecard (Informa Solutions), Castlebridge Technologies (Software Technology Inc.) and Mobular Technologies.
Prior to Southeastern, Emerson was with Andersen Consulting focused on information technology consulting in the financial services sector.
While at Andersen, Emerson managed large, complex software development engagements in credit card and loan application decisioning, assisted banking clients with merger integration, and worked on technology strategy and process re-engineering in the financial services sector.
At Eastside, Emerson has been actively involved with Agility Healthcare (acquired by GE), Awarix (McKesson), MEDSEEK (Silver Lake), Brightwhistle (Influence Health), Accelarad (Nuance), Jvion, Strategix Medical Solutions, Hospice Partners of America and Hygia Health Services (Stryker).
As Managing Partner of Eastside, he directs the firm’s investment strategy and has been a successful investor through two separate business cycles and over 100 investment transactions.
Emerson is active with Eastside’s portfolio companies, assisting with executive recruitment, management incentive programs, exit planning and execution, and online lead generation.
Emerson received a B.S.
in Corporate Finance with honors from the University of Alabama.
Emerson Fann active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Eastside Partners LLC
 Eastside Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Eastside Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Emerson Fann and Jay C. Horgen. The firm is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. | Founder | 2004-12-31 |
Mobtech Corp.
 Mobtech Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mobular Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of technology and services for web-based, interactive communications. It offers technology solutions for publishing and distributing high-value data and documents in the financial services, eCommerce, and government markets. The company was founded by David Noever and John Horack in 2000 and is headquartered in Hunstville, AL. | Director/Board Member | - |
Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc.
 Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc. provides software services. It designs and develops cloud-based medical image sharing solutions that allow doctors to share medical images and documents online with other physicians and patients. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Emerson Fann
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph School (Alabama) | Director/Board Member | 2015-12-30 |
| Castlebridge Technologies Inc | Director/Board Member | 2008-08-31 |
Southeastern Technology Fund
 Southeastern Technology Fund Investment ManagersFinance Southeastern Technology Fund is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm headquartered in Alabama, United States. | Private Equity Investor | 2004-12-30 |
Accenture LLC
 Accenture LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Jvion, Inc.
 Jvion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jvion, Inc. develops predictive healthcare analytics. Its solutions include real-time predictions, changing healthcare, drive infection control, enable community health, stop readmissions, stop chronic condition complications, reach value based purchasing goals, action benchmarks and comparisons and the bonobo big data platform. The company was founded by Shantanu Nigam in 2011 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, GA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Emerson Fann
| The University of Alabama | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 11 |
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Influence Health, Inc.
 Influence Health, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Influence Health, Inc. provides integrated digital consumer engagement and activation platform for the healthcare industry. The firm delivers healthcare-specific enterprise content management and healthcare CRM solutions with advanced personalization capabilities that can be deployed across traditional and digital channels. It also offers physician relationship management solutions and enterprise clinical portal to help hospitals influence consumer choice through increased provider satisfaction and convenience. The company was founded by Gale Wilson-Steele in 1996 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL. | Technology Services |
ComFrame Software Corp.
 ComFrame Software Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ComFrame built its reputation in the software industry by taking on projects no one else had the stomach for. Its penchant for complex technology challenges has attracted a higher level of IT talent that is drawn to complicated assignments and the unraveling of hard-to-solve business and IT problems. Couple that mindset with proficiency in the most advanced software tools and highly-structured delivery methodologies and the result is more than 300 successful projects delivered to date for some of the Southeast's largest, most progressive companies across banking and finance, construction, energy and utilities, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, software development and other industries. | Technology Services |
Mobtech Corp.
Mobtech Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mobular Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of technology and services for web-based, interactive communications. It offers technology solutions for publishing and distributing high-value data and documents in the financial services, eCommerce, and government markets. The company was founded by David Noever and John Horack in 2000 and is headquartered in Hunstville, AL. | Technology Services |
Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc.
Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Nuance Healthcare Diagnostics Solutions, Inc. provides software services. It designs and develops cloud-based medical image sharing solutions that allow doctors to share medical images and documents online with other physicians and patients. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Technology Services |
MedMined, Inc.
 MedMined, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology MedMined, Inc. provides technology and services that prevent hospital-acquired infections. The company was founded by Gerald T. Laborde Jr. and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL. | Electronic Technology |
Eastside Partners LLC
Eastside Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Eastside Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Emerson Fann and Jay C. Horgen. The firm is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. | Finance |
Southeastern Technology Fund
Southeastern Technology Fund Investment ManagersFinance Southeastern Technology Fund is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm headquartered in Alabama, United States. | Finance |
Accenture LLC
Accenture LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Commercial Services |
BrightWhistle, Inc.
 BrightWhistle, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BrightWhistle, Inc. provides online lead generation platform. The company was founded by Chad Mallory and Gregory J. Foster in July 2010 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Technology Services |
Jvion, Inc.
Jvion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jvion, Inc. develops predictive healthcare analytics. Its solutions include real-time predictions, changing healthcare, drive infection control, enable community health, stop readmissions, stop chronic condition complications, reach value based purchasing goals, action benchmarks and comparisons and the bonobo big data platform. The company was founded by Shantanu Nigam in 2011 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, GA. | Technology Services |
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