Profile
Kent Madsen is the founder and the Managing Director of Epic Ventures, which was founded in 1997.
He is currently a Member at Wasatch Management Partners LLC, DWMC II LLC, and Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. He is also a Board of Advisors at Zions Bank Venture Capital, an Advisory Board Member at Woodbury School of Business, and an Investor and Board Member at Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. Mr. Madsen previously held positions as the President & Chief Executive Officer of MACC Private Equities, Inc., a Board of Directors at Cerberian, Inc., Ingeo Systems, Inc., Starbridge Systems, Inc., HG Insights, Inc., and Global Learning U, Inc. He was also a Director at Linux Networx, Inc., SilverVue, Inc., and Ford Motor Co. Additionally, he served as a Managing Director at TomorrowVentures LLC and a Director at the University of Utah.
Mr. Madsen has an undergraduate and graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a graduate degree from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kent Madsen active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Epic Ventures
 Epic Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Epic Ventures (Epic Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc founded in 1994 by E. Nicholaus Efstratis and Kent Madsen. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Founder | 1997-05-31 |
Wasatch Management Partners LLC
 Wasatch Management Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wasatch Management Partners LLC is an American company that is headed by managing directors Jack Boren and Ryan Hemingway. The private company is focused on training the next generation and recruits the best and brightest from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University every semester. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| DWMC II LLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Zions Bank Venture Capital
 Zions Bank Venture Capital Investment ManagersFinance Zions Bank Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. The firm is founded in 1994. It is headquartered in Utah, US. | Consultant / Advisor | 2014-12-31 |
| Woodbury School of Business | Consultant / Advisor | 2017-08-31 |
Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc.
 Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. is a SaaS risk management company. The company is based in Cottonwood Heights, UT. The company was founded by Gregory J. Spicer, Bret Laughlin. Bret Laughlin has been the CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | 2021-03-31 |
Former positions of Kent Madsen
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Outbox Systems, Inc.
 Outbox Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Outbox Systems, Inc., dba Simplus, develops software to provide consulting and development services. Its services include salesforce managed services, advisory services, change management, implementation services, and data integration. The company was founded by Isaac Westwood, Ryan Westwood, John Lawton and Blake Hannon in 2014 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. | Director/Board Member | 2020-01-31 |
University of Utah /Venture Capital/
 University of Utah /Venture Capital/ Investment ManagersFinance University of Utah /Venture Capital/ (University Venture) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of David Eccles School of Business founded in 2001.The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Director/Board Member | 2015-07-30 |
Star bridge Systems, Inc.
 Star bridge Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Starbridge Systems®, Inc. is a high performance computing company that offers hardware and development tools for grand challenges in computing for such industries as geophysics, bioscience, signal processing, and scientific research and development. Starbridge’s powerful tools–Hypercomputers and the Viva development environment and programming language–transform field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) into a reconfigurable computing system with unprecedented power and flexibility. The Hypercomputer provides significant advantages in speed, flexibility, versatility and efficiency of size, weight and electrical power consumption. While reconfigurable technologies have been in use for many years, their widespread adoption has been slowed by unwieldy, text-based programming languages and development tools that make programming FPGAs laborious and time-consuming. Consequently, these tools are out of date relative to the incredible rate of growth and capability of the latest FPGAs; that is, until Starbridge created Viva, a fully integrated, object oriented, graphical development environment. | Director/Board Member | 2012-08-17 |
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Training of Kent Madsen
| University of Michigan | Graduate Degree |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
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| FORD MOTOR COMPANY | Consumer Durables |
| Private companies | 18 |
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Epic Ventures
Epic Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Epic Ventures (Epic Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc founded in 1994 by E. Nicholaus Efstratis and Kent Madsen. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Finance |
Wasatch Management Partners LLC
Wasatch Management Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wasatch Management Partners LLC is an American company that is headed by managing directors Jack Boren and Ryan Hemingway. The private company is focused on training the next generation and recruits the best and brightest from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University every semester. | Finance |
| DWMC II LLC | |
Star bridge Systems, Inc.
Star bridge Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Starbridge Systems®, Inc. is a high performance computing company that offers hardware and development tools for grand challenges in computing for such industries as geophysics, bioscience, signal processing, and scientific research and development. Starbridge’s powerful tools–Hypercomputers and the Viva development environment and programming language–transform field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) into a reconfigurable computing system with unprecedented power and flexibility. The Hypercomputer provides significant advantages in speed, flexibility, versatility and efficiency of size, weight and electrical power consumption. While reconfigurable technologies have been in use for many years, their widespread adoption has been slowed by unwieldy, text-based programming languages and development tools that make programming FPGAs laborious and time-consuming. Consequently, these tools are out of date relative to the incredible rate of growth and capability of the latest FPGAs; that is, until Starbridge created Viva, a fully integrated, object oriented, graphical development environment. | Technology Services |
University of Utah /Venture Capital/
University of Utah /Venture Capital/ Investment ManagersFinance University of Utah /Venture Capital/ (University Venture) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of David Eccles School of Business founded in 2001.The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Finance |
MVC Capital, Inc.
 MVC Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MVC Capital, Inc is private Equity fund invest in equity and debt investment capital to fund growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of small and middle-market companies located in the United States. company operates through the MVC and MVCFS segments. The MVC segment consists of MVC Cayman and MVC Turf. The MVCFS segment refers to its subsidiary which provides advisory, administrative, and other services to the company and its portfolio companies. It participates in senior and subordinated loans, common and preferred stock, and warrants or rights to acquire equity interests, or convertible securities requirements. | Finance |
MACC Private Equities, Inc.
 MACC Private Equities, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MACC Private Equities, Inc. operated as a private equity fund. The company was founded on March 3, 1994 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA. | Finance |
Zions Bank Venture Capital
Zions Bank Venture Capital Investment ManagersFinance Zions Bank Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. The firm is founded in 1994. It is headquartered in Utah, US. | Finance |
TomorrowVentures LLC
 TomorrowVentures LLC Investment ManagersFinance TomorrowVentures LLC (TomorrowVentures) is a venture capital subsidiary of SCHMIDT ERIC E founded in 2009 by Eric E. Schmidt. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Global Learning U, Inc.
 Global Learning U, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Global Learning U, Inc. provides an online experience-based employment and learning programs. It offers education services to middle-class communities and young adults worldwide. The firm creates education curriculum, training, and certification programs where students and learners, educators and donors, employers, organizations (medium-sized and small businesses), and mentors collaborate on real-world projects generating the hands-on experiences bridging the gap between employment and education. The company was founded by Graham Y. Doxeyin 2013 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. | Commercial Services |
HG Insights, Inc.
 HG Insights, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services HG Insights, Inc. engages in the provision of business intelligence services. It indexes unstructured documents online and offline and provides the results to technology companies that use it in the market analysis, predictive modeling, and marketing. The company was founded by Victor Moreira and Craig Harris in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. | Technology Services |
SilverVue, Inc.
 SilverVue, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SilverVue, Inc. provides software solutions to healthcare sector. It offers silversearch, hospital case managers and post-acute care providers. The company was founded by Will B. West and W. Eric Smith and is headquartered in Sandy, UT. | Technology Services |
Banner Capital Management, LLC
 Banner Capital Management, LLC Investment ManagersFinance Banner Capital Management LLC (Banner Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Tanner D. Ainge. The firm is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. | Finance |
Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc.
Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ostrich Cyber Risk, Inc. is a SaaS risk management company. The company is based in Cottonwood Heights, UT. The company was founded by Gregory J. Spicer, Bret Laughlin. Bret Laughlin has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
| Cerberian, Inc. | Technology Services |
Linux Networx, Inc.
 Linux Networx, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Linux Networx, Inc. designs and builds computing systems. Its services include site planning, environmental design, custom hardware integration, non-standard software validation, application parallelization consulting, super system hardware and software upgrades. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Bluffdale, UT. | Technology Services |
Ingeo Systems, Inc.
 Ingeo Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ingeo Systems, Inc. provides electronic document recording services. It offers eRecording software solutions for both real estate document submitters and recorders including banks, title agencies, and other companies. The company was founded by Todd Hougaard in June 1996 and is headquartered in Logan, UT. | Commercial Services |
Outbox Systems, Inc.
Outbox Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Outbox Systems, Inc., dba Simplus, develops software to provide consulting and development services. Its services include salesforce managed services, advisory services, change management, implementation services, and data integration. The company was founded by Isaac Westwood, Ryan Westwood, John Lawton and Blake Hannon in 2014 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. | Commercial Services |
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