About Us
About AccelerateU
CLAYTON PORSCHA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR ACCELERATE U AND SPECIAL ADVISOR TO STARTUPS
Clayton coaches companies of all sizes on cost effective go-to-market strategies and leads a team in carrying out those strategies. His extensive network comprises of hundreds of venture capitalists, fund managers, and top executives from startups to fortune 500s.
AccelerateU Connectors
Our connectors are all top level executives with the experience and network to get you in front of all the right people to make your business a success.
KWAME ANUKU
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, BLACK ANGEL TECH FUND
Founding principal of the Black Angel Tech fund, serial entrepreneur, and worldwide sought after public speaker. His connections span throughout all industries and geographic locations.
SEV MAYNARD
PRINCIPAL & CO-FOUNDER AT SIMPLE MACHINE ADVISORS
Manages a team of senior leaders that guides corporations in adopting new digital technologies. He is very well connected in the fortune series of companies.
DAVID HORNBECK
LEED AP
CEO of Global Blue a certified Disable Veteran owned business and board member of the U.S. Veteran Business Alliance. Dave has an extensive network of veteran, government, and corporate contacts from decades of experience reselling solutions under the DVBE certification.
MARK BARBACCIA
SILICON VALLEY SPORTS MARKETING GROUP. CONNECTING FORMULA 1 AND SILICON VALLEY.
Mark has worked to develop relationships with Fortune 500 companies to leverage their brand differentiators in to new business sectors. Most notably, McLaren Technology Group, Worldpay, VSP Global, Dun & Bradstreet, HSBC Bank, Britannia Pacific, JMI Marketing, LeFort North America, Cavendish Asset Management, Wasserman Media Group amongst others.
John Kunhart
Managing Director and Co-founder, American River Ventures
John brings a quarter-century of broad-range experiences starting new ventures and working in major corporations to complement his investment background. Before co-founding American River Ventures, John was an active seed-stage investor. He was a co-founder of Professional Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a multimillion dollar IT consulting and staffing company where he was Vice President of Sales & Marketing. John was responsible for the sale of PSI to Iron Mountain, where he served on the executive committee as Director of National Sales. Before founding PSI, John held senior technical and marketing positions with IBM, Tandem, and Boeing Computer Services. During his tenure at IBM, John was a key contributor to the launch of what is now IBM Global Services. In addition to spending time with family and friends (including his adorable twin daughters!), John also enjoys boating, snow-skiing, tennis, golf, and traveling.
Mark Haney
Chief Dreaming Officer
Mark is a serial entrepreneur and media personality who's founded or co-founded numerous companies across various industries. Mark's accomplishments include successfully exiting a Rocklin, CA based enterprise that maintained hundreds of employees and generated over $200M in annual revenues.
Along with serving on various corporate boards, Mark currently owns or co-owns dozens of businesses within numerous industries, such as; new media, real estate, construction, transportation, distribution, and security.
