Commonwealth Venture Funding Group

William J. Booth, Partner

William was one of the founding Partners of CVFG in 1998. William has been involved in all aspects of negotiating, structuring and financing of CVFG's investments. William provides assistance to the portfolio companies in the hiring of key management, development of growth strategies, and the search for acquisitions and merger partners.

Before joining CVFG, Mr. Booth had fifteen years experience in the various facets of retail management, and strategic planning. He has held executive positions in the UK and Europe in large public companies including The Burton Group, PLC., and Marks and Spencer, PLC.

Mr. Booth is a graduate of St. Edward's School, Oxford, England.



Richard G. Phipps, Partner

Since its inception, Mr. Phipps has been involved with CVFG's investments, including the implementation of new management information systems, administering banking relationships, conducting cost analyses and the development of sophisticated financial models.

Mr. Phipps' previous experience includes twelve years in corporate turnarounds and restructuring. Prior to his involvement in turnarounds and restructuring, Mr. Phipps had over eighteen years of management experience with firms such as Tabor Corp., BASF, Instrumentation Laboratories and Marcam Data Systems.

Mr. Phipps holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting Bentley College



Our Investment Partners

Since 1998, we have partnered with institutional funds, high net worth individuals and management, providing about half of our investment capital. We have excellent relationships with commercial banks and would typically include a senior secured lender in our investments. We do not use subordinated debt.