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OLLIE GRANT VENTURES
Partnership-driven investments that align with your financial vision
Ollie Grant Ventures was founded on a simple belief: private equity investing should be built on true partnership, not transactions. We specialize in late-stage companies in regulated industries, where our unique regulatory expertise creates competitive advantages.
Led by a former FINRA examiner and serial entrepreneurs, we combine deep regulatory knowledge with operational experience to identify opportunities others overlook. Our commitment: 100% GP capital in every Series, direct access to managing partners, and transparent communication. Always.
Faithful. Forward.
WHAT SETS US APART?
1. Regulatory Expertise as Competitive Advantage
Led by Gerson Gibbs, former FINRA examiner, our team sees opportunity where others see only compliance risk. We understand regulatory
frameworks from the inside - how regulators think, what creates defensible moats, and where complexity becomes competitive advantage.
This isn't just financial analysis. It's regulatory intelligence that informs every investment decision. In cannabis, defense technology, financial services, and healthcare, regulatory complexity isn't a barrier - it's our edge.
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2. True Partnership, Not Transactions
We invest our own capital in every Series alongside our partners. This isn't just alignment, it's an authentic partnership with shared risk and reward.
When you invest with OGV, you have direct access to managers Gerson Gibbs and Ryan Foncannon. No call centers. No runaround. Just transparent communication and quarterly reporting that actually tells you what's happening with your capital.
Our Series structure provides flexibility and transparency that traditional blind-pool funds don't offer. You choose which opportunities align with your objectives.
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3. Disciplined Investment Methodology
Point. Pursue. Prosper. We combine regulatory assessment, operational analysis, and financial modeling to identify exceptional late-stage opportunities.
POINT: We identify companies where regulatory complexity creates barriers to entry and sustainable competitive moats.
PURSUE: Methodical due diligence informed by regulatory expertise and operational experience. We don't chase deals. We track opportunity.
PROSPER: Patient capital deployed with strategic precision. We partner through ups and downs, maintaining commitment to your financial goals.
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Meet the Team
Founder, Belite Capital
Administrator, Ollie Grant Ventures
Gerson Gibbs, MBA
Gerson brings nearly two decades of securities regulation experience, institutional fund administration expertise, and compliance oversight to Ollie Grant Ventures.
He began his career at FINRA, rising to Senior Examiner with oversight of major global institutions including JP Morgan Chase, UBS, and UBS Puerto Rico. He left the regulator and founded Belite Capital in 2020, building on earlier work running compliance programs for small and mid-sized financial businesses. Along the way he served as Operations Director at a leading minority-owned investment bank and Compliance Director for multiple $100M private equity funds.
As administrator to Ollie Grant Ventures, Gerson oversees investor onboarding, AML and accredited verification, capital calls, distributions, and the Juniper Square audit trail. As compliance lead for the engagement, he maintains the framework that keeps Belite (administrator), Ollie Grant Ventures (manager), and Ollie Grant Private Wealth (registered advisor) operating in their proper regulatory lanes.
Gerson holds a B.A. from the University of Albany and an M.B.A. from Metropolitan College of New York.
Manager, Ollie Grant Ventures
Founder, Ollie Grant Private Wealth Managing Partner
Ryan Foncannon, MBA
Ryan has spent nearly twenty years building wealth strategies for business owners and high-income earners, identifying where tax inefficiency, operational complexity, and undercapitalized assets quietly drain long-term returns. The thesis behind Ollie Grant Ventures is a direct extension of that work.
He is the founder of Ollie Grant Private Wealth, a registered investment advisor delivering integrated financial planning, tax strategy, and investment management. OGPW serves as the registered advisor on the Ollie Grant Ventures engagement, conducting suitability conversations and documenting investor fit.
As Managing Partner at SWAN Virtual Family Office, Ryan leads a multi-disciplinary team of advisors, attorneys, and tax strategists serving entrepreneurs and family enterprises.
Ryan is a nationally recognized tax strategist known for proactive, high-impact strategies that create measurable savings and durable long-horizon planning.