The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Howard Lubert, managing director, Rowan Innovation Venture Fund
Several decades of experience in the venturing and business angel fields have been crucial to Howard Lubert’s success as managing director of Rowan University’s $5m Rowan Innovation Venture Fund.
The institution launched the fund in 2014 and turned to Lubert to help boost its commercialisation and technology transfer activities.
Before joining Rowan, Lubert was managing partner of the SafeHatch accelerator program and co-founded Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic, a regional branch of private equity and angel network Keiretsu Forum.
The fund made its first investments in 2015, with seed funding of $100,000 each for FitDegree, an online fitness service, and Tassl, a platform aimed at enhancing college alumni networks. The fund also participated in a series A round for Tassl in 2017.
The Rowan Innovation Venture Fund was created as a result of financing allocated by the university’s endowment, the Rowan University Foundation, which manages just under $175m.
