Amy Rosen Wildstein is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Springboard Growth Capital. She has twenty five years of direct investment experience. Ms. Wildstein started her career at the Blackstone Group, working on principal investments as well as mergers & acquisitions. Subsequently, she joined Morgan Stanley Capital Partners where she evaluated and structured investments for the firm’s $2.0 billion investment fund, focusing on buyouts and growth equity investments across a range of industries, including consumer, media, technology and healthcare. In 1999, Ms. Wildstein co-founded Solera Capital, a private equity fund with an all-women team. She was involved with fund formation, capital raising and the development of the Fund’s investment strategy. In 2001, Ms. Wildstein co-founded Boldcap Ventures, investing in early to mid-stage companies in media/technology and life sciences and leveraging an investor base of women entrepreneurs and executives.
Ms. Wildstein has played key roles in developing and executing financing strategies for portfolio companies, including public equity and debt financings, bank facilities, and private equity placements. She is also experienced in managing and monitoring existing portfolio companies and has served on the board of directors of private and public companies. Ms. Wildstein serves on the National Advisory Board of Springboard Enterprises and is a member of the NY Fashion Tech Lab Expert Network. She is on the Board of the University of Michigan Social Venture Fund and the Board of Advisors to the Dean of the Ross School of Business. Ms. Wildstein received a Bachelor of Business Administration with Distinction from the University of Michigan.