Greg Besner

Biography

Prior to launching CultureIQ, Mr. Besner was the CFO of New York based SecondMarket Holdings, Inc., which he helped launch in 2004 as a founding Advisory Board member. Mr. Besner helped SecondMarket raise $36 million in Angel capital and Series A, B, and C venture capital funding. Prior to SecondMarket, Mr. Besner led a group of private investors in the Series B funding of House Party, Inc., a growth stage digital media company, where he served as COO from 2009-2010 increasing sales during his tenure from $3.8mm to $12mm. Prior to joining House Party, Mr. Besner was the Founder and CEO of Computershare Executive Services, a SaaS fin-tech company formally known as Restricted Stock Systems, Inc. ("RSS"), from 2000 until 2009. In 2007, Mr. Besner sold RSS to Computershare Limited, a public company based in Australia and he remained as President until January of 2009. During his tenure as CEO of RSS, Mr. Besner was named the Ernst & Young 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year in New Jersey. Mr. Besner is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Leslie Hsu LLC, a fashion accessories company that he and his partner founded in 2000 raising $4mm of debt capital and continue to run profitably today.

Research Interest

Entrepreneurship,capital funding