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Gabriel Reyna / managing partner
Gabriel is an experienced executive, entrepreneur and investor passionate about building enduring businesses that leverage capitalism to do good in the world.
His background is in corporate development and project finance spanning the Energy, Power and Water sectors globally where he was actively involved in over $3bn in development and M&A transactions.
Prior to Bandera, Gabriel was a technology entrepreneur in the fintech and financial services industry, most recently co-founding and growing a global venture studio.
Gabriel is originally from South Texas, a fourth-generation landowner with a family background in farming, ranching and land stewardship. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Engineering and Finance from Texas State University and the New York Institute of Finance.
He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and daughter and enjoys the outdoors, music, and field-to-table food adventures.
Jeremy Atkin / managing partner
Jeremy is an experienced technology investor who has become a trusted advisor to a number of Australia’s leading Climate Tech founders.
Prior to joining Bandera Jeremy was a founding employee of the corporate venture capital funds of both Lane Crawford Joyce Group and Woolworths Group. Jeremy commenced his career as a management consultant advising some of Australia’s leading companies across sectors including technology, telecommunications, retail, media and entertainment and financial services.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in Economics.
David Solsky / operating partner
David is a seasoned technology and climate/sustainability entrepreneur, with over 25 years experience as a founder and CEO. His most recent venture, Envizi, grew to become a global leader in carbon and sustainability software and was acquired by IBM in January 2022.
David served as IBM’s VP of Sustainability Solutions until March 2024. Previous ventures include Databank Technologies, an Australian market leader in IT disaster recovery, which was sold to Freightways (a New Zealand public company) in 2006 as well as Access Telecommunications, an early entrant in Australia’s deregulated Telco market.
David’s professional background was in accounting and finance. He holds a Bcomm from UNSW and was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He spent 8 years of his early career with Coopers & Lybrand in their audit and corporate advisory practices.