DVI Equity Partners to Specialize in Micro-Cap Investments in Emerging Companies

TUCSON, Ariz.- Diamond Ventures Inc., founded in 1988, is one of Arizona’s leading real estate development and venture capital companies.  The company announced last week that Robert Griffin has joined DVI Equity Partners, LLC, as a principal and the company’s new managing partner. DVI Equity Partners (DVI) is a new venture capital entity that Diamond Ventures and Griffin formed to increase their sourcing and analysis of investments in early stage, emerging technology companies.

Griffin’s history with Diamond Ventures began with his role as CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation (a University of Arizona spin-out and early Diamond Ventures portfolio company), and the developer of COPLINK™. In 2009 he successfully led a merger with UK-based i2, in partnership with Silver Lake Partners. In late 2011 as the CEO of i2, Griffin facilitated the sale of the company to IBM.

Under Griffin’s leadership, DVI will be actively seeking investment opportunities, with an emphasis on disruptive technology. DVI will also seek investment opportunities in companies founded and led by women and minorities. Griffin plans to evaluate emerging technology companies that create B2B value in national security, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, data analysis and other technologies.

“The formation of DVI Equity Partners and the addition of Bob Griffin to our management team underscore our desire to expand our venture capital investments and services to the Southwest region’s technology sector,” said Diamond Ventures President David Goldstein. “Through DVI and Bob’s leadership, we will have the ability to share our management expertise, resources and relationships to help entrepreneurs bring new technologies and data to transform the way we currently live and conduct business.”

“Diamond Ventures is a respected venture capital firm with a proven track record for developing strong partnerships and helping companies grow to the next level,” said Griffin. “I look forward to bringing their strengths beyond real estate development to disruptive and disintermediating technology companies serving commercial industries and governmental entities.”

Griffin’s team will include Nathan Levy, who runs the Diamond Ventures Denver office, and Ngoc Can, a Private Equity Analyst with Diamond Ventures.

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TUCSON – Diamond Ventures announced today that Nathan Levy has been named Director of their new office in Denver, Colo., which opened on June 20, 2016.

“We are excited about our growth plans in Denver and the surrounding region, and extremely pleased that Nathan Levy will be directing this expansion,” said David Goldstein, president of Diamond Ventures, Inc. “Nathan knows the Denver market, and has gained diverse, valuable management experience working in real estate investment, venture capital and private equity at our Tucson office.”

Levy will be responsible for developing, acquiring and managing Diamond Ventures’ real estate and venture capital investments in Colorado, as well as other markets including Utah and Texas.

“I am very pleased that my grandson, Nathan Levy, will lead this important expansion for our company, said Donald R. Diamond, founder of Diamond Ventures. “I am very proud that Nathan shares the same passion and vision that I do for business investment and real estate development, and has chosen a similar career path that I chose more than 50 years ago.”

Levy received a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in information systems from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in international business administration from University of Denver’s Daniel’s College of Business.