WHO WE ARE

MAURICE WERDEGARS
 Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures
CEO AT WESTERN TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT

Maurice Werdegars joined WTI in 2001 and is currently President and CEO at the oldest & largest venture debt firm in the U.S. He led investments in companies including Facebook, Palantir, Youku, Quantcast, Invensense, 3PAR, IronPort, CV Ingenuity, PEAK Surgical, Merced Systems, Oscar Health, StitchFix, PlayStudios, and Volcano Technologies.

His background includes positions as a Venture Partner at Outlook Ventures, an early stage venture firm, and Chief Investment Officer at MetaMarkets, an online mutual fund company. Mr. Werdegar also founded and served as CEO of Left at Albuquerque, a venture-backed chain of restaurants. Prior to business school, Mr. Werdegar worked in corporate finance at Robertson Stephens. Mr. Werdegar holds both a BA and MBA from Stanford University.