Larry Albukerk is Managing Partner of EB Exchange. With over 20 years’ experience founding, managing, advising, and investing in hundreds of private venture-backed companies, he is an expert on private equity financing and capital structure.
Mr. Albukerk founded EBX in 1999 with the goal of helping entrepreneurs achieve liquidity and diversification. He created and managed special purpose funds to allow accredited individuals and institutional investors to invest in pre-IPO companies such as Facebook.
Prior to founding EBX, Mr. Albukerk founded two companies: Visible Interactive, one of the earliest location-based services companies to leverage mobile computing technology, serving clients such as the Smithsonian, Sony, and Disney; and Basement.com, an Idealab-backed pioneer of online reverse auctioneering for consumer products. He also licensed and sold a portfolio of mobile technology patents, one of which he was the primary inventor.
Outside of EBX, Mr. Albukerk advises the X Prize Foundation on matters of private equity donations and is an active fund raiser for his children’s schools. He is also a frequent lecturer on founder liquidity and startup capital structure.
Mr. Albukerk earned an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.