Kelly Ford

Kelly is a tech industry executive turned growth equity investor with a specialty in accelerating growth and building enterprise value for software companies from startup to $100M plus in revenue. At Edison Partners, she invests in vertical SaaS and fintech companies, leads the firm’s operations, and is the pioneer of the Edison Edge value creation platform. Over the last eleven years with the firm, Kelly has been involved with more than 60 investments and served as board director for over a dozen of them. Prior to joining Edison, Kelly spent 20 years in high-growth emerging and established B2B and B2B2C technology companies, including IBM (NYSE: IBM) and LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN). Kelly has been recognized as a Top Woman in Growth Investing and Top Woman in Tech by GrowthCap and Kayo, respectively. She's also been featured in Buyouts, Forbes, Crunchbase, Venture Capital Journal, and on Nasdaq TradeTalks and Cheddar, and is a frequent speaker at national investor and tech industry events.