Private Equity for the Business of Software and Services

Scot Sedlacek

Venture Partner

Prior to becoming a Venture Partner at JMI in 2007, Mr. Sedlacek was a Managing Director with Jefferies & Co.’s Technology Investment Banking Group, Jefferies Broadview, one of the largest banking teams dedicated to information technology, communications, and digital media businesses. An 18-year veteran of technology finance and investment banking, he formerly served as Co-Head of Broadview’s Software and Services Global Market Group. Completing over 100 transactions with blue chip technology companies and private equity firms, Mr. Sedlacek specialized in providing merger and acquisition advisory services to clients in the enterprise applications, infrastructure management and security markets.

Mr. Sedlacek previously served on the Board of Directors of Broadview International, LLC through its acquisition by Jefferies & Co. in 2003 and was a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Prior to joining Broadview in 1988, he was employed by IBM Corporation holding several technical and management positions.

Mr. Sedlacek currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lumeta Corporation and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Boards of Jefferson Partners, a Toronto-based venture capital fund, and Security Growth Partners, a firm focused on early-stage investing in the IT security sector.

Mr. Sedlacek received an A.B. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.