Tony Rock - Principal contact via e-mail  Tony Rock is a Principal with Kansas Venture Capital, Inc., a provider of private equity capital to lower middle market manufacturing and business service companies in the U.S. He is responsible for deal generation, structuring, due diligence, closing, and monitoring both debt and equity portfolio investments. Tony is an experienced executive and advisor for emerging growth and distressed companies. He has extensive financial, operational and technology consulting experience in serving nearly 100 operating units in various capacities, including the development of over 20 new business ventures. His professional background also includes senior consulting, planning and corporate development roles with BKD, Olsten Corporation and Andersen Consulting.

Tony is also a strategy advisor with KTM China Advisors, a provider of trade and investment support services for cross-border transactions between the U.S. and China. He has extensive experience in government relations, entity formation and due diligence activities in China. He is currently conducting seminal research on private equity, innovation and entrepreneurship in China through the University of Kansas.

Tony currently serves as a board member on a number of operating companies, the Kansas City chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and the Sunflower House, a child abuse prevention center serving Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas. He also serves as a co-instructor on venture capital finance for UMKC’s Bloch School of Business MBA program.

Tony holds a BA in Economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. In addition, Tony is a CFA charterholder.