Jeff Faust joined Founders Space as a mentor. Jeff is a Certified Valuation Analyst and the Director of Valuation Services at ASL and is a part of the Emerging Business Group and Technology Group.
He has 20 years of experience in the valuation of privately held companies for various purposes: stock options grants (IRC § 409A), Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), estate/gift, fundraising, mergers/acquisitions, and more.
He has provided valuation expertise to owners/shareholders, trustees, management teams, investors and start-ups of all sizes and stages of development and in a wide variety of industries including high-tech (Software, Hardware, SaaS, Mobile, Telecom, Social Media, Cloud, Data, etc.), bio-tech, agricultural bio-tech, pharmaceuticals, manu-facturing and many more. Clients range from long-established companies to highly entrepreneurial ventures to families and individuals.
He has also has lectured around the world on business valuation theory and is one of the instructors for the Venture Capital Academy. He has qualified as an Expert Witness in Valuation in most of the counties in the Bay Area.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, Economics, from the University of California Los Angeles.
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