Founded in 2000, Silicon Pastures is a premier network of high net worth individuals who invest in early-stage high-tech companies located in the Midwest Great Lakes Region.  Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we will consider investment opportunities located in these states:

    Wisconsin
    Minnesota
    Michigan
    Illinois
    Iowa
    Ohio
    Missouri
    Indiana
    North Dakota

Team

    Teresa Esser
    Managing Director
    E-mail: teresa@siliconpastures.com
    Phone: 414-433-4341

    Pehr Anderson
    Non-executive Director
    E-mail: pehr@siliconpastures.com

Entrepreneurs in Residence

    Chad Cape     -    chad@siliconpastures.com
    Meru Thakur
    Fred Rose
    Richard Ruffo

Members

Members of Silicon Pastures have managed and sold companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars.  We prefer to invest in industry sectors where we can add significant value.  We have a deep understanding of these industry sectors:

    Energy
    Water
    Municipal Infrastructure
    Software
    Telephony
    Information Technology
    Payments Processing
    Finance
    Payments Processing
    Recycling Metals
    Heavy Industry
    Retail
    Catalog Sales
    Distribution
    Logistics
    Healthcare

Advisory Board

Our advisory board includes prominent entrepreneurs, lawyers, business owners, engineers, and technologists with many specializations.