Roger Ehrenberg

Roger Ehrenberg is the Founder and Managing Partner of Eberg Capital, a pioneer in bridging the gap among sports franchises, sports betting, media and entertainment. Roger is also the Founder of IA Ventures and is a Founding Partner of Greatwater Opportunity Capital and Brand:Detroit. Roger's current sports investments include franchise stakes in the Miami Marlins, Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals and the Alpine Formula 1 Racing Team, as well as a multi-stage sports venture fund. IA Ventures is among the most successful seed stage venture firms of this generation, having seeded companies including Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG), Digital Ocean (NYSE: DOCN), The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) and Wise (LSE: WISE.L). Roger’s other family investment vehicles have holdings spanning venture funds, direct investments in technology start-ups, real estate and public equities.

Previously, Roger spent 17 years on Wall Street and trading, starting his career at Citibank in M&A and derivatives before moving to Deutsche Bank to lead equity derivatives structuring and marketing. His last role was as CEO of DB Advisors, the $6.5b quantitative trading platform that was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank.

Roger currently sits on the Advisory Boards of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering and Ross School of Business, and previously sat on the board of the School of Information. Roger also sits on the Board of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, Roger’s graduate alma mater. Roger graduated from Michigan in 1987 and met his wife, Carin, during Senior year (she was Class of 1988). Roger and Carin are based in New York City and have two sons, Andrew and Ethan, who also attended the University of Michigan.