Full Name
Denise Dunlap
Job Title
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Name of ACA member affiliation or organization
Sage Growth Capital
Speaker Bio
Denise has a record of successfully building and operating companies
as well as coaching startups and entrepreneurs. Two of her former roles include CEO of an IT
services company and Director of Boise State University’s business incubator. She has
been an active angel investor and leader in the angel investment community since 2008,
and travels the country teaching angel investing courses as an Instructor for the Angel
Capital Association’s Education program. (Post - COVID update: she now teaches courses via Zoom....)
Denise co - founded Loon Creek Capital Group in 2010 and has grown the company to provide consulting
and administrative services to hundreds of angel investors across the country. In 2019, Denise co - founded Sage Growth Capital, a fund that makes revenue-
based investments in a wide variety of companies that need growth capital but are not a fit for traditional bank or equity financing. Denise serves as Managing Partner of both
organizations. Denise holds a BBA from Boise State, a first - degree black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu, is a certified Wrangler/Packer, and makes a wicked prickly pear margarita.
as well as coaching startups and entrepreneurs. Two of her former roles include CEO of an IT
services company and Director of Boise State University’s business incubator. She has
been an active angel investor and leader in the angel investment community since 2008,
and travels the country teaching angel investing courses as an Instructor for the Angel
Capital Association’s Education program. (Post - COVID update: she now teaches courses via Zoom....)
Denise co - founded Loon Creek Capital Group in 2010 and has grown the company to provide consulting
and administrative services to hundreds of angel investors across the country. In 2019, Denise co - founded Sage Growth Capital, a fund that makes revenue-
based investments in a wide variety of companies that need growth capital but are not a fit for traditional bank or equity financing. Denise serves as Managing Partner of both
organizations. Denise holds a BBA from Boise State, a first - degree black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu, is a certified Wrangler/Packer, and makes a wicked prickly pear margarita.
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