Each member of the team has founded companies. We have created jobs, led growth, and addressed challenges to businesses. Each of us has also personally invested in startups and supported other founders.

Peter G. Dodge

Chairman and
Chief Investment Officer

Peter Dodge is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of GP Ventures. Peter is also Founder of Hanover Research, which provides knowledge support to more than 1,400 for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Hanover Research has been recognized by the American Marketing Association as a Global Top 50 market research firm. In 2014, he launched The Peter G. Dodge Foundation, which funds promising new treatments for alcohol dependence and provides assistance to alcohol addicts and their families.

Ben Lieblich

Partner
 

Ben Lieblich is a founding partner of GP Ventures. He sources and evaluates investments for GPV, and he has prepared valuations and diligence reports used by the fund and its co-investors. He has served as the chief financial officer or as a transaction advisor for several middle market enterprises, including Hanover Research, Likeable Media, and StreamlineMD, a company of which he was also co-founder and president. He has supported more than $2 billion of transactions.

Tom D. Basile

Partner
 

Tom Basile is a partner in GP Ventures. His responsibilities tie to deal sourcing and review, fund operations, and post-investment portfolio company support. As an experienced entrepreneur, Tom has developed and led several companies, including InkWorks, a technology, production, and logistics company serving day to day enterprise needs, leading the company to a 14x return on early-stage capital.