Capital and conviction for the physical future.

Tom founded Fountain Partners in 2006. Prior to Fountain Partners, Tom held Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer roles at Starmine (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Tom was an equity research analyst at Piper Jaffray in San Francisco covering e-commerce, internet banking, payments, online trading, exchanges, credit, real estate and software companies enabling large scale financial services companies. Prior to Piper Tom spent five years in private capital and two years in commercial real estate. Tom graduated with B.A. and M.S. in Finance degrees from Bentley University. Tom is a CFA Charterholder and past member of the Ethics and Continuing Education Committee of the CFA Institute San Francisco. Tom is an active basketball player and is the founder of Path Project, a not-for-profit career path resource for high school and college students.

John joined Fountain in 2010 after serving as an advisor to the company during 2009. John’s background includes 15 years experience in due diligence, structuring, negotiation and management of venture and growth stage companies as a private equity and venture stage investor with J.P. Morgan Capital and as a General Partner at M/C Partners. During that time, John served as a board member or active observer on the boards of 14 portfolio companies. John’s investment career has spanned venture, growth and buyout investments in the media and communications, IT services and healthcare sectors. John started his career as an Associate Consultant at Bain and Company and served as a Senior Financial Analyst in Studio Strategic Planning for The Walt Disney Company immediately prior to business school. John earned an MBA from The Harvard Business School and a BA, Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College.

Afsheen joined Fountain in 2010 focusing on credit analysis and fund operations. Afsheen’s background includes extensive direct operating experience in accounting, financial reporting and budgeting. Afsheen started his career conducting investment manager due diligence and as an Associate in wealth management at First Republic Bank. Afsheen earned B.S. degrees in Corporate Finance and Financial Services from San Francisco State University and is a CFA Charterholder. He remains active in the community as a black-belt karate instructor and coach for his young daughter’s basketball and softball teams.

Justin Chin works closely with entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, private equity sponsors, equipment manufacturers, and strategic partners on their capex financing needs. He has 15 years of experience leading clients throughout the financing process, from initial capital planning through initial and follow on financings. Before joining Fountain Partners, Justin was in business development and client relationship management in Boston, working with emerging growth companies and financial institutions. Justin earned his degree from Bentley University, where he competed as a member of the Bentley Falcons NCAA Division I men's hockey team.

Anish joined Fountain as Venture Partner in 2026, focusing on sourcing and relationships across “hard things” industries including aerospace, defense, biotechnology, energy, materials and other technically complex sectors. Anish’s background includes experience as an operator, founder and investor. He began his career as a filmmaker before working in frontier technology on projects including Hyperloop with SpaceX, mission operations tools at NASA JPL, and computational neuroscience research at the Texas Medical Center and helped build several early-stage startups. Prior to joining Fountain, Anish led early-stage investing in Texas at Drive Capital. Anish attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he pursued dual degrees in Physics and Radio-Television-Film, and was awarded a fellowship at Caltech. He remains active outside of work through sailing, motor racing, climbing and music, and volunteers as a Formula 1 race marshal and youth climbing judge.

Ted came on board at Fountain as a Venture Partner in 2026, where he concentrates on deal sourcing and building relationships throughout "hard things" sectors such as energy, automation, critical minerals, materials, biotechnology, and other advanced technology fields. His career has bridged both operating and investing roles. Ted started out as an analyst at Milltown Capital, where he supported a portfolio that included real estate, operating companies, and venture investments. From there, he contributed to several energy hardware projects at Dalkia. Before coming to Fountain, he ran company sourcing, screening, and selection for the angel group Investors Circle as well as Vectorpoint Ventures. Ted holds a business degree from Northeastern University, where he specialized in social entrepreneurship and international business and minored in history. Away from work, he is a Jiu Jitsu blue belt and rescue scuba diver, and he volunteers as a diver at the New England Aquarium.