Capital Innovators Announces Addition to Team and Names Managing Director

Startup accelerator and venture management firm Capital Innovators announced today the addition of Brett Luing to the team as the new Program Director as former Program Director, Frank Hopper is promoted to Managing Director.

Hopper will oversee the Capital Innovators team- as they execute their world-renowned accelerator program and newly launched NGA Accelerator Powered by Capital Innovators, as well as manage the Capital Innovators portfolio.

“As Capital Innovators has grown and changed with demands of the market and our portfolio, it just makes sense to move Frank into this role,” said Judy Sindecuse, CEO and Founder of Capital Innovators. “We now have over 140 companies in the portfolio and during his tenure as Program Director, Frank has gotten to know most of them, so he is uniquely positioned to continue to help them grow.”

Luing will work with mentors and community partners to advance early-stage companies participating in Capital Innovators accelerators, as well as oversee seed stage deal sourcing and the application process.

“We are lucky to have Brett join the team after a successful internship with us last summer. Since his internship, he has stayed committed to growing in the venture capital field and continued to show initiative and grit that is a huge part of the culture at Capital Innovators. We are confident he will make an excellent addition to the team,” said Hopper.

Drawing from his previous experience as an analyst at Alumni Ventures Group, Brett brings a seasoned perspective to sourcing transformational companies to add to the Capital Innovators portfolio. Brett’s involvement in the startup ecosystem stretches beyond investing to the operational side where he spent his undergraduate years working with a startup studio based in New York, NY, an accelerator program in Madison, WI, and early-stage founders at an incubator in Paris.