William Dunbar is managing director of Core
Capital Partners. Prior to joining Core, he was CEO and founder
of Pebble Hill Capital, an investment company which provided
early-stage financing to information technology and communications
companies such as webMethods and CrossMedia Networks. Earlier,
Dunbar was a portfolio manager at Allied Capital, a $700 million
firm providing venture capital and private equity, and was
president of Allied Capital Corporation II, a $107 million
publicly-traded private equity fund. During that period, Allied
II invested in or acquired 46 privately held small or mid-sized
growth companies. He also served as executive vice president
of Allied Capital Advisers, the management company for the
Allied family of funds, and as chief investment officer for
Allied’s private equity activities. He began his investment
career at Venture America, a venture capital firm specializing
in early-stage, high technology investments, such as Discovery
Communications and Digene. Dunbar also held positions in LBO
Lending at Chase Manhattan Bank and in technology operations
at NationsBank. He serves on the board of SwapDrive, Ecutel,
Foresight, and Trinity Convergence. He has also served on
the board of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and the
National Association of Small Business Investment Companies,
as well as serving as chairman of NASBIC. Dunbar has an MBA
from Harvard University and a BA from Davidson College and
resides with his wife and three children in Alexandria, Virginia.
