- John Cooper has 30+ years of leadership experience in technology investment banking and large-cap corporate development. He has led the execution of numerous notable mergers, acquisitions, investments and recapitalizations across public and private companies.
- Cooper joined Carlsquare in 2023 through the merger with Capital Clarity, the San Francisco-based technology investment bank he founded with Susan Blanco.
- Previously, Cooper led technology investment banking practices at Houlihan Lokey, ArchPoint Partners and Montgomery & Co, was President of ThinkTank software incubator funded by SoftBank and led Corporate Development for Microsoft, McKesson, First Data and American Express.
- Completed post-graduate work at MIT and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance from the University of Minnesota
John Cooper
Managing Partner
Carlsquare