About Us

Covestor was originated by a group of entrepreneurs who believe that salaried fund managers have no monopoly on investment talent and shouldn't have a lock on the rewards that come with investment success. Coming from the financial services and online world we trust our networks more than our brokers. We believe in democratizing the investment management industry and helping proven self-investors around the world compete with the large institutions.

Covestor is funded by New York based Union Square Ventures, Boston based Spark Capital and London based Amadeus Capital Partners. We also have a strategic investment from Independent News and Media Group, whose CEO Sir Anthony O'Reilly was formerly a board member of NYSE.

Team

Perry Blacher
Co-Founder
Perry has over 10 years of experience in Strategy and Online Services. He started his career at McKinsey & Co (management consulting) before heading up Business Development for Microsoft MSN in Europe, and later as a Principal with Chase Capital Partners (private equity). Prior to Covestor, Perry was founder and CEO of Serum, a disease management support and data service (acquired by Tribal Group PLC). Perry lives in London and is recently married. Username: PerryBlacher

Richard 'Rikki' Tahta
Co-Founder
Rikki Tahta has held a number of senior roles in Finance and Information Services. Previous start-ups include ARK Information (acquired by Thomson Financial), WebTrack (acquired by Jupiter Communications - later public on NASDAQ), Steelhead Systems (acquired by Merrill Lynch) and Bookpages (acquired by Amazon.com). Other positions include Chase Capital Partners (private equity) and Thomson Financial (Securities Data Corporation). Rikki lives in New York and loves fishing. Username: RikkiTahta

Simon Veingard
Co-Founder
Simon has more than 15 years Operations and Information Management expertise within Financial Services. At Goldman Sachs, Simon spent 6 years managing the Investment Banking's information services requirements across Europe and Asia before joining Ernst & Young (management consulting). He was then hired by GAM (a leading fund of funds manager formerly owned by UBS) to manage their global Data Services function. Prior to founding Covestor, Simon  co-founded  Beyond  Data LLC to provide relationship intelligence data to financial institutions. Simon lives in London and is a big fan of Arsenal Football Club.
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