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But Cairn (pronounced “Karn”) G Cross, cofounder and managing director of FreshTracks Capital, LP produces the one thing a business economy simply cannot do without: the entrepreneurs themselves.

September 23, 2008 | Lee Bouyea

Venture capital firm FreshTracks Capital reports that it has closed a $14 million fund,FreshTracks Capital II L.P.

June 3, 2008 | Lee Bouyea

The first things I noticed were the ski vests. “Green for those with dough,” explained Charlie Kireker of FreshTracks Capital, “and blue for those looking for dough.” For two hours, blue vests would ride up the chairlift making sales pitches to green vests.

March 8, 2006 | Lee Bouyea

The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., which sells stuffed bears,
flowers and food over the Internet, is going private. In a deal valued at
$50 million, an investment group lead by Mustang Group LLC of Boston
will own the company.

September 30, 2005 | Lee Bouyea

In 2002 an estimated $12.2 million in venture capital flowed to companies in the state, according to a survey conducted by FreshTracks Capital in Middlebury where Cross is managing director.

August 28, 2005 | Lee Bouyea

Charlie Kireker, who began FreshTracks in 2001 with Cairn Cross, said they usually provide “second stage” financing, once a business is up and running and ready to expand.

March 25, 2004 | Lee Bouyea

Through formation of a new venture capital fund here in Vermont, we expect to help improve upon this low ranking, and thus lift out state closer to New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut, which all rank in the venture capital top 20 nationally.

December 5, 2001 | Lee Bouyea

FreshTracks Capital, L.P. in Middlebury has finished raising money for an early-stage venture capital fund with access to $20 million for investment primarily in Vermont companies and occasionally in other parts of the Northeast.

October 14, 2001 | Lee Bouyea

FreshTracks Capital L.P. will invest up to $2 million in early stage growth companies in such sectors as software, medical and biotechnology, telecommunications and wireless/network infrastructure, consumer product and media, said fund co-founder Cairn Cross.

September 10, 2001 | Lee Bouyea

Kireker and his partner Cairn Cross believe that venture capitalists are overlooking companies worthy of investment. And evidently, so do Village Ventures, Middlebury College, and a slew of other institutional and individual investors.

September 10, 2001 | Lee Bouyea