Laure Brasch

Laure A. Brasch is a Managing Director at Franklin Park Associates, LLC. SEC Form D filings for Franklin Park Venture Capital Opportunity Fund II identify her as both an executive officer and director, and clarify that she is Chief Compliance Officer and a Managing Director of the sole member of the issuer's general partner. Franklin Park’s own team page lists her as a Managing Director.

Franklin Park was founded in 2003 and describes itself as an SEC-registered private markets investment firm providing access to private equity, private debt, and venture capital investments through fund-of-funds, co-investment funds, and advisory accounts. The firm is headquartered at Three Bala Plaza in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland.

Brasch’s reported prior experience includes joining Franklin Park in August 2006, serving as a Manager at SEI from July 2002 to August 2006, and working as an Accountant at Kreischer Miller from September 2000 to July 2002. Her LinkedIn profile lists Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management and a C.P.A. credential.

• Franklin Park’s stated purpose is to “uncover and access best-in-class private market investment opportunities” capable of generating high long-term absolute and excess returns.
• The firm focuses exclusively on private market strategies and invests through professionally managed funds and direct co-investments.
• Venture capital focus: global investments in VC funds and direct co-investments across seed, early, and late-stage strategies, primarily in technology and life sciences.
• Venture manager selection tenets include managers positioned as go-to players in particular markets, professionals with established relationships with entrepreneurs and other VCs, and an emphasis on value-added earlier-stage strategies.
• Private equity focus: global private equity funds and direct co-investments across growth equity, buyout, and turnaround strategies.
• Private debt focus: global private debt funds and direct co-investments across senior, mezzanine, structured capital, royalties, specialty finance, opportunistic credit, and niche strategies.
• No reliable public source was found showing a personal angel-investing thesis, personal check size, or Laure Brasch acting as a solo seed angel investor; the verified evidence points to her role at Franklin Park.