Andre Haroche co-founded Silverleaf Venture Partners with Douglas Hannah to pursue special situations investing and venture capital, initially for their own accounts and now for outside investors as well.  Andre has over 12 years of experience as principal investor in private equity and real estate for his family office. Prior to founding Silverleaf, Andre was an executive in his family company, Liberty Travel, for 12 years where he began as travel agent and eventually ran the firm’s 100-person technology division as Chief Information Officer.  Prior to exiting, Liberty Travel had annual sales of $2bn and 288 wholesale and retail offices nationwide.   Mr. Haroche received his B.S. & MBA from NYU Stern School of Business in ’93 & 2000 with a concentration in Finance, Valuation and Operations Management (Cum Laude). He served on Stern/NYU’s Board of Overseers until 2018.

Andre is oversees partnership operations, investment due diligence and valuation.  His previous corporate / business operations experience coupled with his investment background provides perspective that benefits both portfolio company CEOs as well as Silverleaf Venture Partners.  He serves as a board member to portfolio companies, primarily in the technology related sectors.