DPI CAPITAL

Candice Rezvanian serves as the Director of Operations at DPI Capital, where she oversees all aspects of the fund’s operational strategy and execution. Her responsibilities include fund formation, managing service provider relationships, and leading contract negotiations to ensure seamless operations. She drives portfolio management processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while coordinating audits, tax filings, and investor reporting. Candice also manages DPI Capital’s tech stack and data systems, optimizing efficiency and accuracy across the firm’s operations.

In addition to operational oversight, Candice plays a critical role in fostering strong LP relations by delivering transparent communication and tailored reporting. She also leads efforts in event planning, sponsorship relations, and marketing communications, strengthening DPI Capital’s brand presence and stakeholder engagement. Her expertise extends to selecting and managing service providers, ensuring alignment with the fund’s strategic goals. With a focus on operational excellence, she implements best practices across compliance, portfolio monitoring, data management, and external engagement to support DPI Capital’s growth and success.

Director of Operations

Keyhorse Capital

Advises Keyhorse Capital in venture development, operations, and strategy.

Advisor

Served as VP of Operations at Keyhorse before transitioning to a current Advisory capacity. 

Keyhorse Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm supporting a thriving community of entrepreneurs willing to go the distance to build and grow innovative companies. 

Keyhorse Capital is the venture arm of Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC).

VP, Ops

Legible.vc

Legible Helps Venture Capital Investors Build Scalable Operations with Proven Systems and Coaching.

Note: Legible does not source investors for startups because of conflicts of interest, nor does it source LPs for VC firms.

Founder and CEO

Embarc Collective

Supporting Florida's most driven and focused tech entrepreneurs to build bold, scalable, thriving companies.

Young Professionals Board Member

Auxin Labs

Supported Auxin Labs and its early venture community, fostering growth through shared knowledge, collective building, and strategic investing.

Advisory Board Member

Strut Consulting

Strut leadership team member and VC Operations Consultant to Strut's community of venture capital firms.

VC Operations Expert

Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation

Venture operations generalist planning and executing on numerous facets of venture firm operations, including but not limited to investment evaluation, LP communications and reporting, development and implementation of the investment process, post-investment support, programming, tech stack, services, and communities to support portfolio companies, investors, entrepreneur support organizations, and universities.

Venture Finance, VP of Ops

Florida Funders

Led Florida Funders' post-investment practice in a Platform role to support portfolio companies in their greatest areas of need. 
Engaged subject matter experts and investors to become Advisors to portfolio companies.
Curated a network of vendors who added value to portfolio companies.
Curated meaningful content and events to provide value and build community between entrepreneurs and various stakeholders in the community.
Aided the Deal Team in determining companies to invest in and support.

Director of Founder Success

Radicle Capital

Managed portfolio of early to growth-stage investments generating a social and environmental impact, helping entrepreneurs reach scale. Sourced + evaluated companies for initial or follow-on investment. Notable investments: SoFi and Spensa Technologies.

Portfolio Manager

Foxhollow Farm

Aided in pivoting business from wholesale to direct to consumer e-commerce model and consulted on various branding and marketing initiatives for a grassfed beef business.

Special Projects Manager, Startup Business Consultant

✅ 10 years of experience in Venture Capital 
✅ 25,000+ startups evaluated in career
✅ $100M+ fundraised from institutional LPs
✅ Managed pipeline as large as 10K companies + 20 associates
✅ Front-office + back-office 
✅ Investment + operations strategy and execution
✅ Background in agribusiness and impact investing
✅ Built and scaled early teams
✅ Direct and fund of fund investing

What other people say about me -

"Candice was instrumental in helping our team streamline the deal flow processes across our existing tech stack. We were under-utilizing the capabilities of technologies like Airtable. She advised us on using the tools at our disposal to save our team our most precious resource -- time -- enabling us to focus more on our core diligence work. Her experience architecting processes and leveraging data to evolve is clear, and we're happy to learn from her leadership. Supply Change highly recommends working with Candice; she will be an accelerator to any team that she engages with." 
- Supply Change Capital

"No doubt about it, Candice is solid - she is equally effective, whether adeptly supporting an effort in the background or front and center commanding and controlling a room. It is easy to pick up on her sincere feeling of ownership and observe as it reassures a team. These attributes were indispensable to our firm as she helped us build and implement our improved investment operations. She has a healthy and refreshing #NoFilter when necessary - if you're a fan of cutting through the bull. With Candice, not only does the train run on time, but it's going to a valuable and compelling destination." 
- Kelby Price, Managing Partner, Keyhorse Capital

“Candice's due diligence and deal flow management materials are unmatched! The material is intentional and thorough, covering the breadth and depth of each area appropriately. During group office hours, Candice is an amazing facilitator, taking the time to address everyone's questions and putting in time outside the sessions to be helpful. As an associate at an emerging fund, I found the course especially helpful in giving me actionable steps and proven methods to bring to our team to improve our processes.”
- Marigrace Ragsdale, VC Investor

Candice Rezvanian

Lightship Foundation

Program Manager

Hustle Fund

Angel Squad Member

Global Women in VC

Member

Endeavor

Lead the Access to Capital (A2C) experience for high-powering companies by building a growing network of investment partners, managing investor-related events, and supporting founders along their fundraising efforts.

Supports emerging founders throughout the fundraising process providing valuable mentorship, guidance, and helping them to raise capital from leading investors.

Serve as a ‘Regional Capital Expert’ within the global network, mapping the investor ecosystem and building relationships with key funds and partners in our region. Cross collaborate with other regions on access to capital programming and events.

Lead, Access to Capital

Endeavor operates in 40+ markets globally, investing and supporting growth-stage businesses with 30+ unicorn companies in the portfolio. 

Provided growth support for: AppHarvest, El Toro, Interapt, Solo Funds, Lisnr, Handle Global, BehaVR, MXD Process, Switcher Studio, Capture Higher Ed, EdjSports, Rabbit Hole, Red e App, RxLightning, SkuVault, Rivera Group


Growth Strategies | Market Expansion | Talent | Fundraising | Due Diligence | Investment Memos & Profiles | Financial modeling

Manager, Entrepreneur Selection & Growth

Endeavor is leading a global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting and accelerating high-impact entrepreneurs—helping scale-ups in emerging markets by providing access to talent, access to markets, and access to capital.

Associate, Entrepreneur Selection & Growth

Creative Spirits Behavioral Health, Inc.

Board Member

Helped to rapidly expand our business from a small private practice to a multi-disciplinary behavioral health organization shifting market forces as result of the 2015 legislative house bill that expanded the state Medicaid system and licensed our care network as a Behavioral Health Service Organization (BHSO). 

Organizational Restructuring

• Reestablished the business as an incorporation and oversaw recreation of formulating and operational documents.
• Developed and adopted new operational handbooks, new hire training material and job descriptions for entire new case management division.

Business Development

• Leading statewide collaborations in creating collaborative relationships with funding sources, referral sources and state agencies to improve collaboration of Managed Care organizations & Community Mental health agencies
• Built new line of services by creating a subsidiary Community Development arm that provided community-based case management, wrap-around services, and workforce development.
• Diversified revenue stream and increased total number of clients to 1500+ from 500, with an average of 30 to 50 clients per month who participate in IOP, group and individual therapy with public insurance

Client Service Delivery

• Modernized and digitized agency’s billing process and data-driven decision-making capability by selecting and implementing on-time and within budget, a robust, cloud-based, remotely accessible, Valant EMR system
• Oversaw entire electronic onboarding process and trained entire internal staff and therapeutic team on new Valant EMR system

Business Development Officer

Research and developed evidence-based programs to support therapeutic clients. Developed innovative programs and activities based on analysis of community needs and interests. Served as liaison for the company with professional, business and civic groups, community organizations and individuals. Gathered and analyzed cultural, educational, social and demographic data about the community to guide local program development.

Associate Director of Community Development Division

Create and implement media/marketing strategies and tactics for Creative Spirits Counseling Center. Managed website design, executed several marketing/public relations campaigns, developed and managed electronic media and social media platforms. Developed email communications strategies and designed all marketing materials and publications both print and online. www.creativespiritsonline.com

Marketing Coordinator/Employment Specialist

Leadership Louisville Center

Building Stronger Next-Generation Leaders. 

Ignite Louisville prepares high-potential professionals for expanded opportunities in career and community leadership. Ignite Louisville is a seven month life-changing personal and professional development experience that produces the skills, confidence, problem-solving abilities and connections essential to realizing leadership potential. Members are put into teams and paired with a non-profit for a social project. Members will also earn public recognition as a rising leader armed with professional development training from the region’s top corporations, including Norton Healthcare, Brown-Forman Corporation, Humana, as well as the U.S. Army.

Ignite Louisville Class of Spring 2019

Culture Code Louisville

In 2018, I created Culture Code Louisville —- an event series that provided a space to discuss and highlight diversity and inclusion within Kentuckiana's innovation ecosystem. This first of its kind event featured fireside chats, presentations, panels, and networking. The ultimate goal was to provide innovators and technologists of color with a platform to cultivate key relationships, gain knowledge to help to grow their startups, and develop solutions towards building a more sustainable and inclusive ecosystem.

Founder

1804 Entrepreneur Center

A Program Fellowship that helps shape the entrepreneurial culture in Louisville, with a special focus on increasing access to entrepreneurship resources for minorities and women. Design, build, and support programs and projects that inspire and educate entrepreneurship in Kentucky and Indiana. Support like-minded organizations (with board approval) related to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kentucky and Indiana. Assist in the development of strategic partnerships to support 1804’s mission.

Vogt Innovator

Greater Works Design Studio

Branding & Design services for business or personal use. Projects include Logo/Corporate Identity Design, Print Design, and Websites. Strategic Consulting, including business plan & branding strategy development. Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and statistics systems.

Founder/Creative Director

Coalition for Workforce Development

Provide direct service and support to four employers within our Coalition to promote the employment of people with disabilities with businesses in the Louisville area.
Work closely with my assigned organizations to develop a successful plan for the training and employment of potential job candidates. 
Research and analyzed the companies to develop a working knowledge of the Company’s culture, values, and hiring practices. 
Coordinate efforts with other Coalition members by communicating job descriptions, job analysis, application and interview processes and other relevant information pertaining to employment with that organization.

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