Charles Lax
Managing General Partner
GrandBanks Capital


Charley Lax is the founder and Managing General Partner of GrandBanks Capital. Mr. Lax's investment career, spanning more than 16 years, includes investments in 41 portfolio companies, which have resulted in 29 exits thus far. His track record includes 15 public companies, of which 10 achieved market caps in excess of $1 billion. Additionally, Mr. Lax is a founding General Partner of both SOFTBANK Venture Capital (Mobius Venture Capital) and SOFTBANK Capital Partners, and co-created Flatiron Partners of New York City. Prior to his career in venture capital, Mr. Lax worked for a series of software companies in marketing, product management and sales roles, including Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the BIOS developer. Mr. Lax was awarded a B.S degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University in 1982.