Trevor Barran has a breadth of experience developing and executing investment strategies across multiple industries including financial services, healthcare, real estate and technology. For the last decade he has focused on scaling proptech companies, and recently co-sponsored a $230M proptech SPAC, Lionheart Acquisition Corp II (LCAP) where he served as Director and Chief Operating Officer. Trevor is also a senior advisor with Drake Star Partners, a boutique technology oriented investment bank with a sector focus on technology, including Esports.

Mr. Barran is an experienced entrepreneur, and brings founder empathy to his dialogue with management teams. His startup and corporate growth achievements include founding and growing a boutique consulting firm to 35 consultants, growing a tech firm (Screaming Media) from 30 to 300 employees concluding in a successful IPO, founding and growing a construction company focused on off-grid resorts to 250 employees, founding and launching a heart valve company globally and Managing C-suite management consulting and corporate investment engagements to the fortune 100.

His background in analytics and exits gives quantitative rigor to CloudTree, including technical/code underwriting and value creation strategies.

Trevor has completed post-graduate studies in evolutionary computation and also holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.