8 Pillars Capital Team

Decades of experience across finance, investing, and operations - all focused on one thing: helping exceptional founders win. A team forged in the trenches, united by a belief that the best companies are still being built.

Samantha Ory

Previously Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ouroboros Group, a consumer growth investment firm, with earlier experience in capital markets at Morgan Stanley and algorithm development for a quantitative hedge fund.

Co-founder and Managing Member
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Patrick Pearson

Previously Co-Head of the multi-billion-dollar buyout private equity portfolio at Lincoln Financial, where he led investment strategy, deal sourcing, due diligence, and execution of fund commitments and direct investments globally.

Co-founder and Managing Member
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Co-founder and Head of Portfolio Groups

Immpana Srri

Previously Chief Investment Officer at Koherent Inc. and prior to that worked on over $150B in transactions in the M&A and Private Equity practice at Monitor Deloitte. Holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master's from NYU.

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Chief of Staff

Armani Nieves

Previously worked at The Carlyle Group within Investor Relations, where he was also Junior Chair of the Pride Group and a member of the Black/Latinx Men's Leadership Committee. Before Carlyle, he was at Morgan Stanley in Debt Capital Markets, covering Consumer Retail & Industrials. He is a Fordham University graduate.

Jason Sibrian

Founder and Solutions Specialist at Rogue Insights, Jason leads business development strategies across healthcare, hospitality, and digital transformation verticals. He previously served as CTO at Ouroboros Group, where he built ML/AI tools for investment teams, and as a Cybersecurity Researcher and Software Developer at LifeBook.
He is a Harvard University graduate.

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Alberto Gentili

MBA candidate at Columbia Business School. Previously an Associate at McKinsey & Company in Milan, where he led strategic, M&A, and digital transformation engagements across transportation, insurance, and financial services, with additional experience in fleet strategy at Tesla and a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.

Research Associate
Research Associate

Tom Nguyen

MBA candidate at Columbia Business School. Previously Finance Director and Board Member at Smarthin Technologies, where he helped build a $30M revenue pipeline, with earlier careers in private equity at Argand Partners and investment banking at ABN AMRO, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Jefferies.

Research Associate

Alex Burmeister

MBA candidate at Columbia Business School. Previously a Manager at Bain & Company in Frankfurt, where he led manufacturing and strategy workstreams for global automotive and infrastructure clients, with additional experience in data science at SAP and startup mentorship at EarlyBird Venture Capital.