Demian Costa
Chief Operating Officer at Conquer, Inc.
Profile
Demian Costa served for 12 years as a Navy SEAL, deploying multiple times to Bosnia, Serbia, Africa, and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
He held a variety of leadership roles, executing highly classified operations in multiple combat theaters.
He was granted the highest level of security clearance and nominated for a Bronze Star and Joint Commendation Medal with “V” for valor in combat.
At Camden Partners, Demian is an Operating Partner and Advisor working as Interim Chief Strategy Officer at Conquer (Camden Fund VI portfolio company) and in other advisory roles.
He has been interacting with the team at Camden since 2019 when he helped to source a debt deal for Camden Fund VI.
Throughout his diverse career, he has developed extensive leadership experience both as an investor and operator across a wide variety of asset classes.
As an operator, he founded companies and held multiple C-level roles in startup and growth-stage businesses as well as leading restructuring and turn-around situations.
For seven years, he was a Partner and founding member of Sagamore Ventures, the family office for Kevin A.
Plank, Founder of Under Armour (NYSE:UA), which has operating businesses in various sectors.
Demian developed the annual strategy for the business units and was responsible for advising and supporting the leadership teams, monitoring operating results against annual plans/budgets.
He developed business plans for 6 new operating companies which he launched within Sagamore Ventures, subsequently building the strategy, hiring, and managing the teams to run those businesses.
He has developed products and built supply chains in Southeast Asia and the US.
As an investor, he was Founder and Managing Partner of Sagamore Investments, the direct investment arm of Sagamore Ventures where he was responsible for investing $50mm+ in debt and equity investments across multiple asset classes.
Demian Costa active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Conquer, Inc.
Conquer, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Conquer, Inc. engages in the provision of sales force and cloud communication services through software. It specializes in telecommunications, Saas, sales acceleration, dialer, native software, post-call automation, lead management, cloud-based automation, multi-line dialing, and Microsoft dynamics CRM. The company was founded by Joshua Tillman and Omar Haq in 2005 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA. | Chief Operating Officer | 2023-06-30 |
Camden Partners Private Equity
Camden Partners Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Camden Partners Private Equity (Camden Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Camden Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1995 by David Lyle Warnock. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | Consultant / Advisor | 2023-06-30 |
Tessemae's LLC
Tessemae's LLC Food: Major DiversifiedConsumer Non-Durables Tessemae'S LLC produces and markets salad dressing. Its products include chesapeake mayo, dijon mustard, hot buffalo sauce and mayonnaise. The company was founded by Matthew Vetter, Brian Vetter and Genevieve Vetter in 2009 and is headquartered in Essex, MD. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-08-31 |
Former positions of Demian Costa
Companies | Position | End |
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Sagamore Ventures
Sagamore Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sagamore Ventures (Sagamore Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Kevin Plank. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | Private Equity Investor | 2020-09-29 |
Training of Demian Costa
University of Baltimore | Undergraduate Degree |
University of Maryland | Masters Business Admin |
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Camden Partners Private Equity
Camden Partners Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Camden Partners Private Equity (Camden Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Camden Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1995 by David Lyle Warnock. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | Finance |
Sagamore Ventures
Sagamore Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sagamore Ventures (Sagamore Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Kevin Plank. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | Finance |
Tessemae's LLC
Tessemae's LLC Food: Major DiversifiedConsumer Non-Durables Tessemae'S LLC produces and markets salad dressing. Its products include chesapeake mayo, dijon mustard, hot buffalo sauce and mayonnaise. The company was founded by Matthew Vetter, Brian Vetter and Genevieve Vetter in 2009 and is headquartered in Essex, MD. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Conquer, Inc.
Conquer, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Conquer, Inc. engages in the provision of sales force and cloud communication services through software. It specializes in telecommunications, Saas, sales acceleration, dialer, native software, post-call automation, lead management, cloud-based automation, multi-line dialing, and Microsoft dynamics CRM. The company was founded by Joshua Tillman and Omar Haq in 2005 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA. | Technology Services |
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