OUR TEAM
Grow Scale's principals bring together a unique mix of real estate, business building and technology development experience including:
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Large Scale Project Success - Senior Executive Leadership Roles at top multi-billion dollar market cap firms like Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR)
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Proven Track Record of Returns - Strong returns on past multi-family investments
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Investor Management & Regulation Expertise - Series 7 and Series 63 licensing, extensive experience with raising, deploying and returning investor capital
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Business Scaling - Serial Entrepreneurs who have built and grown a number of multi-million dollar businesses, with successful exits including being acquired by top private equity firms
$1B+
Profits Distributed
to Limited Partners
$600M
In Total
Capital Raises
50+
Years of Experience
within Management Team
PRINCIPALS
AARON MCDANIEL
MANAGING PARTNER, BOARD MEMBER
Education: Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) – Bachelors in Business Administration
Deal Experience: 10+ years investing experience, 21 deals, $28M+ in deal volume
Business Experience:
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Founder/CEO: Tycoon Real Estate (1st real estate platform to be acquired), Access Invest (largest mobile investment aggregator)
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Haas School of Business Faculty Member
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Youngest ever to serve as Regional VP @ AT&T, member of AT&T’s Diamond Club
WEN WEI
MANAGING PARTNER, BOARD MEMBER
Education: Cornell University – Masters in Computer Science
Deal Experience: 10+ years investing experience,16 deals, $30M+ in deal volume
Business Experience:
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Co-Founder/COO/CTO/CFO – ImportLA, ecommerce co. (acquired by PE firm)
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Advisor – IP Shark, Pokeworks, Beyond Vape
JIM TROUT
BOARD MEMBER, ADVISOR
Education: Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) - MBA
Deal Experience: $600M+ in Capital Raises, $1B+ in Limited Partner Profits dispersed, 25+ years experience
Business Experience:
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Founder/CEO/CTO – Vantage Data Centers, a Silver Lake Partners Company
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Sr. VP Portfolio & Technical Operations Digital Realty Trust (NYSE listed company)
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Founder – CRG West (c.k.a. CoreSite), an operating partner of the Carlyle Group
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Founding member of Security Capital Industrial Trust, operating subsidiary of world’s largest publicly trade integrated operator of industrial facilities