David Arcara is a Partner at Laconia. An entrepreneur turned investor. David’s career spans over two decades in young, high-growth and turnaround businesses. Previously, he founded DJA Media (acquired by Clear Channel), co-founded UGO Networks (acquired by Hearst Corporation), and founded Alliance Custom Communications (acquired by Random House). He entered the investing world by founding Rubber Soul Ventures, where he focused on investments in emerging digital technology companies. David is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
No stranger to risk, David has been adventure skiing with his kids for 20+ years, getting them started right out of the crib. He is also Laconia’s resident sommelier (after hours only, of course).
Jeffrey Silverman is a Co-Founder and Partner at Laconia Capital Group. With over 20 years of experience, Jeffrey has been at the forefront of building, scaling, and investing in early-stage tech ventures. At Laconia, he leads investments across enterprise SaaS, fintech, health tech, e-commerce, martech, and more. His focus lies in accelerating growth, refining go-to-market strategy, and shaping capital strategy for Laconia’s portfolio companies.
Before Laconia, Jeffrey was an early employee at DoubleClick, where he held senior roles and developed a deep understanding of how to grow successful tech businesses—experience that proved foundational as DoubleClick ultimately sold to Google. He later served as President of Integrated Color Solutions, further honing his leadership and operational expertise.
Beyond Laconia, Jeffrey is the Co-Founder of 3SE Holdings, a Web3-focused investment platform, and Proteus Collection, an art investment platform. He serves as a senior advisor to AutoFi and sits on the board of Propensity. He is also an active observer for several Laconia portfolio companies, including Marpipe, WeStock, Trestle, and Tender.
Jeffrey’s passion lies in mentorship. From holding open office hours for founders and early-stage operators to his philanthropic work with Project Morry and Friends of the Lake, he’s committed to supporting the next generation of leaders.
The social butterfly of the team, Jeffrey credits his enviable athleticism to coaching all three of his kids and their friends in baseball, basketball, softball, flag football, and soccer—earning him the title of “Funcle.” A proud Tulane alum with a BA in history, he later completed Columbia’s Executive Education Program. As the first Gen Z representative in his 50s, he wears the title proudly.
Geri Kirilova is a Partner at Laconia. Prior to joining Laconia, Geri was a Business Associate at Techstars Internet-of-Things program, where she facilitated program operations and worked directly with ten portfolio companies on customer acquisition, growth strategy, fundraising, business development, and messaging and storytelling. As an operator, Geri managed a branch of Kweller Prep, a boutique educational services firm, leading hiring, training, sales, program management, client relations, and curriculum development. She is a graduate of New York University Stern School of Business, and holds a BS in Business with specializations in Information Systems and Management.
A lifelong New Yorker dragged over from Bulgaria, Geri began her venture capital career in Central and Eastern Europe at LAUNCHub in Sofia and Credo Ventures in Prague. By no means a pop culture savant, Geri counterbalances Jeffrey as Laconia’s resident Baby Boomer at heart.
Mirit Lugassi is an Associate at Laconia. Mirit is an operator turned venture capital investor. She has a global track record (US, Europe, Israel and UK) of transforming early-stage startups in various industries, including Edtech, Fintech and Social Impact. During her career, she has acted as Head of Growth & Customer Success at a category-defining, VC-backed Fintech scaleup, DueDil (acquired) successfully designing, implementing and directing strategies that led to best-in-class results, as well as VP of Customer Operations in Edtech high-growth startup. More recently, on a mission to bring her experience and passion to support innovative founders and fund solutions that are solving the world’s biggest problems, she pivoted her career into venture investing, helping build two cutting-edge operations: 51 Unicorns, an investment club aimed at female retail investors, and SeedImpact, an alternative investment firm orchestrating investment opportunities between mission-driven angel investors and underrepresented founders.
Mirit holds a Bachelor of Laws and Economics from Tel Aviv University, a Master of Business Administration, and she is a qualified lawyer in the state of New York.
Mirit has lived in four countries, loves to geek out on behavioral economics, and is the lead dancer in the newly forming Laconia band.
Taylor Davidson is the Fractional CFO at Laconia. Taylor Davidson helps entrepreneurs and investors create and use financial models for business decisions through his template financial models, professional development classes, and strategic advisory services at Foresight.
He has worked with over 50k founders and investors worldwide since 1998 on financial projections, investment strategy, fundraising, and business strategy.
Alexa Suguitan is the Marketing Director at Laconia. Alexa is the founder of Lex & Co. Marketing, a Toronto-based agency specializing in content creation, email marketing, and digital strategy. With over a decade of experience in both B2B and B2C marketing, she has built a reputation for helping professionals and businesses elevate their online presence and drive real growth.
Before starting Lex & Co., Alexa led national marketing operations for a leading dental education company, where she oversaw everything from advertising strategy to multi-channel campaign execution.
When she’s not building strategies for clients, you can find Alexa on the soccer field—she’s played competitively for over 25 years. And when the game sidelines her with injuries, she happily trades the pitch for the couch, cuddling up with her five-pound toy poodle, Toby.
