Adam Ross

Board of Advisors

Adam is Co-Founder & Partner of Goldcrest Capital. Goldcrest Capital is an early-stage VC fund that invests primarily in Seed and Series A financing rounds of private technology companies. Goldcrest also opportunistically invests in later-stage tech companies either directly or through secondary transactions. Before Goldcrest, Adam was an investor in more than 95 private tech companies, including Yammer, Facebook, and Palantir. Adam served on the Board of Directors for Palantir from 2015-2020. Adam received his BA from Stanford University in 1995, where he was editor-in-chief of the Stanford Review, and his JD from the University of Texas law school in 1998. In addition to serving on Fifth Down’s Board of Advisors, Adam is a valuable resource to the broad Fifth Down ecosystem.

Senior Advisors and Operating Partners are non-control advisors. These individuals are not employees of Fifth Down Cap LLC (“FDC”) or any of the funds or SPVs managed by FDC or its affiliate, Fifth Down Capital Partners, LLC (together with FDC, “Fifth Down”). Certain of the Senior Advisors and Operating Partners are engaged by FDC to provide consulting services. Consultants may be compensated with fees for such services. Additionally, Senior Advisors and Operating Partners may receive incentive unit grants in FDC and grants of carried interest in funds or vehicles managed by Fifth Down. Further, Senior Advisors and Operating Partners may be investors, directly or indirectly, in FDC, Fifth Down funds or vehicles, and/or existing and prospective portfolio companies and may receive fee breaks in connection with such investments. These arrangements may pose an inherent conflict of interest in, or may otherwise influence, the Senior Advisors’ and Operating Partners’ endorsement of Fifth Down.