Meet Our Team

Shaler (Shay) P. Houser

Shay is an award-winning 6x founder: Seruus Venturers (1996); Nuvox Communications (1997); UCI Communications (2003); Green Cloud Technologies (2011); Youturn Health (2018), and the Founderville Fund. With over $1 Billion of transactions generated through his startups, he’s secured hundreds of millions of private debt and equity and filed for an IPO. He’s sourced, financed, and closed dozens of acquisitions. He created the fastest growing company in South Carolina, achieved Number 73 on the Inc. 500, and has since been a 3x Inc. 500/5000 winner. With 2 Public (NASDAQ) exits and 2 PE-backed exits, he also knows the drill when selling a company.

Shay is a graduate of the Citadel and a veteran of the telecommunications and technology industries. Shay has served as a senior executive with a variety of organizations and is experienced on the foundational side of the industry as an entrepreneur and investor. Based on Shay’s deep experience in capital formation, venture capital, private equity and M&A, he can speed go to market and run strategic processes efficiently.

Scott Millwood

Scott is a Clemson University graduate with a BS in Economics, and Georgia State University, with an MBA. Scott is the CEO and co-founder of Yesflow, the former CEO and co-founder of Customer Effective, and an Executive Officer of Datastream Systems. Scott led the development of significant value creation through both organizations. Customer Effective and Yesflow were both sold to Hitachi America. Both companies were bootstrapped, giving Scott a unique view into the scrappy startup lifestyle. Scott’s experience leading and, in certain instances, selling these technology companies will prove beneficial in identifying ways for emerging technology companies to increase revenues.

Please note that Founderville Fund I only invests in B2B SaaS tied to Greenville, SC. Stay tuned for future funds that will expand outside Greenville, SC.

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