Professionals

David J. Hook, Managing Director

Having been a private equity investor since 1982 , Mr. Hook has been a General Partner in firms with approximately $165 million under management, has invested in 50 privately held companies of which 12 have completed their IPOs and 5 have been acquired for over $165 million.

These investments include Applied Digital Access (ADAX), Adaptive Solutions (ADSO), Clarify (CLFY), Etec Systems (ETEC), Genta (GNTA), Harmonic (HLIT), IC Works (Cypress Semiconductor), LGC Wireless (ADC), NetSolve (NTSL), Power Integrations (POWI), Promatory Communications (Nortel Networks), Qpass (AMDOCS), Spatial Wireless (Alcatel), Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT), VidaMed (VIDA), Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS), and Volterra Semiconductor (VLTR). In addition, he has investments in several privately held companies such as Astute Networks, Inphi, Teranetics and Eltek Valere.

Mr. Hook has also served as director on the boards of several portfolio companies. He is a member of the investment committee of Genesis Campus, a Dallas-based venture capital firm. Mr. Hook initially gained his experience by living and investing in California’s Silicon Valley, working with Larry Mohr at Mohr, Davidow Ventures. In 1984, he co-founded the first Hook Partners Fund. He has been a General Partner in seven Hook-related venture capital partnerships. Moving to Dallas in 1988, he participated in the early stages of the Telecom Corridor. Prior to Mr. Hook’s Silicon Valley years, he was an associate with the venture capital firm Carolina Capital Corporation where he assisted the managing partner in the management of this SBIC.

He holds a BA degree in Accounting from Wittenberg University.Mr. Hook has been a guest lecturer to the MBA entrepreneurial students at Southern Methodist University and has served on the Steering Committee of the Southwest Venture Forum and the DFW Private Equity Forum.



Anthony Ludlow, Managing Director

Over the past 15 years Mr. Ludlow has focused on acquiring, growing, and managing various public and private companies. During the past seven years he has been involved in more than 12 transactions.

Currently, Mr. Ludlow is the founder of VenteX Capital focused on investments in service based and technology middle-market companies. Prior to founding VenteX Capital, Mr. Ludlow was a Director, the General Counsel, and Chief Financial Officer of Transition Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm with over 25 investments in various service based businesses. Prior to joining Transition Capital Partners, Mr. Ludlow held various senior level positions in large and small public companies as well as practicing M&A, corporate, and securities law in a law firm.

Mr. Ludlow was a Vice President at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), a $6.5 billion, Fortune 500 company in the business process and information technology outsourcing industry. He was responsible for integrating new acquisitions, internal business improvement consulting, negotiating complex contracts with Fortune 100 clients, and legal and accounting compliance.

Prior to ACS, Mr. Ludlow practiced M&A, corporate, and securities law at Hallett & Perrin, P.C., where he represented various publicly-traded and privately-held businesses in connection with public offerings of equity and debt, private placements of equity, venture capital and leveraged financing. He also represented various businesses in connection with mergers and negotiated acquisitions of assets and securities. Prior to working at the law firm, Mr. Ludlow worked at Dallas Semiconductor Corporation, a $350M manufacturing company where he held several accounting and finance positions and ultimately earned the position of Manufacturing Controller.

Mr. Ludlow received his JD from Southern Methodist University School of Law and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and a Certified Public Accountant.