New Columbia Capital Partners
What We Do
Our Services
New Columbia Capital helps founders and early-stage companies navigate the complex financial and strategic challenges of the 21st Century economy.
Our years of experience in early-stage ventures makes us an ideal trusted advisor to our clients in a number of key areas including RegCF, RegA, and RegD fundraising.
About Us
We are New Columbia Capital
For over 300 years, the image of Columbia has represented the female national personification of The United States of America.
Originating from Roman and Greek imagery, Columbia wasn’t just a rallying cry for early Americans, it was a call to all who wished to leave the Old World in order to build a more perfect Union.
But that work is not done.
New Columbia Capital’s purpose is to serve the next generation of ground breaking entrepreneurs by providing the advice they need to achieve their vision.
Meet Our
Team
Angelika O’Reilly,
Co-founder, COO
After graduating from Michigan State University in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Law & Society Angelika O’Reilly headed to Washington, D.C. – the city she fell in love with during a White House Internship in 2005.
Angelika was one of the first non-founding employees of Higher Logic, a fast-growing community management SaaS startup that eventually exited after growing to 400+ employees.
Following an exit event, Angelika left Higher Logic for Washington, D..C.-based Contactually – a customer relationship management software that was also acquired two years later. From there, Angelika took her early-stage experience to Fonteva – an Arlington, VA-based Fonteva Salesforce SaaS where she served as the Senior Director of Customer Success and oversaw $30 million in ARR.
At New Columbia, Angelika has taken the leap to bringing her nearly 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and early-stage growth and development to the national startup community.
Sean O’Reilly,
Co-founder, CEO
Co-founder and CEO Sean O’Reilly oversees New Columbia Capital’s capital markets advisory and venture capital investments.
Sean previously served as the CMO and early investor of KingsCrowd, the equity crowdfunding market’s first and only ratings platform offering unparalleled insight and analysis to the rapidly growing online private markets.
A graduate of Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management with a Concentration in Finance, Sean brings an entrepreneur’s enthusiasm to the capital needs of early-stage companies.
A lifelong “Fool”, Mr. O’Reilly spent four years at The Motley Fool, a financial news and advice company based in Alexandria, VA. There he cut his teeth as an investment analyst, podcast host, and marketer.
Brian Mitchell,
Managing Director
Brian is the Managing Director at New Columbia, bringing expertise as an innovator and former exited founder. He has a passion for increasing founder access to growth capital through VC partnerships and regulated equity crowdfunding.
In 2016, Brian created and launched Bright Greens Blenderless Smoothies. He raised over $4M in funding from investors, including Kelloggs, to expand the sustainable brand into 2200 grocery stores and a national e-commerce subscription business.
Brian’s success with A&E, an online financial newsletter, led him to become a Senior Investment Manager at Republic.co and a VP of Business Development at NetCapital, two of the largest Equity Crowdfunding platforms in the US.
In 2023, Brian joined New Columbia Capital to focus on supporting today’s founders in securing capital in a challenging financial climate.
Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs