Seasoned investor and operator with a background in scaling technology-enabled businesses and evaluating growth-stage opportunities across software and industrial services. Ellwood Derricks brings experience advising boards, structuring venture and private-capital financings, and driving go-to-market and operational improvements. Market-relevant strengths include strategic M&A support, capital raising, and portfolio company governance. Typically positioned as a hands-on seed-to-growth investor, valued for cross-functional leadership and deal execution capability.
Seasoned investor and operator with a background in scaling technology-enabled businesses and evaluating growth-stage opportunities across software and industrial services. Ellwood Derricks brings experience advising boards, structuring venture and private-capital financings, and driving go-to-market and operational improvements. Market-relevant strengths include strategic M&A support, capital raising, and portfolio company governance. Typically positioned as a hands-on seed-to-growth investor, valued for cross-functional leadership and deal execution capability.
Hands-on seed-to-growth investor focused on software and industrial services, deploying flexible capital to scale technology-enabled businesses. Emphasizes operational due diligence, repeatable go-to-market playbooks, and hands-on governance to accelerate revenue and margin expansion. Capital allocation favors founder-led companies with clear unit economics, staged financing tied to operational milestones, and pragmatic use of debt or equity to optimize runway. Time horizon is growth-to-exit, with active portfolio support, strategic M&A positioning, and disciplined risk controls around cash burn, customer concentration, and execution cadence.
Hands-on seed-to-growth investor focused on software and industrial services, deploying flexible capital to scale technology-enabled businesses. Emphasizes operational due diligence, repeatable go-to-market playbooks, and hands-on governance to accelerate revenue and margin expansion. Capital allocation favors founder-led companies with clear unit economics, staged financing tied to operational milestones, and pragmatic use of debt or equity to optimize runway. Time horizon is growth-to-exit, with active portfolio support, strategic M&A positioning, and disciplined risk controls around cash burn, customer concentration, and execution cadence.
| Trades 670 | Longs Won 461/670 68% | Profit Factor 2.73 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $475,493.22 |
| Average Win $105,588.04 | Best Trade (Aug 02) $11.12M | Sharpe Ratio -11.91 |
| Average Loss -$85,226.38 | Worst Trade (Jun 30) -$2.79M | Z-Score 5.58 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 5d | Expectancy $46,065.34 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.19% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 1,724 | 1,552 | 1,379 | 1,207 | 1,034 | 862 | 690 | 517 | 345 | 172 |