The Renaissance Fund is an operating company, not a private equity fund. The Renaissance Fund builds and owns companies as long-term holdings. Acquisitions may be funded by either the principal, a select group of high net worth families or internally generated cash flows. All Renaissance Fund investors have close ties to both the principal and the Fund strategy and are seeking to build long term value.

Alex Miller is the principal and founder of the Renaissance Fund. Alex is responsible for identifying, evaluating, acquiring and managing Renaissance Fund companies. Prior to founding the Renaissance Fund, Alex was a managing director and partner at Svoboda Capital Partners. Svoboda Capital Partners is a lower-middle market private equity firm focused on investing in and helping to build leading value-added distribution, consumer and business services companies. At Svoboda Capital Partners, Alex was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, financing, closing and managing investments in the consumer and distribution sectors. He either chaired the board of directors or served as a director for the following Svoboda Capital investments: Cigars International (chair), In the Swim, Primos Hunting Calls (chair), Optronics Inc. (chair), Coffee Bean International (chair), Milestek (chair), and Superior Mailing Services (chair). He joined Svoboda Capital Partners in 2000.

Alex has extensive experience working with managers of catalog and Internet retail and consumer product companies to build business value, accelerate growth and improve profitability. He has helped companies achieve category leading market positions and sustainable growth via customer and product segmentation, marketing campaign management, new product development, selective add-on acquisitions and management development. Alex speaks frequently to catalog and Internet retail business owners and industry groups on the topics of building business value and mergers & acquisitions.

Prior to joining Svoboda Capital Partners, Alex was employed at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, Illinois and Zurich, Switzerland. At BCG, Alex led and participated in project teams focused growth, merger & acquisition and corporate strategy issues for leading consumer packaged goods, retail and financial services companies.

Alex earned his MBA with honors from Harvard Business School and bachelors’ degrees in medieval history and accounting both with high honors from the University of Notre Dame.

Alex currently serves as the President of the board of directors of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. He is also a director of the board of the Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries Association and served as past co-president of the board of directors of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club in Chicago.