The Team

Operators, not allocators.

We've built brands, sold brands, and built the technology that helps brands scale. The capital is the easy part — the operating leverage is the edge.

#01 · Calgary, AB
Alex Staniloff, Managing Partner, Overproof Ventures
Managing Partner

Alex Staniloff

Operator-investor. Early in Olé Cocktails through its acquisition by Mark Anthony Group — the same pattern Overproof is built to replicate. Inside the beverage ecosystem, not observing it from the outside.

EXIT
Olé Cocktails · ~15× / 36mo
FOCUS
Sourcing · Distribution · Strategy
OPS
Aguileros · Beverage Collective
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#02 · Calgary, AB
Ha Nguyen, General Partner, Overproof Ventures
General Partner

Ha Nguyen

A decade+ of institutional VC and PE. Partner at McRock Capital ($150M IIoT/AI). Brings the financial discipline and governance rigor of institutional investing to a category that has historically lacked it.

DEPLOYED
US$300M+ across funds & cos
FOCUS
Underwriting · Portfolio · Ops
BOARDS
ThoughtTrace · Praemo · Miovision
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#03 · Vancouver · NYC
Paul Geller, General Partner, Overproof Ventures
General Partner

Paul Geller

20+ years building consumer and beverage brands. Founder/CEO of Holy Seed Beverage Group. Two strategic exits. Operates at the intersection of brand, technology, and regulated markets.

BUILT
BASBAS · 30+ intl medals · 9 countries
EXITS
Digital perf (2009) · Insomniac/Live Nation
FOCUS
Brand build · Regulated markets · Policy
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Strategic Advisors

The bench behind the bar.

PE Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Arnie Fridhandler

Transaction structuring · M&A · capital events

CEO, The Beverage Collective

Eli Diamond

Distribution strategy · NA market expansion

CEO, Siempre Spirits

Alex Lacroix

Brand building · consumer positioning

CEO, Bad Supper

Abraham Cortes

Marketing · consumer engagement

CEO, IGL Mexico

Hector Banda

International distribution · LatAm logistics

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