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Emerson Hodes, Managing Director

Emerson Hodes, Managing Director at Blue Venture Advisors, serves as Team Lead for the Healthcare Business Line, along with being our Real Estate subject matter expert for transactions and valuations in the M&A Business Line.
 

Emerson seeks out and evaluates med tech & diagnostic testing supplies companies across the country to help develop sales and production strategies, and specializes in slotting new and innovative products with his corporate buyer relationships in major distributors and big box retailers. As a Realtor licensed in Missouri & Kansas, Emerson also assists with any real estate related transactions in our M&A line.

Emerson has built his career on his ability to make genuine connections. He has over a decade of sales experience generating millions in revenue in multiple industries – artificial intelligence, SaaS, diagnostics, and M&A real estate – and has consulted with several startups to build marketing, revenue and talent strategies. Combining his strengths of building relationships and making connections, Emerson also founded networking group that now has over 300 members across the nation in Kansas City, Austin, Scottsdale and Des Moines. He serves on 3 non-profit executive boards and was also named to Kansas City’s 20 in Their Twenties list in 2020.’

 
Emerson holds a degree from Vanderbilt University in History and Entrepreneurship, and completed the Accelerator MBA program through Owen Graduate School of Business at Vanderbilt.