Paul Slaats

Paul Slaats is an experienced operating partner at Milestone Partners since 2017, previously serving as managing director, founder, and portfolio CEO at S3 Equity LLC from 2010 to 2017. Slaats has a strong background in business platform projects involving cloud-based software, e-commerce, and data analytics. Prior to S3 Equity LLC, Slaats was managing director at Internet Capital Group from 1996 to 2010, focusing on new platform acquisitions and portfolio management across various tech sectors. Early career experiences include roles as a venture capital associate at Safeguard Scientifics and business development leadership positions at SAP America and Marcam, following a development, product, and sales leadership role at IBM. Slaats holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Purdue University.