Mission: Lead an exceptional enterprise software business for the long-term.
Values: Honor and preserve your legacy as the founder and preserve the core values you’ve built.
Timeline: Value your time and speed. Our proposal in a week.
We are the right partners for you if these hold true:
Bootstrapped enterprise software or tech-enabled services
Business with annual revenue in the range of $3 – $20 Million+
Growing and profitable
High recurring revenue
Interest to transition full or majority ownership
Leadership
Gelila is the founder of Aone Partners, a private search fund partnership backed by Trilogy and 14 industry-leading software CEOs, technology founders and global investors collectively managing over $1 billion in AUM. Aone Partners will acquire and invest in one exceptional business and grow it into an industry leader.
Gelila started her career at BlackRock within the Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group, where she worked directly with the CIOs of some of the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Funds, Endowments and Foundations.
Gelila authored and published Stanford University case studies that are used to educate thousands of masters level students and serve as foundational teaching documents in Stanford's entrepreneurship curriculum, which is ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. & World Report. The studies were developed in partnership with industry-leading faculty at Stanford University and published in the Harvard Business Review, which attracts 7 million unique visitors monthly, and reaches over 18 million professionals across its digital platforms.
Gelila serves on the Boards of mission-driven organizations, including GGRF, a foundation at the intersection of athletics and education that has awarded merit scholarships to over 600 student athletes. She serves on the Grant Review Committee of Project Redwood, an organization that has improved the lives of over 1 million people in the U.S and around the world by providing catalytic capital to social entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. She also serves on the Regional Leadership Board and Co-Chair of RLS in Stanford Women’s Circles, one of Stanford's fastest growing alumni programs with 1300+ members worldwide and 170 members in New York.
Gelila earned an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and a BA in Computer Science and Economics from Columbia University, where she was a Kluge Scholar. In 2020, Gelila was awarded the Stanford Leadership Award for Extraordinary Service, one of the highest honors presented to 2% of candidates whose work embodies a commitment to service.
Gelila grew up in Addis Ababa and lives in New York. In her spare time, she loves hosting events that bring exceptional people together.
Partners
Aone is backed by 14 industry-leading software CEOs, technology founders and private investors.
Anchored by private firms managing over $1B in assets
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