Syncari Board of Directors and Investors Overview

Hi, here is the complete overview of the Syncari Board of Directors and our Investors.

Board of Directors

Nick Bonfiglio — CEO and Co-Founder

Nick is a veteran enterprise software executive who served as SVP of Product at Marketo, helping scale the platform through its landmark acquisition by Adobe. He founded Syncari on a clear conviction: that fragmented data is the single biggest barrier to enterprise AI, and that the answer is a continuously governed, real-time master data foundation that every system, workflow, and agent can rely on without question.

Neelesh Shastry — CTO and Co-Founder

neelesh@syncari.com Neelesh is the inventor behind Syncari's patented stateful multidirectional sync engine and the architectural force driving the Agentic MDM platform. Holding the rare dual role of CTO and CISO, he has stated publicly that the goal is not to move data faster, but to manage it continuously so that everything built on top of it — including AI — can actually rely on it. He ensures Syncari is engineered for speed and enterprise-grade security at every layer.

James Scapa — General Partner, Escape Investment Management

jrs@escapeim.com James Scapa is a General Partner at Escape Investment Management, the family office he co-founded to back cutting-edge technology innovation, including leading Syncari's $20M Series B. He previously founded Altair Engineering (Nasdaq: ALTR) and served as its Chairman and CEO for nearly 40 years, scaling the computational intelligence software company to more than 16,000 customers and 3,000 employees across 28 countries before its acquisition by Siemens in March 2025.

Stephanie Buckner — General Partner, Escape Investment Management

sab@escapeim.com Stephanie Buckner is a General Partner at Escape Investment Management and co-founder and Co-CEO of the firm, bringing deep operating experience from her prior role as COO of Altair, where she helped scale the global enterprise software leader. She partners closely with Syncari's leadership as Escape IM leads the company's Series B and holds a controlling majority in the business.

Investors

Escape Investment Management — Led Series B

Escape Investment Management is a family office focused on backing cutting-edge technology innovation. The firm leads Syncari's Series B alongside co-founder and Co-CEO Stephanie Buckner, former COO of Altair, bringing deep operating experience from scaling a global enterprise software leader. Escape IM owns a controlling majority in the company.

Crosslink Capital — Led Series A

Crosslink Capital is a Bay Area venture firm with a long track record of backing category-defining enterprise software and infrastructure companies from early stage through growth. Partner Phil Boyer leads the firm's investment in Syncari and has been a close partner in scaling the company into the enterprise data management category.

SignalFire — Led Series Seed

SignalFire is an early-stage venture firm known for its data-driven approach to investing and its focus on seed and early growth companies in enterprise software and infrastructure. Founding Partner Ilya Kirnos, formerly an engineering leader at Google, led the firm's investment in Syncari and joined the board to support the company through its earliest product and go-to-market stages.

NextGen Venture Partners (NGVP) — Co-Led Series Pre-Seed

NextGen Venture Partners (NGVP) is a founder-focused early-stage firm with a distributed network of venture partners backing category-defining enterprise and technology companies. Ben Bayat led the firm's investment in Syncari, supporting the founding team during the company's earliest days.

Animo Ventures — Co-Led Series Pre-Seed

Animo Ventures is a Miami-based early-stage fund investing in exceptional founders across software and technology. Nico Berardi partnered on the pre-seed round to back the Syncari team, drawing from their prior experience at Marketo, MuleSoft, and Zendesk.