Ralph DeBernardo

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Mr. Ralph DeBernardo is a Partner & serves as Head of Investor Relations at Sapphire Ventures. Mr. DeBernardo served as Principal & Head of Investor Relations at Peak Rock Capital. He served as Associate, Client & Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. He served as Vice President, Investor Relations at Vista Equity Partners. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's investor communications and capital-raising activities. He works across all of Sapphire's strategies (Ventures, Sports and Partners) to deliver the firm's capabilities and develop long-term partnerships with its limited partners throughout the world. He has broad experience working with investors both in the U.S. and internationally, including large institutional investors, family offices, HNW individuals, wealth management platforms and consultants. Prior to joining Sapphire, he was the Head of Investor Relations at Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle-market private equity, credit and real estate investment firm based in Austin, TX. At Peak Rock, he worked with some of the largest institutional limited partners in the world. Prior to Peak Rock, he was a member of the Investor Relations Team at Vista Equity Partners, where he was responsible for raising capital and managing investor relationships across all investor types and geographies and product management across Vista's credit strategies. Prior to that, he was with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in the Client & Partner Group working across the firm's alternative product suite and helping to manage some of the firm's largest strategic relationships. He began his career at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in New York City. He holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia University where he was also a member of the varsity football team.