Our Team

Our Team

Our Team

Team working collaborartively
Team working collaborartively
Team working collaborartively

The SEEM Capital team brings decades of experience in scaling middle-market companies across key sectors, combining operational excellence with strategic investment expertise. We've helped businesses grow from foundational stages to industry leaders, providing both capital and hands-on support. Our approach is deeply collaborative—we act as true partners to management teams, offering the guidance, resources, and connections needed to drive sustainable revenue growth, operational improvements, and long-term value creation.

Eric Menke

Managing Partner

Eric brings over three decades of private equity and venture capital experience to SEEM Capital. He began his career at Kidder, Peabody & Company, where he pioneered innovative financing strategies for large ESOP buyouts, overseeing over $100 million in transactions. He later transitioned to private equity, holding senior roles at MBR Associates and Champlain Capital Partners. At Champlain, Eric was a founding partner, raising and deploying $148 million in equity capital and over $500 million in debt in more than a dozen companies across sectors such as facilities services, consumer products, healthcare, and industrial products. His active leadership grew portfolio companies from under $30 million to over $150 million in revenue.

​Prior to co-founding Champlain Capital, Eric founded Menke Equity Partners, where he focused on acquiring and scaling lower middle-market companies. His transaction experience spanned industries as diverse as musical instruments, industrial equipment, and filtration products.

More recently, Eric has worked with the venture firm Acumen, advising rapidly growing portfolio companies in Africa. His efforts center on operational efficiency, margin expansion, and revenue growth, with a focus on go-to-market strategies and market expansion. He has also been deeply involved in mentoring management teams to help them achieve consistent, measurable growth objectives.

​Beyond his professional endeavors, Eric has been instrumental in various charities and community organizations. Among his accomplishments was his successful effort to help over 400 elementary school children organize, train for, and achieve a Guinness Book of World Records.

Eric earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Southern California.

Stephen Etter

Managing Partner

Stephen brings four decades of middle market investing experience to SEEM capital. He was one of the original Founding Partners of Greyrock Capital Group. During his tenure with the Fund, Stephen co-managed almost a billion dollars in four funds investing junior capital in dozens of middle market companies with both funded and un-funded sponsors. At Greyrock, he sat on the board of directors of numerous companies and has garnered a wide array of experience across many industries including manufacturing, food, building materials, industrial equipment, software, education and business services.

Most recently he has worked with Acumen in an Advisory Role across both its early stage, high growth, patient capital Pioneer Investment Group as well as Acumen Capital Partners, covering the globe (Africa, Pakistan, Latin America, and the United States). He assisted in fund raising, investment selection, portfolio construction and management. His work for Acumen extended down to the portfolio level where he currently serves on the boards of numerous companies in developing countries.

His Social Impact work has been focused in four verticals; Regenerative Sustainable Agriculture, Education, Energy and Forcibly Displaced People. He has also spent a great deal of time working with Acumen Academy focused on educating future social impact entrepreneurs in their fellows program.

Stephen is a long-time member of the Professional Faculty at the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, which he joined in 1995. He teaches a variety of accounting and finance classes across both of the schools key programs (Undergraduate & MBA) and has also done extensive executive education classes in the Middle East and Bay Area. He has been awarded the Chiet Distinguished Teaching Award three times at Haas.

Early in his professional career, Stephen worked at PWC during which time he obtained his CPA. He currently serves on the Audit Committee for the University of California at Berkeley Foundation. He previously served extended terms as a University of California at Berkeley Foundation Trustee and the San Francisco Giants Community Fund Director. Mr. Etter received his undergraduate degree and MBA from the Haas School of Business.

Stephen Etter

Managing Partner

Stephen brings four decades of middle market investing experience to SEEM capital. He was one of the original Founding Partners of Greyrock Capital Group. During his tenure with the Fund, Stephen co-managed almost a billion dollars in four funds investing junior capital in dozens of middle market companies with both funded and un-funded sponsors. At Greyrock, he sat on the board of directors of numerous companies and has garnered a wide array of experience across many industries including manufacturing, food, building materials, industrial equipment, software, education and business services.

Most recently he has worked with Acumen in an Advisory Role across both its early stage, high growth, patient capital Pioneer Investment Group as well as Acumen Capital Partners, covering the globe (Africa, Pakistan, Latin America, and the United States). He assisted in fund raising, investment selection, portfolio construction and management. His work for Acumen extended down to the portfolio level where he currently serves on the boards of numerous companies in developing countries.

His Social Impact work has been focused in four verticals; Regenerative Sustainable Agriculture, Education, Energy and Forcibly Displaced People. He has also spent a great deal of time working with Acumen Academy focused on educating future social impact entrepreneurs in their fellows program.

Stephen is a long-time member of the Professional Faculty at the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, which he joined in 1995. He teaches a variety of accounting and finance classes across both of the schools key programs (Undergraduate & MBA) and has also done extensive executive education classes in the Middle East and Bay Area. He has been awarded the Chiet Distinguished Teaching Award three times at Haas.

Early in his professional career, Stephen worked at PWC during which time he obtained his CPA. He currently serves on the Audit Committee for the University of California at Berkeley Foundation. He previously served extended terms as a University of California at Berkeley Foundation Trustee and the San Francisco Giants Community Fund Director. Mr. Etter received his undergraduate degree and MBA from the Haas School of Business.

Stephen Etter

Managing Partner

Stephen brings four decades of middle market investing experience to SEEM capital. He was one of the original Founding Partners of Greyrock Capital Group. During his tenure with the Fund, Stephen co-managed almost a billion dollars in four funds investing junior capital in dozens of middle market companies with both funded and un-funded sponsors. At Greyrock, he sat on the board of directors of numerous companies and has garnered a wide array of experience across many industries including manufacturing, food, building materials, industrial equipment, software, education and business services.

Most recently he has worked with Acumen in an Advisory Role across both its early stage, high growth, patient capital Pioneer Investment Group as well as Acumen Capital Partners, covering the globe (Africa, Pakistan, Latin America, and the United States). He assisted in fund raising, investment selection, portfolio construction and management. His work for Acumen extended down to the portfolio level where he currently serves on the boards of numerous companies in developing countries.

His Social Impact work has been focused in four verticals; Regenerative Sustainable Agriculture, Education, Energy and Forcibly Displaced People. He has also spent a great deal of time working with Acumen Academy focused on educating future social impact entrepreneurs in their fellows program.

Stephen is a long-time member of the Professional Faculty at the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, which he joined in 1995. He teaches a variety of accounting and finance classes across both of the schools key programs (Undergraduate & MBA) and has also done extensive executive education classes in the Middle East and Bay Area. He has been awarded the Chiet Distinguished Teaching Award three times at Haas.

Early in his professional career, Stephen worked at PWC during which time he obtained his CPA. He currently serves on the Audit Committee for the University of California at Berkeley Foundation. He previously served extended terms as a University of California at Berkeley Foundation Trustee and the San Francisco Giants Community Fund Director. Mr. Etter received his undergraduate degree and MBA from the Haas School of Business.