Jan Haas

Jan is a co-founder of Velocity Financial Group and serves as our president and head of the Ventures Group.
Prior to starting Velocity, Jan founded and served as co-managing partner of Cedar Boulevard Capital, a fixed-term investment fund that acquired and managed distressed pools of loans and leases.
Prior to Cedar, Jan ran the East Coast office for Comdisco Ventures from 1999 through 2001.
Jan assumed the co-head role of Comdisco Ventures during 2001 through 2003, at which point he acquired the remaining assets of Comdisco Ventures to form Cedar Boulevard.
Jan's tenure at Comdisco Ventures was preceded by a five year track in investment banking, most recently as a vice president with the technology group at Montgomery Securities (acquired by Bank of America/NationsBank).
Jan began his career as an account officer with Chemical Bank (now part of JPMorgan Chase) in New York.
Jan received his MBA degree from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Math and Computer Science from Middlebury College.