Gregory Pepus

About Gregory Pepus

Greg Pepus is an investor at BOKA Group a growth stage private equity investor. He is a founder multiple times over and has worked extensively at the intersection of innovation, national security, and venture capital. BOKA is a global investment group focused on identifying, vetting, funding and enabling deep tech companies which can address the critical National Security and Defense mission needs such as the AUKUS Alliance – the United States, the United Kingdom, EU, and Australia –, NATO, JEF and other close allies around the world. At BOKA our goal is not only to provide the funding critical to enable the growth stage of companies we invest in, but to also leverage our knowledge, expertise and experience to help supercharge that growth. By bringing our collected operational experience to bear we help our portfolio companies achieve success and deliver mission critical capabilities for our customers and partners. We do this by bringing the right technical and business capabilities to enable growth, identifying the right partners to scale, and connecting with customers who desperately need their innovation. Likewise, we work closely with customers to identify and enable innovative startups that can help them address their critical missions and helping those startups overcome the unique challenges of working within the National Security Domains of the US and close allies.In his role as Operating Partner at BOKA Group Holdings, he and his team have made/supported investments into Agile Space Industries, All.Space, IRIS Audio, and Infleqtion. Previously, Greg served as an Investment/Technology team member at In-Q-Tel, investing in Palantir Technologies (PLTR NYSE), SRD (now IBM), Spotfire (now TIBCO), BBN Technologies (now Verizon), Basis Technologies (acquired by Centro - now Basis Technologies again), Endeca Technologies (now Oracle), Keyhole (now Google Earth), ArcSight (now MicroFocus), AgentLogic (now Informatica), piXlogic, and Inxight Technologies (now Business Objects).

Experience

1. Operating Partner Investor

   Boka Capital

   Jan 2024 — Present

   This position builds on 35 years of commercial and 25 years of public sector experience with a focus on global defense and national security. Identify target deep-tech investments in space, energy, AI, cyber, and quantum. Work with government customer targets to identify what technologies they need. Work with current investments (companies) to help them enter into and grow in the public sector. Advise on raising capital for companies as well as VC/PE funds.

Education

• The George Washington University

  MBA, Information Systems

  1985 — 1987

• University of Florida

  Bachelors of Science, Business Administration/Economics

  1980 — 1984

Skills

• Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Development
• Strategy
• Speech to Text
• Government Contracting
• Management
• Machine Translation
• Broadcast Monitoring
• Full Motion Video Search
• Integration
• Solution Architecture
• Audio Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Facial Recognition
• IT Strategy
• Saas
• Analytics
• Start-Ups
• Optical Character Recognition
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Analytics
• Search
• Government
• Executive Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Alternative Energy
• Information Technology Strategy
• Private Equity Investing
• Biometrics
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Text Analytics
• Content Management Solutions
• Program Management
• System Architecture
• Multilingual Text Transcription
• Computer Security