KATE HARBIN CLAMMER

Owner

Kate founded and leads Essential Investment Capital, which invests in early stage mission driven consumer products and health care companies.  Investments include Safe Catch, Green Zebra, HYMN, 11 Honore and Amarium. In addition, Kate is a Managing Director of Source Capital, LLC, a private equity firm she co-founded in 2002.  Source Capital provides both equity and debt to companies in the lower middle market of the United States.

 

Prior to Source Capital, Kate was a Principal at Accel-KKR, a technology focused private equity investment firm founded by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Accel Partners.  Prior to that she worked at Sandler Capital Management, a media and communications-focused investment firm.  Kate began her career at McKinsey & Company, a global strategic management consulting firm.  Kate graduated with honors from Princeton University and got her MBA at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

 

In addition, Kate serves as a Trustee for Tipping Point Community and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor).