Umbrella Place
A family-run company by two brothers, two families. One on the Florida Gulf Coast, one along Utah's Wasatch Front. Four things under one roof. Each with its own front door.
A family-run company by two brothers, two families. One on the Florida Gulf Coast, one along Utah's Wasatch Front. Four things under one roof. Each with its own front door.
Two brothers, raising our families on opposite coasts. One in the Florida panhandle, one in the Utah valley. We served our country, built businesses, and now build companies we'd be proud to put our names on.
Cole served as a human intelligence collector and Arabic linguist before commissioning as an officer in the U.S. Army. He continued as a Special Agent deploying to countries in crisis. After government service he founded a SaaS company and now advises and invests in early-stage businesses. He started Umbrella Place with his younger brother Zach to put capital behind operators worth backing.
Zach started in the Army as a helicopter mechanic, then commissioned as a field artillery officer. He left the Army for the Navy, where he flew as an Electronic Warfare Pilot. After the military he moved into software as a startup leader and business developer, taking multiple companies from early stage to multi-million-dollar revenue. Today he's an investor and operator focused on real estate and businesses, building Umbrella Place alongside his older brother Cole. He lives on the Florida Gulf Coast with his wife and four kids.
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