Brewer Stone
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D., Politics and Economics 1986-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
M.A., International Politics and Economics 1984-01-01 - 1986-01-01
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Rhetoric 1978-09-01 - 1983-06-01Work Experience
Nfluence Partners
Current
Nfluence Partners
Capstone Partners
2017-06-01 - 2018-01-01
Capstone Partners
Code Advisors
2017-02-01 - 2017-10-01
Code Advisors
Pacific Crest Securities
2011-01-01 - 2016-10-01
Pacific Crest Securities
Ridgecrest Capital Partners
2010-08-01 - 2011-01-01
Ridgecrest Capital Partners
FBR
2008-03-01 - 2010-08-01
FBR
East Peak Advisors
2002-03-01 - 2008-03-01
East Peak Advisors
Crimson Investment
2001-05-01 - 2001-12-01
Crimson Investment
Prudential Volpe Technology Group
2000-07-01 - 2001-02-01
Prudential Volpe Technology Group
Prudential Securities Asia
1998-03-01 - 2000-07-01
Prudential Securities Asia
Skills
Summary
Brewer is a Partner of Nfluence Partners, and is a hands on advisor and transaction partner to emerging technology companies and their venture capital and private equity investors across Asia, Latin America, Israel, Europe and the US. He regularly takes a lead role in assessing companies and advising and assisting management and boards on corporate strategy, global expansion, M&A opportunities, and capital formation. As a senior international investment banker at top technology specialist investment banks, he has built an extensive network of relationships with many of the most interesting emerging global tech companies and their investors. Subsector specialties include: eCommerce, Clean Energy, IoT, Fintech, Social Media, Online Entertainment, Ad Tech, Online Travel, SaaS, IT Services, and Communications Infrastructure. Functional Specialties include: M&A and financial advisory, IPO advisory, strategic business development, corporate strategy, company assessment, financial strategy and planning, fund formation and investment, and international market entry. I built my understanding of Asia through an MA at Johns Hopkins SAIS and Ph.D. at Harvard focused on China and India, and by living in each country for eight years, and I speak fluent Chinese.
