> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Verus Investment Management - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/verus-investment-management/ - Published: 2026-04-06T16:59:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-06T16:59:47.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, Organization, #toc, Venture Capital, United States, Ohio **Verus Investment Management** was an American investment firm based in Highland Hills, Ohio. ## History [David Rogers Webb](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/David-Rogers-Webb) incorporated Verus Investment Management in December 2002 and signed a lease for office space.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) He left [Shaker Investments](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Shaker-Investments) in January 2003, which “slashed a gaping hole in the side of” the firm, “both from a financial and a personnel standpoint.”[\[3\]](#fn3) He brought 24 of his former colleagues from Shaker Investments, including Dan Flaningan, Brenton Luce and Bryan Moloney.[\[4\]](#fn4) ### Bankruptcy In late 2004, Verus suffered significant losses, leading it to abandon its office space and subsequently file for protection under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on December 31, 2004.[\[2:1\]](#fn2) It does not necessarily appear as though Verus officially closed its doors, and it remains actively registered to operate in the State of Ohio.[\[5\]](#fn5) Furthermore, there don’t appear to be any complaints or other such filings available through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).[\[6\]](#fn6) However, various actions were taken to wind down operations of the firm that suggest it functionally ended its business. A February 7, 2005 issue of the *Cayman Islands Gazette* reveals that Verus Investment Fund Ltd. had entered voluntary liquidation.[\[7\]](#fn7) ## Organization Verus was made up of a number of corporations:[\[8\]](#fn8) - Verus Investment Fund, LTD. (Cayman Islands)[\[7:1\]](#fn7) - [Verus Investment Management, L.L.C. (Delaware)](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fde/3572151) - [Verus Investment Management, LLC (Connecticut)](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fct/0749092) - [Verus Investment Management, L.L.C. (Ohio)](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Foh/1361191) - Verus Investment Offshore Partners, L.P. (Cayman Islands)[\[9\]](#fn9) - [Verus Investment Partners, L.P. (Delaware)](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fde/3572155) - [Verus Investment Partners (Q.P.), L.P. (Delaware)](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fde/3572159) - [Verus Partners (G.P.), L.L.C.](https://www.datocapital.ky/companies/Verus-Partners-%28G.P.%29-Llc.html) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [David Rogers Webb](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/David-Rogers-Webb) | Founder[\[2:2\]](#fn2) | [Shaker Investments](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Shaker-Investments), Primus Venture Partners | | Tom Bartos | Team member[\[10\]](#fn10) | \- | | Michelle Blatnik | Team member | \- | | Martin Christ | Team member | \- | | Matt Clemens | Team member | \- | | Andrew Cohen | Team member | \- | | Debbie Crane | Team member | \- | | Andrea Hauserman | Team member | \- | | Brent Luce | Team member | \- | | Rob Novosel | Team member | \- | | Ken Ostrowski | Team member | \- | | George Raguz | Team member | \- | | Nellie Renko | Team member | \- | ### Portfolio Companies in Verus' portfolio included:[\[11\]](#fn11)[\[12\]](#fn12)[\[13\]](#fn13)[\[14\]](#fn14)[\[15\]](#fn15)[\[16\]](#fn16)[\[17\]](#fn17) - Activision - Alderwoods Group - Altera - Apple - Atwood Oceanics - AVI BioPharma - Barrick Gold - B/E Aerospace - BioSphere Medical - BP - Bristol-Myers Squibb - Canadian National Railway (CN) - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) - Cellegy Pharmaceuticals - Certegy - Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) - CTI Molecular Imaging - Curagen - Discovery Laboratories - DuPont - Federal Signal - First Horizon Pharmaceutical - FTI Consulting - Gene Logic - Guiford Pharmaceuticals - Hess Corporation - Humana - InterMune - Internet Capital Group (ICG) - Novartis - Orthodontic Center of America - Overstock - Palatin Technologies - Penn Treaty American - Petro-Canada - PNC Financial Services - Prime Medical Services - Prudential Financial - Safeguard Scientifics - Serologicals Corporation - Shaw Communications - Southwest Airlines - Spectranetics - Verso Technologies - VitalWorks - WebMD ## External links - [Website (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20040128171032/http://www.verusinvestment.com/) --- 1. *Verus Investment Management, L.L.C. - Organization/Registration of Limited Liability Company.* (2003, January 7). Ohio Secretary of State. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Morgenstern-Clarren, P. E. (2005, May 9). *Verus Investment Management, LLC - Case No. 04-26426.* United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) 3. Cornell, R. (2003, February 24). *Shakeup hits Shaker firm.* Crain’s Cleveland Business. [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Schneyer, F. (2003, February 4). *Webb Strikes Out With New Hedge Fund.* PLANSPONSOR. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Business Details - Verus Investment Management, L.L.C.* Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. Available at [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. Gazette Office, Government Information Services, Cayman Islands Government. (2005, February 7). VERUS INVESTMENT FUND LTD. *Cayman Islands Gazette, 2005*(3), 104, 116\. [↩︎](#fnref7) [↩︎](#fnref7:1) 8. *Home.* Verus Investment Management. Retrieved January 28, 2004, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Verus Investment Offshore Partners LP.* Dato Capital. Retrieved December 12, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *Home.* Verus Investment Management. Retrieved November 27, 2004, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. Kilburg, K. (2003, April 22). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2003.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. Kilburg, K. (2003, August 19). *Form 13FHR/A Amendment No. 1 - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2003.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. Kilburg, K. (2003, November 12). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2003.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. Christ, M. (2004, May 13). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2004.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. Christ, M. (2004, May 13). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2003.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref15) 16. Christ, M. (2004, August 13). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 06-30-2004.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref16) 17. Christ, M. (2004, November 12). *Form 13F - Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2004.* Securities and Exchange Commission. [↩︎](#fnref17)