Managing Partner, Cranbrook Capital
EIR 2024-2026
Kathryn Stewart is the founder and managing partner of Cranbrook Capital. The firm manages investments in Private and Public Equity with a focus on Technology and also provides seed and early-stage capital to emerging tech focused companies. Notable investments and exits include HomeSnap (CoStar), Canvas (K1 Capital), FanDuel (Flutter), Huntress and Passive Capital Management, a Baltimore based investment firm where she is a board member.
Stewart has a keen interest in supporting university based entrepreneurs. She was a 2024 judge for Burgess New Venture Challenge, the premier pitch competition for student entrepreneurs and innovators at MSU. Stewart is a board member of the Venture Lab Advisory Board at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves on the Robert H. Smith School of Business Advisory Board, the Dingman Board of Advisors and the Discovery Fund Advisory Board at the University of Maryland. She is also on the boards of Georgetown Preparatory School and Washington Episcopal School.
In May of 2023, Stewart was elected to the MSU Research Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Previously, Kathryn was a Managing Director at Baltimore based Alex. Brown and post- acquisition, at Deutsche Bank in Institutional Equity Sales. She was the Co-Head of the Baltimore based region and managed sales teams for product distribution in New York, the Mid Atlantic and the Midwest. Transactions included initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, convertibles and private placements. She implemented the Firm’s growth strategy through participation in its Equity Review Committee and was chairman of the Deal Marketing Committee, preparing management teams for initial public offerings. Preceding Alex Brown, Stewart was an electrical engineer for San Francisco based Chevron in its telecommunications division.
Stewart holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the MSU College of Engineering. In May of 2024, she was the recipient of MSU’s John D. Ryder Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award. She enjoys watching MSU athletics, spending time with her family and golfing.