Cantwell Lll

Active Investor

Director at Grasshopper Bank

Baltimore, Maryland

Cantwell Lll, Director at Grasshopper Bank is an active investor based in Baltimore, Maryland. This profile covers what Cantwell Lll backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Cantwell Muckenfuss serves as Executive at Plural VC. Mr. Muckenfuss also serves as a Board Member at Grasshopper Bank. He serves as Board Member at Alliance for Innovative Regulation. He serves as a Senior Advisory Board Member at Treliant Risk Advisors. He is an Angel Investor. He has more than 40 years of senior experience in the financial services industry, including as a Partner at a leading law firm, Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, and Counsel to the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is a retired Partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he led the financial institution's practice. He is also the Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of City First Bank of DC and the Operating Partner of Vista Capital Advisors. He is also a Clinical Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School. He is a Board Member at Ethos Lending LLC, a technology-enabled mortgage company, and ImpactUs Marketplace LLC, a platform that matches investors with community development financial institutions and other mission-oriented enterprises. He is an Advisory Board Member of One Financial Holdings Group, Inc. (Bee), Sipree, Inc., Final, Inc., and Float, Inc. He is also a Board Member and past Chairman of the Board of City First Enterprises, Inc., the non-profit controlling shareholder of City First Bank, and a Board Member of the Roosevelt Institute and Arts Arena International. He was a Founder and former Chair of the Petra Foundation, a small foundation that provided recognition and support to unsung individuals making distinctive contributions to racial justice, human freedom, and community development. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and his law degree from Yale Law School. He was a law clerk to the Honorable William E. Miller of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Investor type: AngelVCPEFounder
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: FintechPaymentsSaaS & EnterpriseDeveloper Tools & DataCybersecurityEdTech
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

Roosevelt InstituteCity First EnterprisesDigitalPay

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