Our Core Team
Investors, operators, and finance/legal specialists focused on institutional diligence for the early-stage investment market.
We execute an institutional due diligence and capital-structure mandate.
INSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS APPLIED EARLY
We operate to institutional standards. Our team delivers underwriting-grade diligence, securities-conscious process, and cap-table discipline so stakeholders can make high-conviction decisions with fewer preventable risks. You get clear findings, prioritized actions, and documentation that stands up to real investor scrutiny.
- INVESTMENT COMMITTEE–GRADE RISK ASSESSMENT
- STRUCTURED FINDINGS, RISK REGISTER, AND REMEDIATION PLAN
- GOVERNANCE AND DOCUMENTATION CONTROLS
- SECURITIES-COMPLIANT PROCESS DISCIPLINE
- CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND DILUTION STRATEGY
How We Work
The Reciprocity ROI team combines investor, operator, and finance expertise to deliver underwriting-grade diligence for early-stage companies. We translate complexity into structured findings, clear remediation actions, and capital-structure recommendations that support serious fundraising and clean governance. We operate like an investment committee, not a hype machine. Structured inputs, documented outputs, and accountable next steps. If you want to understand scope and process, see our What We Do page.
Paul Anthony Claxton, Founder
Paul Anthony Claxton is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur, and former U.S. Marine who leads Reciprocity ROI with an execution-first, institutional approach to capital strategy. He has engineered multiple multi-million-dollar credit facilities and created the Reloadable Note™, a performance-driven investment instrument that aligns investor upside with real company traction.
Paul’s work spans capital-stack design, institutional due diligence, and end-to-end fundraising strategy for AI-native and high-growth startups. He has served as a Board Advisor at Ithaca College, is a speaker at UCLA, and is recognized for bringing operational rigor and founder-centric clarity to early-stage companies.
His leadership philosophy was shaped by multiple combat tours in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he developed the decisiveness, accountability, and pressure-tested discipline that now define his approach to venture. Today, Paul directs the vision and strategic frameworks of Reciprocity ROI, helping founders and investors navigate the market with institutional precision. Find out more about Paul by clicking on his LinkedIn, and CV site next this bio.
Paul is also the Managing Partner of Venture Capital Fund, Digerati Investments.
Kellie O Hara, Partner
From audio engineering to ventures in geofence tech, health/wellness, executive talent, and being at the heart of the VC space, Kellie operates with a dual founder-investor lens that drives sharper strategy and execution. Kellie designs and implements strategic frameworks that operationalize founder readiness and automate how our firm conducts due diligence for our mandates, educates startups, and prepares them on critical pre-VC milestones. This enables scalable, repeatable founder development aligned with investor expectations. As a neurodiverse operator, Kellie identifies bottlenecks quickly across narrative, operations, and capital strategy, and translates complexity into clear, actionable systems.
The Startup Story Session™ (SSS), is a program created by Kellie which is a framework that simplifies complexity, strengthens positioning, and bridges emotional customer buy-in with the ROI clarity investors require.
Find out more about Kellie by clicking on her LinkedIn next to this bio.
Tamba Baldé, Manager of Special Purpose Vehicles and Deal Execution
Tamba Baldé is an entrepreneur, investor, and business strategist with deep expertise in IoT, Web3, AdTech, and Payments. He’s led growth initiatives for Fortune 500s and startups alike, securing enterprise deals with Frito-Lay, Gerdau, and Morningstar, and forging partnerships with Intel, Intuit, and eBay. As a partner at a venture studio, he leverages a full-stack expert ecosystem to help data-driven SaaS companies scale with ethical and sustainable principles. His dual lens as a founder and angel investor positions him at the intersection of innovation, product-market fit, and capital.
Find out more about Tamba by clicking on his LinkedIn next to this bio.
