Paul Walsh

Walsh has served as an Operating Partner of, and outside resource to, Calera Capital, a private equity firm, since 2008. Walsh serves as Chairman of two Calera Capital portfolio companies, Competitor Group Inc., an active lifestyle sports events and media company, and Sterling Backcheck, a technology enabled employment and background screening services company.

Walsh also acts as an outside consultant from time to time on other Calera Capital portfolio company matters. Walsh expects to join Calera Capital as a Senior Managing Director and to become a member of the general partner entity concurrent with the closing of Calera Capital’s fifth fund.

Before Calera, Walsh was the Chairman and CEO of eFunds Corporation from 2002 to 2007, a leading provider of risk management, electronic funds transfer services, prepaid card processing, and global outsourcing solutions to more than 10,000 financial services companies in more than 80 countries. eFunds also provides point-of-sale fraud prevention solutions to retailers and electronic benefits processing services to government entities.

Walsh led a dramatic improvement in the company’s operating performance and stock price driven by revenue growth initiatives, strategic acquisitions, rationalization of non-core assets and cost reductions. Over the 5 years of Walsh’s leadership, equity value increased from approximately $300 million to $1.85 billion. Additionally, in 2002, Walsh founded Clareon, which built one of the premiere B2B payment solutions in the U.S., utilizing technology co-developed with the U.S. Treasury. Clareon was later acquired by Fleet/Bank of America.

Paul Walsh is the Senior Managing Director at Calera Capital, based in United States, North America. With a background in Venture Capital, Paul Walsh has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.