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Gavin Jocius

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Smart Money Rating: 93 out of 100

Founder & Principal, River Wise Ventures

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River Wise Ventures
Title
Founder & Principal
Role
Principal
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Record updated 20 September 2026

About

Gavin Jocius is an Executive with over sixteen years of experience in information technology, eCommerce and digital communications working for both public and private companies. As the General Manager of the CafePress Art eCommerce division, he led the sales process of the business unit in 2015 to Circle Graphics for over $32M. He then helped managed the successful transition to new ownership leading an effort that grew EBITDA from $5M to over $10M in 18 months. Since that time, he has been actively involved in three different successful acquisitions. Gavin’s prior roles include the Director of Information Technology and Web Services at Duke University Alumni Affairs and the Global Marketing Director at lulu.com, an online publisher in Raleigh, North Carolina. Gavin earned a Master of Arts degree from Duke University in 2010 and an Undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto in Economics and International Relations in 2000. Gavin is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA progr

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