Cerdwen Team

General Partner

Kevin Brophy is a serial entrepreneur and investor with more than 20 years of experience as an Investor, Advisor and Board Member. As a Founder, he, and co-investors, have realized multiple successful exits in companies both owned and operated and also as a stand-alone investor.

As a former M&A, Operations and Corporate Venture Capital executive with Aqua America, Inc. (now Essential, NYSE: WTRG ), Owner/Operator of KBX Golden, LLC (exited), a Managing Principal at a small venture firm in Philadelphia and an individual investor in numerous privately held companies, Mr. Brophy has gained experience in selecting top tier investments and assisting them to successful outcomes.

A licensed and certified Water and Soil scientist and Investor and Board member of multiple successful companies including RedZone Robotics and Environmental Operating Solutions, Mr. Brophy earned his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University, a Masters of Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a graduate certificate in Private Equity & Venture Capital from London Business School.

IT Analyst (Agentic, AI, App Builder)

Anthony was born in Ghana and schooled in Accra. He came to the U.S. after a period in the UK and Western Europe where he began his entreprenurial pursuits in business, real estate and software development. As a student at West Chester University, Anthony began to teach himself coding and created multiple AI-native entities including a B2B revenue enhancement platform and an e-commerce clothing brand.

Anthony co-leads internal tool product development and management with Kevin and is the brains behind activating the firm's internal proprietary HighEV agentic-AI sourcing and evaluation platform.