DealMaker Strengthens Leadership Team to Support Next Phase of Growth

Q4 founder Darrell Heaps joins Board of Directors; Joy Watson Seon and Christopher Osborn join as Chief Customer Officer and Chief Technology Officer

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DealMaker, the leading investment technology platform for compliant online offerings, enables companies to raise capital on their own terms and gives individual investors direct access to private companies and brands they believe in. Today, the company announces three leadership appointments: Darrell Heaps to its Board of Directors, Joy Watson Seon as Chief Customer Officer and Christopher Osborn as Chief Technology Officer.

As individual investors become a larger force in capital markets, DealMaker is expanding the leadership team responsible for its customer experience, technology and long-term strategy. Since its founding in 2018, the company has helped issuers raise nearly $2.8 billion directly from individual investors.

“DealMaker is entering its next phase with real momentum: capital raised through our platform is up 40% year over year and funded investments are up over 35%,” said Rebecca Kacaba, CEO and co-founder of DealMaker. “Darrell, Joy and Christopher bring the experience we need to build on that growth, deepen the value we deliver to customers and scale the technology powering this market.”

Darrell Heaps, Board of Directors

Heaps founded Q4 Inc. in 2006 and built the company into a leading capital markets platform for public companies, used today by approximately half of the S&P 500. As CEO, he led Q4 through venture financing, its 2021 initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange and its subsequent take-private transaction. He currently serves as Q4’s Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.

After nearly two decades working at the intersection of technology and capital markets, Heaps brings extensive experience in company building, investor relations and public-company growth to DealMaker’s Board.

“DealMaker is building infrastructure for an important evolution in the capital markets,” said Heaps. “Technology has transformed how public companies connect with investors, and we are now seeing a similar shift in private markets as companies seek more direct relationships with a broader investor base. I’m excited to work with the team as DealMaker scales into that opportunity.”

Joy Watson Seon, Chief Customer Officer

Joy Watson Seon joins DealMaker as Chief Customer Officer, bringing more than 20 years of experience building and transforming customer organizations. She will lead Marketing Services, Account Management and Investor Services as a unified customer organization focused on improving issuer outcomes and supporting increasingly large and sophisticated companies.

Most recently, Watson Seon held senior leadership roles at Lightspeed Commerce and Top Hat, with additional experience at Salesforce and League. As Senior Vice President of Global Customer Experience at Lightspeed, she led customer experience for the company’s global retail business during a period of significant growth and transformation.

Christopher Osborn, Chief Technology Officer

Osborn joins DealMaker as Chief Technology Officer, bringing 30 years of experience across internet infrastructure, fintech, adtech, edtech and healthtech. He will lead DealMaker’s evolution into an AI-native engineering organization, advancing how the company builds and operates its platform as the business scales.

Most recently, Osborn served as Chief Technology Officer at Voxy, where he built the company’s patented, AI-integrated language-acquisition platform and expanded its engineering organization fivefold during a period of tenfold revenue growth.

About DealMaker

DealMaker is an investment technology platform built for companies raising capital directly from individual investors. Founded in 2018, DealMaker has powered more than 1,000 offerings and helped issuers raise nearly $2.8 billion. Its technology supports investor acquisition, compliant offering execution, payments and shareholder management across Regulation CF, Regulation A+ and other offering structures. For more information, visit dealmaker.tech.