Cole Harmonson

Cole Harmonson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dare Capital Partners. Prior to that, he was the president and CEO of Far West Capital. Prior to Far West Capital, Cole was the founder and senior vice president of State Bank's Working Capital Finance Group (WCFG), the asset-based lending and factoring division of State Bank. In 1996, Cole joined State Bank to start the WCFG, where he managed the business until the sale to Prosperity Bank in February 2007. Prior to joining State Bank, he was a vice president at The National Bank of Texas in Fort Worth. Cole is currently a board member of the Central Texas Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, the American Factoring Association, the Entrepreneur’s Organization, and the Association for Corporate Growth. He is a member of the Commercial Finance Association, the Independent Banker’s Association of Texas, the Texas Banker’s Association, the International Factoring Association, and the Association for Corporate Growth. He is the past chairman of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Access to Capital committee.