Henry Kaestner
Henry Kaestner is a cofounder and partner at Sovereign's Capital, a private equity and venture capital management company that invests in faith-driven entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and the United States from its offices in Silicon Valley; Washington, DC; and Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to cofounding Sovereign's Capital, Henry was cofounder, CEO, and then chairman of Bandwidth.com and its sister company, Republic Wireless. Together, those companies have grown from $0 to $300 million in revenue. Prior to cofounding Bandwidth.com with David Morken, Henry founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top-ranked electricity broker in the country. He is the catalyst behind the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor websites, each of which has a podcast that has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times in over 140 different countries. Henry has also been involved in a number of ministries and philanthropic activities. He cofounded DurhamCares; was a founding board member of Praxis, an accelerator committed to helping faith-driven entrepreneurs; and sits on a variety of business and ministry boards.Henry attends Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, California, and serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America. Henry lives in Los Gatos with his wife, Kimberley, and their three sons.
