His coach, legendary Anson Dorrance recalled "He played with wonderful, physical, reckless abandon", leaving it all on the field.
SEMCAP is a growth impact manager investing in companies at the forefront of seminal trends in three sectors-Healthcare, Education and Food & Nutrition.
There, he oversaw the acquisitions of a number of companies including ChromoVision, Diamond Technology, Video Server, and XL Vision.
Buckley refocused the company to find strategic partnerships with traditional industry leaders such as a joint venture with DuPont called CapSpan in early 2000.
[4] In September 2014, when the company changed its name to Actua Corporation, its stock was trading around $6 per share and was worth approximately $200 million.
He is on the advisory boards of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative, the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School, the Vetri Community Partnership and Starfinder Foundation.
[2] In 2000, Buckley was named the Entrepreneur of the Year by Price Waterhouse, and received the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award from the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group.
[8] Buckley is an avid runner, often traversing a long, rocky hill near the SEMCAP headquarters at Valley Forge National Historical Park.