Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$9,000,000.00Target Investment:
$3,000,000.00
Skills
Lists including Reed
Investments
DBOS, Inc.
Total Funding: $9M
Amide Technologies
Total Funding: $8M
Axoft
Total Funding: $8M
Sync Computing
Total Funding: $18M
Hedron
Total Funding: $23M
The Routing Company
Total Funding: $5M
Rise Robotics
Total Funding: $5M
C2Sense
Total Funding: $3M
Flywire
Total Funding: $140M
oneforty
Total Funding: $2.4M
Work Experience
2023
General Partner
2023
Engine Ventures invests in early stage teams & companies bringing scientific and technological breakthroughs to market.
2014
Managing Director
2014
Pre-seed venture capital fund investing in technology startups.
2009
Founding Member and Trustee
2009
We are a group of individuals giving monthly micro-grants for the advancement of creative and innovative projects and ideas as well as supporting artistic and technical communities. We started in the Boston area and have grown to 83 chapters in 13 countries who have awarded more than USD $5,600,000 in direct grants to date.
2015
Advisor
2015
Advisor to the MIT Sports Lab which is building an interconnected community of faculty, students, industry partners, alumni, and athletes who are passionate about tackling challenges that lie at the intersection of engineering, education, research and sports.
2017 - 2023
General Partner
2017 - 2023
The Engine seeks to support early stage teams & companies bringing scientific and technological breakthroughs to market.
2012 - 2021
Board member and co-founder
2012 - 2021
Startup Institute is a full-time immersive eight-week experience that prepares people to become great hires for technology startups. Programs are run in Boston, NY, and Chicago.
2010 - 2014
Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
2010 - 2014
Co-instructor of graduate course 6.932, "Linked Data Ventures" with Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and others.
2013 - 2014
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
2013 - 2014
Co-instructor of required undergraduate course in Entrepreneurship.
2011 - 2014
Managing Director
2011 - 2014
Co-director of the accelerator program in Boston. Between 2011 and 2014 we invested in 64 early stage companies including GrabCAD, Pillpack, Ovia, Wymsee, Careport, Synack, Placester, Kinvey, Evertrue, Memrise, Promoboxx, Ginger.IO, docTrackr, NBD Nano, Zagster, and many many more.
2007 - 2009
Managing Director, Microsoft Startup Labs
2007 - 2009
Founding director of a product development and innovation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Among other projects, the lab designed and developed the user experience for Bing Twitter search.