Tom Blaisdell

Founder & CEO

2018

Founded and lead a consulting firm partnering with mission-driven entrepreneurs growing sustainable legacy businesses. Advise and support entrepreneurs creating companies designed to make a positive impact in the world both directly through their products and services as well as indirectly through their commitment to serving, aligning, and integrating the interests of all major stakeholders: Customers, Employees, Suppliers, Investors, and Communities (Stakeholder Relationship Management, or SRM).

Limited Partner Advisory Committee (LPAC) Member

2023

Vesey Ventures leverages its extensive network and domain expertise to identify, fund and scale the next generation of great fintech companies.

Senior Fellow, Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital

2017 - 2023

As a Senior Fellow at the Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital (CPEVC), I work with Tuck and Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, alumni and practitioners industry-wide to build a community of thriving private equity and venture capital investors committed to transforming the world through thoughtful and responsible capital allocation. Served as Executive Director through August 2018.

General Partner

2000 - 2017

Over 17 years helped source, diligence, select, manage and exit dozens of investments in early stage technology companies around the world. Joined the firm in January 2000 when it had $200mm under management and one office on Sand Hill Road and participated in the firm's growth as a Venture Partner, Partner and General Partner to over $3B under management and offices in Menlo Park, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. Led investments in PayCycle (acquired by Intuit), HireRight (IPO on NASDAQ; then acquired by USIS), Vendavo (acquired by Francisco Partners), Jaspersoft (acquired by Tibco), Caring.com (acquired by Bankrate.com), MIOX (Acquired by Johnson Matthey), Vindicia (acquired by Amdocs) and Bill.com (still private).

Board Member

2001 - 2017

Board Member

2015 - 2016

Board Member

2012 - 2016

Board Member

2008 - 2016

Board Member

2007 - 2016

Board Member

2006 - 2016