My companies
I have been fortunate to work with great people at many different companies over the years. I have benefited from the help of many along the way and now I am helping entrepreneurs get from ideas to revenue.
Allaire/Macromedia
I joined the founding team of Allaire straight from college in 1996. Allaire merged with Macromedia, which is now part of Adobe. Good times. More
Polaris Venture Partners
I spent 7 years as technology partner doing both traditional investments and launching four new startups. I left to start FastIgnite in 2009. More
Archivas
I helped start and fund this large-scale digital archiving company. We sold it to our partner HDS for a very nice sum. More
Meridio
I made an investment in this Belfast-based compliance company that partnered deeply with Microsoft. We sold it to Autonomy. More
Allurent
Allurent is a cloud-based e-commerce 2.0 platform company I invested in. More
Veracode
Veracode is a SaaS application security spin-out from Symanted I helped launch and fund. More
8th Ring
I co-founded, funded and shut down this consumer mobile company in just a few months. I like failing quickly and cheaply. More
Thing Labs
I co-founded Plinky, which later became Thing Labs, with former Googler Jason Shellen. The company is in the Bay Area. More
Tollbit
Tollbit is an Internet-scale cloud virtualization company I co-founded. It was the first company I worked with through FastIgnite. More
Better Advertising
I'm co-founder of NYC-based Better Advertising. It is an online advertising compliance company that enhances consumer protection. More
DubMeNow
I am an advisor to DC-based DubMeNow. This is a green company--they help rid the world of business cards. More
