brad@feld.com // www.feld.com
Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding
Foundry Group,
he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch
and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital.
Brad currently serves on the board of directors of
Gnip,
Oblong, and
Zynga
for Foundry Group.
Previously, Brad served as chief technology officer of AmeriData Technologies. AmeriData acquired Feld Technologies,
a firm he founded in 1987 that specialized in custom software applications. Brad had grown Feld Technologies into
one of Boston's leading software consulting firms prior to the acquisition. He also directed the diversification into
software consulting at AmeriData, a $1.5 billion publicly-traded company which was acquired by GE Capital in 1995.
In addition to his investing efforts, Brad has been active with several non-profit organizations and currently is
chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and co-chairman of the Colorado Governor's
Innovation Council. Brad is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and
entrepreneurship and writes widely read and well respected blogs at
www.feld.com and
www.askthevc.com.
Notable companies that Brad has invested in and/or sat on the boards of include Abuzz (acq. NYT), Anyday.com
(acq. PALM), Critical Path (CPTH), Cyanea (acq. IBM), Dante Group (acq. WEBM), DataPower (acq. IBM), FeedBurner
(acq. by GOOG), Feld Group (acq. by EDS), Harmonix (acq. VIA), NetGenesis (IPO), ServiceMagic (acq. IACI), and
ServiceMetrics (acq. EXDS).
Brad holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Brad is also an avid art collector and long-distance runner. He has completed ten marathons as part
of his mission to run a marathon in each of the fifty states.