Brian is co-founder and Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners, one of New York’s longest-running venture firms dedicated to backing technology companies in the city. He has spent more than two decades investing in and building New York’s tech ecosystem — beginning well before venture capital had a significant footprint here.
Since founding TVP in 2011, Brian has personally led early investments in five companies that reached unicorn status or returned an entire fund, including AlphaSense, ACV Auctions (Nasdaq: ACVA), and HoneyBook. His other lead investments include ShopKeep (acquired by Lightspeed), Thinkful (acquired by Chegg), Katapult (Nasdaq: KPLT), and Vivvi, among others.
Brian serves on the board of Tech:NYC. He holds a BA in economics and American studies from Brandeis University.
five Things
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My first lessons in entrepreneurship came from trading and selling baseball cards.
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In my entire life I’ve yet to taste coffee.
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I once spent a summer cycling through France and Spain which is an amazing way to really see a country.
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Many years ago I sneaked into Cuba and had my camera taken away by the military in Havana while taking pictures of a police/military exercise from a distance.
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I’m patiently waiting for the Knicks to win their first NBA championship since I was born.
Investments
- Actuate
- ACV Auctions NASDAQ: ACVA
- AiCure
- AlphaSense
- Bakpax ACQ: TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS
- Circuit
- Coinsetter ACQ: KRAKEN
- CommonBond Exited
- Crafty
- Cuebiq Exited
- Domio Exited
- EscapeX Exited
- Finix
- Fuel Me
- Gather AI
- HoneyBook
- Just Sing It Exited
- Katapult NASDAQ: KPLT
- Loyal
- Makers Kit Exited
- Mighty
- Mobile Commons ACQ: UPLAND SOFTWARE
- Ozobot
- Procurated
- Shopkeep ACQ: LIGHTSPEED
- Streamline AI
- Suzy
- Thinkful ACQ: CHEGG
- TireTutor
- Truveris Exited
- Lendio
- Visibly
- Vivvi
- YellowJacket ACQ: INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE
