Mr Richard S Grinnell

KANDO id: 12088

Bio

Rick co-founded TD Capital Ventures in 2001 and Fairhaven Capital Partners in 2007. He has invested in and served on the boards of companies including: Brabeion (acquired by Archer Technologies/EMC), Bridgeport Networks (acquired by Counterpath), Co3 Systems, Dataupia, Everypoint, EqualLogic (acquired by Dell), Prelert, and VeloBit. Rick held senior marketing positions within the Content Bridge Division of Adero (acquired by Inktomi) and ClearOne Communications (acquired by Gentner Communications and rebranded ClearOne), and held senior engineering and marketing positions at PictureTel (acquired by Polycom.) He has also worked for General Electric, at its Corporate Research and Development Center, and Fidelity Ventures. Rick is on the Board of Overseers at the Museum of Science in Boston, and is active with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and Boston Medical Center. Rick earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Charter Member of TiE, a member of Sigma Xi, and holds a United States patent.

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