Eliot is General Partner @ boldstart ventures, day one true believer for dev first crypto infra and saas founders. Eliot’s investments include Divide (acquired by Google), Replicated, Preact (sold to Spotify), SecurityScorecard, Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), Snyk, BigID, Front, Kustomer, Superhuman, Catalytic, Blaze (acq. by Akamai), Look.io (acquired by LivePerson), GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce), TrulyWireless, YHat, Handshake, WeVR, Techstars (NYC), and Amplify.LA. He previously co-founded Penny Black, a private venture-investment firm where he led a range of investments, including Anchor Intelligence (sold to Comscore), Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media), Bare Snacks (acq by PepsiCo), Ekso Bionics (NASDAQ: EKSO), Klout (acq. by Lithium), IndieGoGo. Prior to Penny Black, Eliot founded Templates.com, an online software retailer that was acquired 2002. He subsequently worked at the Permal Group, a multi-billion dollar global fund of hedge funds (acquired by Legg Mason in 2006). Eliot is a graduate of Georgetown University with post-graduate study at Columbia University. He enjoys surfing and lives in NYC. more @ angel.co/etdurbin and boldstart.vc/eliot
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General PartnerBoldstart Ventures Apr 2010 - PresentMiami, Florida, UsBoldstart Ventures is a first check investor for enterprise founders. Partners Ed Sim and Eliot Durbin have over 50 years of combined experience leading seed rounds in LivePerson, GoToMeeting (sold to Citrix), and Greenplum (sold to EMC). Founded in 2010, BOLDstart has backed over 50 enterprise startups like BigID, Security Scorecard, Snyk.io, Kustomer, Catalytic, Divide (sold to Google), GoInstant (sold to salesforce), Blaze (sold to Akamai), and Rapportive (sold to LinkedIn). Read more @ FirstCheck.vc -
Investor / Board MemberCrewai Mar 2024 - Present -
InvestorClay Jun 2017 - PresentNew York, Ny, Us -
InvestorKustomer Sep 2015 - PresentShort Hills, New Jersey, Us -
InvestorSnyk Oct 2015 - PresentBoston, Massachusetts, Us -
InvestorSecurityscorecard Nov 2013 - PresentNew York, New York, Us -
InvestorSuperhuman Nov 2014 - PresentSan Francisco, California, Used and I were the first investors and external users -
InvestorBigid Feb 2016 - PresentNew York, New York, Us -
Investor / Board MemberSteadybit Mar 2020 - PresentSolingen, Nrw, De -
InvestorReplicated Dec 2014 - PresentWest Hollywood, California, Us -
InvestorCatalytic Feb 2016 - PresentChicago, Il, Us -
Co-FounderMstate Aug 2017 - PresentNew York City, Ny, UsCo Founded mState with Ed Sim and Rob Bailey to pursue the enterprise application of blockchain technology. -
Investor / Board MemberJeli Aug 2019 - Nov 2023San Francisco, UsJeli is the first dedicated incident analysis platform, acquired by PagerDuty (NYSE: PD) -
InvestorIopipe Sep 2016 - Oct 2019Seattle, Wa, UsServerless monitoring (Sold to New Relic) -
InvestorRebel (Acquired By Salesforce) May 2014 - Oct 2018New York, Ny, Us -
InvestorYhat, Inc. Oct 2013 - Jun 2017Brooklyn, Ny, Us -
InvestorRapportive Apr 2010 - Oct 2012San Francisco, California, Ussold to linkedin -
Managing Director & Co-FounderPenny Black Holdings Llc 2007 - Dec 2010Investing early across consumer, enterprise, mobile, financial, healthcare, and media related technology ventures.
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Assistant Vice PresidentPermal Asset Management Jul 2006 - Dec 2008Business Development and Structured Products
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FounderTemplates.Com 2000 - 2002Online software portal marketing third party plug-ins for adobe, microsoft suite, filemaker, and html/java templates. Acquired in 2002. A business Eliot started while a Junior @ Loyola High School, NYC).
Eliot Durbin Education Details
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Georgetown UniversityBachelor Of Arts (Ba) -
Columbia UniversityEconomics
Frequently Asked Questions about Eliot Durbin
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Eliot Durbin works for Boldstart Ventures
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Eliot Durbin's current role is General Partner at Boldstart Ventures.
What schools did Eliot Durbin attend?
Eliot Durbin attended Georgetown University, Columbia University.
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