Chip Hazard

General Partner and Co-Founder @ Flybridge

About

I am a hands-on early stage venture capital investor with a particular focus on working with passionate entrepreneurial teams developing companies around deep IP that addresses significant “pain points” for customers in emerging high growth fields. Specialties: Early-stage company creation across information technology markets

Country

United States

City

Boston

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

Start-ups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, SaaS, Strategic Partnerships, Venture Financing, Product Management, Enterprise Software, Management, Strategy, Angel Investing, Corporate Development, Business Development, Business Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Cloud Computing, Executive Management, Go-to-market Strategy, Product Development

Experience

General Partner and Co-Founder

Flybridge

2002-5 - Present · 24 yrs 5 mos

Greater Boston Area

Seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston and New York City investing in Investing in ambitious founders building our AI-powered future. With over $1 billion under management across seve seed funds and nine network funds, portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Chief, Codecademy (acq: SKILL), FalconX, Firebase (acq: GOOG), MadeiraMadeira, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), OpenFX, Splice, and ZestAI.

Co-founder and Investment Partner

XFactor Ventures

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

United States

XFactor Ventures is looking for tenacious female founders and mixed-gender founding teams attacking billion-dollar market opportunities. With three funds and a portfolio of over 85 companies, we are one of the most active venture investors in companies founded by women. We invest $125k into pre-seed or seed stage rounds and provide advice, mentorship, and connections to help our companies succeed. The XFactor investing partners are current successful operators, collectively raising over $800M in capital, hiring thousands of employees, but they are still in the trenches every day. Let's connect if you're a female founder working on a big idea!

Board Member

MongoDB

2009-10 - Present · 17 yrs

Greater New York City Area

First invested and joined the board when the company was less than 10 people and about to ship version 1.0. Remain on the board following October 2017 IPO.