People

Mike Brown, Principal

Mike joined Foundation Capital in 2007, where he works with entrepreneurs on Internet applications for consumers and businesses. He is an active advisor to Simply Hired, Waterfront Media, BabyCare, Xoopit, and Quantivo, and represents Foundation Capital on the boards of National Payment Network and First to File.

Prior to joining Foundation Capital, Mike spent six years with Partech International, where he led or championed Partech's investments in companies including RockYou!, Wazap, mSnap Interactive, Replay Solutions, Ingrian Networks, and PentaSafe Security Technologies (BMC).

Before entering the technology investment field, Mike was an entrepreneur himself, helping grow Bluefire Systems, an enterprise software company dedicated to inventory management and demand planning for large retail and consumer goods clients. While there, Mike learned the challenges of being a member of a small, bootstrapped company including: taking out the garbage, hunting for office space, making Costco runs and helping the team bug-test the application prior to a new release.

Outside of work, Mike enjoys independent films, cooking and participating as an active board member of TechSoup, a global non-profit organization. Mike holds an MBA from Stanford where was an Arjay Miller scholar, and a BA from Yale University with honors.

E-mail: mbrown@foundationcapital.com

or Mike's assistant, Judy Manning: jmanning@foundationcapital.com