Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 18
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Brian O’Malley is the Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures.

Brian brings 15+ year of investment experience to the Forerunner team, combining his background as a software entrepreneur with his passion for unique retail experiences to identify and invest in next generation retailers, marketplaces and enabling commerce software companies.

Brian

joined Forerunner from Accel, where he led the firm’s early-stage consumer efforts. Before his five years at Accel, Brian spent ten years at Battery Ventures where he started as an Associate and was promoted through the ranks, becoming the firm’s youngest GP at the age of 32. Throughout his investing career, Brian has served on over two dozen boards. Notable investments include: Anchor (acquired by Spotify), Away Travel, Bazaarvoice (IPO), BlueVision, (acquired by Lyft), BrightEdge, Coupa (IPO), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever), Gametime, HotelTonight (acquired by AirBnb), InstaEdu (acquired by Chegg), KeyMe, Narvar, Shift Technologies, Skullcandy (IPO) and TradeKing (acquired by Ally Financial).

Brian spent several years in operating roles before entering the venture capital industry, originally helping the founding teams at Matrics, Inc. (acquired by Motorola) and Compoze Software (acquired by Oracle) before spending three years at Bowstreet, where he was Director of West Coast Technical Sales before the Company was acquired by IBM.

Brian earned a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he completed a Dual Concentration in Entrepreneurial Finance and Management.

Number of Investments 1
Brian O’Malley invested in Sprig on Nov 6, 2013. This investment - Seed Round - Sprig - was valued at
$1.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Nov 6, 2013
Sprig
No
Seed Round - Sprig
$1.2M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 7
Brian O’Malley is the Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures. Additionally, Brian O’Malley has had 7 past jobs including General Partner at Battery Ventures.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Battery Ventures
General PartnerDec 4, 2013
Bowstreet
Technical Evangelist
Motorola
Web Developer, Motorola Computer Group
Accel
PartnerDec 5, 2013
Matrics
Consultant
Forerunner Ventures
General PartnerSep 2018
Bowstreet
Director of West Coast Technical Sales
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 18
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 10
Brian O’Malley holds 18 board and advisor roles including Board Of Directors at Anchor, Board Of Directors at Shift Technology, and Board of Directors at Luma.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
HotelTonight
Board MemberApr 2011Oct 2018
Coupa Software
Board Of DirectorsSep 2010May 2014
JOOR
Board of DirectorsJul 2011May 2014
Viddy
Board of DirectorsMar 2011Jan 2014
Sociable Labs
Member of Board of DirectorsApr 1, 2011Dec 2013
Bazaarvoice
Member of Board of Directors
inSitu Sales
Member of Board of Directors
Loosecubes
Investor
Supernova
Member of Board of Directors
H.BLOOM
Member of Board of Directors
Number of Events 3
Brian O’Malley has participated in 3 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Global Capital Summit Fall 2017 on Sep 20, 2017.
Number of News Articles 6
NewsAug 4, 2018
Funding RoundNov 6, 2013
Sprig raised $1,200,000 / Seed from Andrew Garvin and 12 other investors
NewsFeb 27, 2012
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