Primary Job Title General Partner Primary Organization Union Grove Venture Partners
Location Burlington, Vermont, United States Regions New England, Northeastern US Gender Male
Investor Type Investment Partner
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Patrick joined Morgan Creek in November 2012 and is a General Partner. Prior to joining Morgan Creek, Patrick co-founded Kidogo Capital Management in June, 2010. Prior to Kidogo, Patrick spent nearly two years with Greenspring Associates, focused on venture capital fund and direct investment opportunities. From 1999 until 2008, Patrick was with
Grotech Ventures where he focused on early, expansion and later stage venture capital investments in technology, communications and media companies. He served as a Director or Observer to the Boards of several of Grotech's portfolio companies including Advertising.com (AOL), USinternetworking (AT&T), iBiquity Digital, Hatteras Networks, BroadSoft, Fieldglass Software and Ziptronix. Prior to joining Grotech, Mr. Cairns spent two years in the Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown and Sons and its successors, BT Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank, advising clients on a variety of M&A and capital markets transactions. .
Patrick graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Politics and a certificate in Economics. While at Princeton, Patrick was a member of the lacrosse team that won three NCAA Division I National Championships.