Primary Job Title Venture Partner Primary Organization Ballast Point Ventures
Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage Number of Exits
Prior to his involvement with Ballast Point Ventures, Don was the founder and Managing General Partner of the four South Atlantic Venture Funds founded in 1983 with $175 million under management. He is also the founder and Managing Partner of The Burton Partnerships, a $300+ million private partnership focused primarily on publicly traded, small
capitalization value stocks.
Don began his investment career as a Securities Analyst at Fidelity Management & Research Company in Boston and later joined Fidelity’s venture capital subsidiary, Fidelity Venture Associates. He then became a General Partner of Fidelity Ventures Limited, which made venture capital investments in small, rapidly growing, privately owned companies throughout the United States.
Don was also a Director of the National Venture Capital Association and has served as a Trustee of The Heritage Group of Mutual Funds. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of a family of Blackrock-sponsored mutual funds.
He graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree and from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration with an MBA.
