Kyle Austin

venture-backed startups and non-profits.

As the founding partner at BMV, Kyle has been responsible for advising and consulting leading venture-backed start-ups on both coasts, such as RadPad, Zaarly, RunKeeper, ByteLight, Poachable and SinglePlatform with marketing and communications strategy since 2011. The BMV portfolio of startup brands already has two successful exits to its name, including SinglePlatform to Constant Contact for $100M & ByteLight to Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI).

Prior to founding BMV, Kyle was an integral member of the Racepoint Global team. At Racepoint, he was instrumental in outlining and executing communications strategy for One Laptop per Child’s “Give One, Get One” campaign, which enabled the delivery of more than 100,000 XO laptops to children across the globe. The campaign was recognized with a Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America, as well as the United Nations Grand Award.

In addition, he managed and supervised some of the agency’s largest accounts, which included the launch of Sony’s new line of digital reading devices in 2009 and the rebranding of eHarmony in 2011. The Sony launch generated 1,700 stories in print, broadcast and digital outlets, reaching an audience of more than 1.45 billion and boosted Reader line sales by 4X. The re-branding and new media strategy for eHarmony increased registered users 15,000-plus-per-day.

Kyle lives in Boston and holds an MBA from Babson College's Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business.