Investing Profile

Brian Flynn(257)

AngelFounderInvestor
Founder at Esplanade Partners LLC
founderpartners.coSan Mateo, California
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Networks Brian is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
810 CONNECTIONS
Morgan Stanley Network
694 CONNECTIONS
University of Notre Dame Network
104 CONNECTIONS
BrainTrust Network
19 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Esplanade Partners LLC
Investment Range
$50K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
4

Brian Flynn is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brian Flynn's Investments On Record (4)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Coop Records
SeedSep 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Roneil Rumburg
3Box
Series AFeb 2022$30M
$33M
Co-investors: Brad Burnham (Union Square Ventures), Mason Nystrom (Pantera Capital), Keith Grose (Andreessen Horowitz), Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital), Sari Azout (Level Ventures), Stefan George (Gnosis Limited), Alexander Salnikov (RARI Foundation), Illia Polosukhin (Uncle Nearest), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Florian Hagenbuch (Canary Ventures), Alessio Fanelli (Decibel Partners), NiMA Asghari (Seed Club Ventures), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), David Pakman (CoinFund), Wendy Xiao (Northzone), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Tegan Kline
Ceramic Network
Series AFeb 2022$30M
$30M
Co-investors: Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Mason Nystrom (Pantera Capital), NiMA Asghari (Seed Club Ventures), Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Alessio Fanelli (Decibel Partners), Tegan Kline
Chairish
Series AAug 2014$5M
$46M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Spencer Rascoff (75 & Sunny), Ho Nam (Altos Ventures), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Erik Blachford (Pine5 Ventures), Nenad Marovac (Advent International), Bob Pasker, Karl Peterson

most interested in

Software, Internet, mobile, API services

not interested in

Hardware, biotech, capital-intensive businesses.

Brian Flynn's Experience

Co-Founder FounderPartners2013 - Present
Founder Esplanade Partners LLC2002 - Present
Financial Analyst, M&A Morgan StanleyPresent
Head of Corporate Development Macromedia, Inc. (acquired by Adobe)Present
Head of Corporate Development Robertson Stephens & Co.Present
Partner Robertson Stephens & Co.Present
Co-Founder Robertson Stephens & Co.Present
CEO and Co-Founder FounderPartnersPresent
Co-Founder and CEO FounderPartnersPresent
Minority Co-Founder Partner Cleanshelf (acquired by SAP/LeanIX)Present
Partner Cleanshelf (acquired by LeanIX/SAP)Present
Minority Co-Founder Partner Robertson Stephens & Co.Present
Minority Co-Founder Robertson Stephens & Co.Present
Chairman and Co-Founder Founder VenturesPresent
Co-Founder BrainTrust2018 - 2018
Co-Founder AdMovate, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)2012 - 2013
Co-Founder Relevad Corporation2006 - 2006
Head of Corporate Development Macromedia, Inc. (acquired by Adobe Systems)2003 - 2006
Co-Founder IMsecure (acquired by Checkpoint Software)2002 - 2003
Partner Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB)1999 - 2002
Principal, Head of Software and Internet M&A Robertson Stephens & Co.1995 - 1995
Financial Analyst, M&A Morgan Stanley & Co.1990 - 1993

Brian Flynn's Education

Harvard Business School MBA
University of Notre Dame BA Philosophy

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