Brian Balfour
Founder at Edelweiss Ventures LLC
Profile
Brian K.
Balfour was the founder of Boundless Learning, Inc. (2011), Viximo, Inc. (2007), Reforge, Inc. (2016), and Celestine Inc. (2003) where he held the title of CEO.
He is also the founder of Popsignal and Edelweiss Ventures LLC.
Currently, he is a Venture Partner at LJV Management Company LLC since 2020.
Previously, he worked as Vice President at HubSpot, Inc. from 2014 to 2016.
He also worked as a Product Manager at Zoominfo Technologies LLC and as a Founding Member at Betahouse.
Mr. Balfour completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2005.
Brian Balfour active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Edelweiss Ventures LLC
Edelweiss Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edelweiss Ventures LLC (Edelweiss Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Lee Jacobs. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | - |
Reforge, Inc.
Reforge, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Reforge, Inc. is a company that offers advanced growth strategy programs for experienced tech professionals in product, marketing, data, design, and engineering. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and provides a systemic approach to iteration and idea validation to realize the goal of getting to product market fit. The programs offered by Reforge focus on building sophisticated systems of compounding growth, developing effective engineering leaders, and becoming fully data-driven with strategic experimentation skills. Additionally, Reforge teaches frameworks for building, communicating, and executing a product strategy, scaling high-quality product execution across product and engineering teams, defining a technical strategy, optimizing it based on company context, and assessing strategic tradeoffs more effectively. The company also offers programs on developing monetization strategies, managing a marketing team, driving scalable and cost-effective acquisition, and leveraging data to make smart product decisions. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and he has been the CEO since incorporation. | Chief Executive Officer | 2016-04-30 |
LJV Management Company LLC
LJV Management Company LLC Investment ManagersFinance LJV Management Company LLC (LJV Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lee Jacobs. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-31 |
Former positions of Brian Balfour
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HUBSPOT, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-03-29 |
Boundless Learning, Inc.
Boundless Learning, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Boundless Learning, Inc. provides online educational content for students, educators and self-learners. It creates online textbooks and learning tools that improve education for millions of students and educators. The firm offer textbooks which are available for free and premium across multiple channels, including mobile, website and iBooks. The firm covers content on various subjects including biology, psychology, anatomy and physiology, American history, writing, sociology, business and economics. The company was founded by Ariel Diaz, Aaron White, and Brian K. Balfour in April 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Founder | 2012-09-29 |
Viximo, Inc.
Viximo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Viximo, Inc. developed apps and online games. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and Sean Lindsay on October 4, 2007 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Founder | 2011-02-27 |
Celestine Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | 2005-06-29 |
Popsignal | Founder | - |
Training of Brian Balfour
University of Michigan | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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HUBSPOT, INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 9 |
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Boundless Learning, Inc.
Boundless Learning, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Boundless Learning, Inc. provides online educational content for students, educators and self-learners. It creates online textbooks and learning tools that improve education for millions of students and educators. The firm offer textbooks which are available for free and premium across multiple channels, including mobile, website and iBooks. The firm covers content on various subjects including biology, psychology, anatomy and physiology, American history, writing, sociology, business and economics. The company was founded by Ariel Diaz, Aaron White, and Brian K. Balfour in April 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Commercial Services |
Zoominfo Technologies LLC
Zoominfo Technologies LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Zoominfo Technologies LLC engages in the provision of online information services. It offers products and solutions for customers in sales, marketing, and enterprises. The company was founded by Jonathan Stern and Michel Decary in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
Viximo, Inc.
Viximo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Viximo, Inc. developed apps and online games. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and Sean Lindsay on October 4, 2007 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Technology Services |
Betahouse | |
Popsignal | |
Edelweiss Ventures LLC
Edelweiss Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edelweiss Ventures LLC (Edelweiss Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Lee Jacobs. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Reforge, Inc.
Reforge, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Reforge, Inc. is a company that offers advanced growth strategy programs for experienced tech professionals in product, marketing, data, design, and engineering. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and provides a systemic approach to iteration and idea validation to realize the goal of getting to product market fit. The programs offered by Reforge focus on building sophisticated systems of compounding growth, developing effective engineering leaders, and becoming fully data-driven with strategic experimentation skills. Additionally, Reforge teaches frameworks for building, communicating, and executing a product strategy, scaling high-quality product execution across product and engineering teams, defining a technical strategy, optimizing it based on company context, and assessing strategic tradeoffs more effectively. The company also offers programs on developing monetization strategies, managing a marketing team, driving scalable and cost-effective acquisition, and leveraging data to make smart product decisions. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and he has been the CEO since incorporation. | Commercial Services |
LJV Management Company LLC
LJV Management Company LLC Investment ManagersFinance LJV Management Company LLC (LJV Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lee Jacobs. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Celestine Inc. |
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