Brian Hirsch

Welcome to the profile for Brian Hirsch, a venture capitalist based in New York.

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Brian Hirsch is a co-founder of Tribeca Venture Partners. Prior to starting Tribeca Venture Partners, Brian was a founder and Managing Director of GSA Venture Partners, formerly the venture arm of Greenhill & Co (NYSE: GHL). Prior to GSAVP, Brian was a Principal at Sterling Venture Partners and led the firm’s investments in technology-related companies. He is currently a board member of Flat World Knowledge, FTRANS, HomeSphere, Lendio, Pontiflex, RealDirect, ShopKeep, Spanfeller Media Group, TRAFFIQ and Vook. Brian is also a board observer at Crowdtap. He previously sat on the boards of YellowJacket (acquired by InterContinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE)), KnowledgeStorm (acquired by TechTarget (NASDAQ: TTGT)) and eCredit (acquired by Fidelity Ventures). Prior to joining Sterling Venture Partners, Brian was a vice president at ABN AMRO Private Equity (“AAPE”), the U.S. venture capital group of ABN AMRO N.V., at the time one of the world’s ten largest banks. Some of Brian's investments while at AAPE included OpenWave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV), Daleen Technologies (NASDAQ: DALN), eCredit.com (acquired by ICG), NIKSUN and Oasis Technology (acquired by eFunds). Before joining AAPE, Brian worked as a senior consultant at KPMG in the Information, Communications & Entertainment (ICE) practice, where his clients included General Electric, CBS/Westinghouse and the Tribune Company. Brian is on the board of the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) where he founded the Ingenuity Conference, one of NY’s largest annual venture events. He is also a co-founder and Organizer of the NYC Turing Fellows Program. Brian has a BA in economics and American studies from Brandeis University.

Managing Director & Co-Chairman at Greenhill SAVP

March 2006 - September 2011

Greenhill SAVP, an early growth stage venture capital fund, backs seasoned entrepreneurs focused on the next generation of innovation: Technology Enabled Services (TES) and Business Information Services (BIS). Silicon Alley Venture Partners (“SAVP”) was originally founded in 1998. In early 2006, SAVP and Greenhill & Co. combined resources to create Greenhill SAVP (“GSAVP”) to focus on early growth investing in Technology Enabled and Business Information Services (TES/BIS) companies primarily located in the Greater Tri-State Area from eastern Pennsylvania to northern Connecticut.

Board Observer at Local Labs

July 2008 - February 2010

stealth mode NY based company

Board Member at Ikobo.com

September 2006 - October 2008

Board Member at YellowJacket

November 2006 - February 2008

YellowJacket was acquired by The Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) in February 2008.

Board Member at eCredit.com

April 2003 - December 2006

Board Member at KnowledgeStorm

December 2001 - December 2006

Managing Partner at Silicon Alley Venture Partners

2004 - March 2006

Board Observer, Investor at Optum, Inc.

February 2004 - September 2004

Principal at Sterling Venture Partners

April 2001 - December 2003

Led all technology-related investments for the $136 million venture fund. Left in January 2004 to launch a new venture fund - Clearview Venture Partners.

Vice President at ABN AMRO Private Equity

October 1997 - April 2001

Led and assisted in technology and telecom-related investments for the US venture fund for ABN AMRO bank in Chicago.

Board Member & Investor at ShopKeep LLC.

December 2011

Founder & Managing Partner at Tribeca Venture Partners

September 2011

NY-based early stage venture capital fund

Board Observer at Crowdtap

July 2011

Board Member at Vook

November 2010

Board member at Spanfeller Media Group

August 2010

Board Member at RealDirect

May 2010

Board Member at TRAFFIQ

August 2009

Board Member at Flat World Knowledge

March 2009

Board Member at Pontiflex

April 2008

Pontiflex is the industry's only open and transparent lead generation marketplace. Hundreds of publishers, advertisers agencies and technology providers connect through Pontiflex to make lead generation marketing simple, effective and profitable.

Board Member at FTRANS Corp.

April 2008

FTRANS Corp is the inventor of Trade Credit Express™. In cooperation with financial institutions, FTRANS provides businesses with a new B2B payment system which provides B2B sellers with all of the benefits of accepting a bank credit card for payment while still providing their B2B buyers with free and flexible credit terms. In addition, B2B sellers reduce their risk, minimize cost, and free their time as FTRANS conducts the tasks involved with customer credit administration. As a result, businesses can focus their resources on more important items such as customers and growth. For banks, this payment system provides them with a safe business lending platform allowing them to increase lending, deposits, and fees with existing and new customers.

Board Member at Three Stage Media

November 2007

Board Member at HomeSphere, Inc.

July 2007

Brandeis University

1991 – 1995

B.A.

venture capital, technology, sports, finance