Blair Ford
Venture Partner @ Raine Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Blair Ford is an investment professional advising Raine Ventures. Prior to Raine Ventures, Blair was a portfolio manager at Golden Gate Capital where he was co-head of a $2.0 billion credit opportunities fund investing primarily in the technology, industrial and retail sectors. Prior to Golden Gate, Blair was a private equity investor with TexasPacific Group and Bain Capital. At each firm, Blair was responsible for sourcing and executing investment across a range of industries.Blair has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford University. He lives in Atherton, California with his wife, Nancy, and their three children.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Blair Ford invests in
Stages Blair Ford invests in
Countries Blair Ford invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 1 (50%)
- eSports 1 (50%)
- Database 1 (50%)
- Internet 1 (50%)
- Security 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Country
- Israel 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| DocAuthority is developing a revolutionary document control solution. DocAuthority solves this by automatically discovering and accurately identifying unprotected sensitive documents, thus enabling a broad yet business-friendly security policy. The company introduces a unique approach that enables IT professionals as well as business users todefine business aligned security policies to control documents' usage throughout the organization. | $10M / Series A / Jun 06, 2018 | ||
| VY Esports is a global esports company specializing in authentic experiences and creative content for the esports generations. | Seed / Oct 12, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Raine Ventures
Raine Ventures is an early stage fund managed by The Raine Group. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai. With a global reach, Raine focuses on investment and advisory opportunities where its deep industry experience and unique network of strategic relationships can create value for portfolio companies andclients.
Raine Ventures Contacts
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Courtney Favreau
Partner
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Jeffrey Sine
Co-Founder / Partner
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Mika Salmi
Senior Advisor
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Blair Ford
Venture Partner
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Brandon Gardner
COO / Partner
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What does Blair Ford invest in?
Blair Ford invests primarily in Sports, eSports and Database startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Blair Ford closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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