# Richard Brown

> Richard Brown is a Series A investor at PNC backing Internet. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: PNC
- Location: Durham, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2004
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcbrown

Richard Brown is a Group Head Pharma & Life Sciences Vertical at PNC. He attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WiDeFi | WideFi Networks, LLC is a technology company with a vision to create a safer internet. Their mission is to create the safest and simplest products that help you protect your family online. WideFi's "Best in Class" cloud-based software SaferNet offers complete online protection and a full-featured online protection system for yourfamily that includes: All devices, Anywhere Protection (Wi-Fi or cellular networks worldwide), Unlimited Schedules and off times, 84 Content filters, GPS Tracking, White or Blacklist Apps & URLs with an on/off toggle, as well as the ability to Monitor everything coming across your network and devices. We also send real-time alerts when someone wanders to risky sites and Unlimited Admins for accountability. All this and more for as little as $7.99 a month. | $6.8M | Series A | Apr 01, 2004 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Axiom Venture Partners — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Band of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/band-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- CampVentures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grace Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grace-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inflexion Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflexion-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PNC

VC Fund · Pittsburgh, United States

PNC is a financial service company providing bank deposit products and services to its community. The company assets (as of December 31, 2011) of approximately $271.2 billion. PNC operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in nineteen states and the District of Columbia with more than 2,700 branches, online and mobileservices together with 7,400 ATM machines, specialized financial businesses serving companies and government entities, and asset management and processing businesses.

5 contacts available at PNC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kristen Byrd | Regional President | — |
| Dan Hesse | Member Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-hesse |
| Dan Hesse | Member Board of Directors | — |
| Daniel DeMaiolo | Experience Designer Lead | — |
| Deb Lindway | SVP, Enterprise Technology, Security, Intelligent Automation CoE Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Brown invest in?

Richard Brown invests primarily in Internet and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Richard Brown?

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### When did Richard Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Brown closed in Apr 2004. Shizune tracks 1 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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