Chip Hazard, General Partner

Chip is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies in the information technology sector.

He currently represents the firm on the boards of 1-800-FREE411 (Jingle Networks), First Best Systems, Infobright, mValent, Placemark, Reveal Imaging, Sciformix and Supplyscape and was previously a director at Bowstreet, which was acquired by IBM.

Chip’s blog on opportunities in enterprise IT markets can be read at http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/vc/2007/09/the-rebirth-of-.html

Background

Before joining the firm in May 2002, Chip was a General Partner with Greylock Partners, a leading venture capital firm he joined in 1994. While at Greylock, Chip led or participated in numerous successful investments in the enterprise information technology field including Narrative Communications (acquired by @Home), Idiom Technologies (acquired by SDL),  iPhrase Technologies (acquired by IBM), IBA (acquired by ServiceSoft/Kana), Storage Networks (IPO), Totality (acquired by MCI) and the Vincam Group (IPO in 1996, acquired by ADP). Prior to Greylock, he was with Company Assistance Limited, an investment and consulting firm in Warsaw Poland; and Bain and Company, an international management consulting firm.

Education

Chip received a BA with honors from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar.

Interests

Chip is married with four children. He enjoys spending time with his children mentoring their various sporting activities. He is also a regular tennis player. While at Stanford, Chip was Captain and a four-year member of the inter-collegiate Ski team and a two-year member of the lacrosse team.