Team

As operators at a formerly venture-backed company, the venture team vividly understands the entrepreneur’s journey. We’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of building a business. Our team has hands-on experience in a wide-range of areas, including growth, optimization, marketing, capital raising, restructuring, redeeming, operations, and much more.

Team

Brendan Mathews

Vice President

Prior to joining the venture fund, Brendan was a senior analyst in the Motley Fool’s U.S. investing team. For six years, he found and followed great companies for David and Tom Gardner as a researcher and writer for Stock Advisor, Motley Fool One, and Supernova.

Kristine Harjes

Investment Analyst

For four years prior to joining Motley Fool Ventures, Kristine was a member of the fool.com team, which made heavy use of her skills in digital media, search engine marketing, data analytics, and customer acquisition.

Rob Runett

Vice President

A Fool since 2006, Rob was a founding team member of Motley Fool Asset Management, LLC, and he served as Director of Retail Operations after the asset management business’ launch in 2009.

Ollen Douglass

Managing Director

Prior to joining the Fund, Ollen was CFO of The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. for 14 years. During that time, He was responsible for the overall financial health of the Fool, and helped guide the company through periods of major growth, contraction and market volatility.

Gary C. Hill

Venture Partner

Gary has worked at The Motley Fool for 22 years in a variety of roles including CFO and COO, and has had leadership roles in business development, sales, human resources and, most recently, as a venture partner in the Fool’s corporate venture efforts.

John Keeling

Venture Partner

John has lead The Motley Fool’s business development team for over 10 years. He has been responsible for managing our ad business, developing and managing partnerships such as Yahoo!, Aol, MSN, CNN, our brokerage partners, and many more.

Lawrence Greenberg

Venture Partner

As Chief Legal Officer of The Motley Fool, Lawrence worked with the members of the Motley Fool Ventures team, and others, on all kinds of deals, from venture and debt financing, to international joint ventures, to technology and content licensing.

Maggie Dorn

Venture Partner

As Chief Network Officer, Maggie manages and grows The Motley Fool’s unique network of influencers, thought leaders, and businesses. Within their network, she uncovers collaborative opportunities that adds diversity of thought and drives commercial value.

Thomas Jones

Venture Partner

Thomas, more commonly known to friends as TJ, worked full time for The Motley Fool for 14 years and held a number of roles ranging from Office Manager to Head of Business Development, and currently serves as a Fool consultant, helping to manage the private company portfolio.

Advisors

Putnam Coes

Advisor

Putnam was a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Paulson & Company, Inc. (2007-2016), an investment management firm specializing in global merger arbitrage and event-related strategies with peak AUM of $40 billion. He was responsible for all of the non-investment functions of the firm.

Team

Advisors

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