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Howard Morgan

Howard Morgan

Co-Founder, Chair and General Partner atB Capital GroupNew York
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Howard Morgan is Co-Founder, Chair and General Partner of B Capital, a pioneer in early-stage investing and the early internet. He co-founded First Round Capital, helped found Idealab, and served as Founding President of Renaissance Technologies.

What Howard can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target5-7%, 7-10%, 10-12%, > 12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

B Capital Group writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: B Capital Group.

Career

  1. University of Pennsylvania · professor
  2. Cornell University · professor
  3. UC Berkeley · Executive Fellow
  4. Renaissance Technologies · Founding President
  5. Idealab · helped found
  6. First Round Capital · co-founded
  7. B Capital · Co-Founder, Chair and General Partner
    Now
  8. ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal · first Editor

Companies founded

First Round CapitalIdealabB Capital

Investments named in public bios

Franklin Electronic PublishersInternet Brands, Inc.

Focus

technologyaiearly stagegrowth stage

Education

Cornell University, PhD in Operations ResearchCity College of the City University of New York, BS in Physics

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Daniel BalmisseManaging Partner, Cathay InnoSquare, Cathay Innovation

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Questions

Who is Howard Morgan?

Howard Morgan is Co-Founder, Chair and General Partner of B Capital, a pioneer in early-stage investing and the early internet. He co-founded First Round Capital, helped found Idealab, and served as Founding President of Renaissance Technologies.

How much does Howard Morgan invest?

Howard Morgan invests through B Capital Group, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Howard Morgan?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Howard in the subject. A warm intro from a founder B Capital Group backed works better.

What did Howard Morgan do before B Capital Group?

professor at University of Pennsylvania; professor at Cornell University; Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley; Founding President at Renaissance Technologies; helped found at Idealab; co-founded at First Round Capital; first Editor at ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal.

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