Noel Fenton

Noel Fenton

Founding Partner atTrinity VenturesCalifornia

Noel Fenton co-founded Trinity in 1986 and remains active despite retirement attempts. He focuses on enterprise software and B-to-B commerce, mentoring CEOs in portfolio companies.

What Noel can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Trinity Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Covalent Systems · CEO
  2. Acurex · CEO
  3. Trinity · Founding Partner
    Now
  4. Trinity Ventures · Founding Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Trinity

Focus

enterprise softwareb-to-b commerce

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Questions

Who is Noel Fenton?

Noel Fenton co-founded Trinity in 1986 and remains active despite retirement attempts. He focuses on enterprise software and B-to-B commerce, mentoring CEOs in portfolio companies.

How much does Noel Fenton invest?

Noel Fenton invests through Trinity Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Noel Fenton?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Noel in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Trinity Ventures backed works better.

What did Noel Fenton do before Trinity Ventures?

CEO at Covalent Systems; CEO at Acurex.

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