Mr. Murray founded New Millennium Partners I, LP in 1998 and currently serves as the Managing Director. New Millennium Partners is a seed stage venture capital firm with multiple funds under management and has worked with over 40 startups in the past seven years. Their investments have included Four11, Cyberian Outpost, Kana, Looksmart, Spinner, BabyCenter, Callwave, CafePress, and Wildtangent. He served on the Public Board of Cyberian Outpost (COOL acquired by Fry’s Electronics) and numerous private equity boards. He also serves on a NonProfit board called EcoEnterprises that helps to establish environmentally oriented startups in Latin and South America. EcoEnterprises is a venture capital fund in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to founding New Millennium Partners, Mr. Murray spent over 15 years in the telecommunications (Fortune 500) and software fields, where his roles included Sales, Sales Management, Strategic Planning, Product Development, Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and General Management of a Business Unit. Mr. Murray holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He has an Executive MBA from Tuck School of Management Dartmouth and did his post graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University at their Advanced Technology Institute. |