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Brandon Farwell

Investor

General Partner at Xfund

Menlo Park, California, United States

Writes $50K – $500K checks · typically $1M

About

Brandon Farwell leverages two decades of Stanford mentoring and leadership—co-teaching ethics and creating an ethics fellows program informed by a major VC firm's breakdown—and early DFJ work on SpaceX, Tesla.

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Brandon Farwell @brandonfarwell

Excited to announce that I've partnered with my dear friend @patrickchung @xfund, the early stage VC fund based in the Valley and Cambridge!

Sep 29, 2017 · ♥ 26 · ⇄ 4

Brandon Farwell @brandonfarwell

Here in D.C. speaking at a space conference but had to embrace the… https://t.co/Cl8RlOyubt

Jul 19, 2017 · ♥ 1

Brandon Farwell @brandonfarwell

@hibirdi I'd love to!

May 8, 2017

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechRoboticsSaaSSector AgnosticSpace Tech

Experience

  1. XfundGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. StartX.Official Judge / Mentorcurrent2020 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS)Formal Advisorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Creative Destruction LabAssociate / Mentorcurrent2017 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  5. Rothenberg VenturesLimited Partner and Investment Partner2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Draper Fisher JurvetsonInvestment Professional2010 — 2014Silicon Valley
  7. BoxCorporate Development and Sales Operations2013Los Altos, CA
  8. Aerospike, Inc.Board Member2010 — 2012Mountain View, CA
  9. Credit Suisse Alternative InvestmentsAnalyst2008 — 2010
  10. Credit SuisseAlternative Investments2007

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business Administration and Management2012 — 2014
  2. Stanford UniversityBA, Economics and International Relations2004 — 2008

Skills & more

SaaS29Enterprise Software12Strategy32Private Equity74Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Investment Banking20Investments25Mobile Devices24Start-ups98Valuation10Financial Modeling20
+6 moreCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness StrategyE-commerceEmerging MarketsStrategic Partnerships

From Brandon's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended Stanford University1,575

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,569 more

Shared employers

Also worked at StartX.51

Vincent DialloInvestor at DaphniJordan SegallPartner at Redpoint VenturesAmanda DawsonDirector, People Operations at StartXAnkita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartXAnne CaillatVice President, Programs & Community at StartXCameron TeitelmanFounder, CEO & Head of Admissions at StartX

+ 45 more

Also worked at Rothenberg Ventures5

Anarghya VardhanaGeneral Partner at MaveronNeil DevaniFounder and Managing Partner at Necessary VenturesMike RothenbergFounder and General Partner at Rothenberg VenturesSophie LiaoManaging Partner at Oyster VenturesTommy LeepInvestor at Jetstream

Also worked at Draper Fisher Jurvetson30

Tim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJennifer Scott FonstadCo-founder at Aspect VenturesEmily MeltonInvestor at Threshold VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesMark BaileyFounder and Partner Emeritus at DFJ

+ 24 more

Also worked at Aerospike, Inc.6

John DillonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersTim ConnorPartner at NewView CapitalAnkit SudPartner at NewView CapitalViraj PhansePartner at Arka Venture LabsTyler PetersonPartner, Technology at Triangle Peak PartnersSwaroop 'Kittu' KolluriFounder & Managing Director at Neotribe Ventures

Investments

Investor

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Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Xfund

Alex Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at MIT at Xfund
Andrew Williamson
Managing Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital at Xfund
Bob Pozen
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management at Xfund
Cherry Murray
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics, Harvard University at Xfund
Deborah Spar
Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School at Xfund
Don Wood
Managing Director Emeritus, DFJ at Xfund
Elise Bates
Senior Director of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Foundry, Harvard Business School at Xfund
Habib Haddad
Managing Partner of the E14 Fund, MIT at Xfund