Brandon Farwell
InvestorGeneral 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.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechRoboticsSaaSSector AgnosticSpace Tech
Experience
- XfundGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StartX.Official Judge / Mentorcurrent2020 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS)Formal Advisorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Creative Destruction LabAssociate / Mentorcurrent2017 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Rothenberg VenturesLimited Partner and Investment Partner2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Draper Fisher JurvetsonInvestment Professional2010 — 2014Silicon Valley
- BoxCorporate Development and Sales Operations2013Los Altos, CA
- Aerospike, Inc.Board Member2010 — 2012Mountain View, CA
- Credit Suisse Alternative InvestmentsAnalyst2008 — 2010
- Credit SuisseAlternative Investments2007
Skills & more
SaaS29Enterprise Software12Strategy32Private Equity74Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Investment Banking20Investments25Mobile Devices24Start-ups98Valuation10Financial Modeling20
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Corporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness StrategyE-commerceEmerging MarketsStrategic PartnershipsFrom Brandon's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
FalconXScribeAITennrYassir
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
Elise Bates
Senior Director of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Foundry, Harvard Business School at Xfund
Habib Haddad
Managing Partner at The E14 Fund
Harry Lewis
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University at Xfund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brandon Farwell?
- 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.
- Where does Brandon Farwell work?
- Brandon Farwell is General Partner at Xfund.
- What does Brandon Farwell invest in?
- Brandon Farwell invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- What check size does Brandon Farwell write?
- Brandon Farwell typically writes checks of $50K – $500K.
- What companies has Brandon Farwell invested in?
- Investments tracked here include FalconX, ScribeAI, Tennr, Yassir.
- Where did Brandon Farwell go to school?
- Brandon Farwell studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Business Administration and Management); Stanford University (BA, Economics and International Relations).
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Shared employers
Also worked at StartX.64
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Also worked at Rothenberg Ventures5
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Also worked at Aerospike, Inc.8
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