Brett Martin
InvestorCo-Founder / General Partner at Charge VC
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $250K
About
Brett Martin, a VC and Columbia Business School professor, simultaneously builds Kumospace as president/co‑founder and invests pre‑seed/seed with an operator’s remote work and AI perspective, using a Spreadsheet for life.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHealthtechMarketplacesSaaS
Experience
- Charge VenturesCo-Founder & Investorcurrent2015 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Fonzi AICo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
- KumospaceCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentEverywhere
- Columbia University - Columbia Business SchoolAdjunct Professorcurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Primary Venture PartnersEntrepreneur in Residence2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- Switch - Job Search AppCo-Founder2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- Sonar Media, Inc.Co-Founder & CEO2010 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
- AppFundInvestor2010New York City Metropolitan Area
- The Fulbright ProgramFulbright Scholar @ SDA Bocconi2007 — 2010Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- VICE MediaInternet Marketing Associate2007Greater New York City Area
- S/V SEA PEARL ‘30First Mate2006 — 2007
- Thomas Weisel PartnersSenior Research Associate2004 — 2006New York City Metropolitan Area
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeEconomics mod. Psychology
- SDA BocconiFulbright Scholar, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
- The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthEntrepreneurship
- Worcester Preparatory School
Skills & more
Strategy81Analysis2Management19AI MarketplaceSocial NetworkingBig DataLocal MarketingCustomer AcquisitionStart-up VenturesTechnology IncubationVenture FinancingInitial Public Offerings (IPO)
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Early-Stage StartupsResearch SkillsCEOsCommunity ManagementOnline AdvertisingContent MarketingGrowth MarketingNavigationSailingSea SurvivalAeronauticsMechanical EngineeringFrom Brett's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Dartmouth College338
Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners
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Also attended SDA Bocconi47
Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesLuca FerraresiProject Specialist at P101 VenturesChristophe de MontillePartner at Beyond Capital VenturesSure Kose UlutasExperts | Human Resources and Culture at 212Gabriele RicciChief Data & Technology Officer at Takeda VenturesAmit KumarHead of BD at Rising Capital
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Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth157
John McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersCarley PhillipsPrincipal at GreycroftM.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at Drone Deploy at Scale Venture PartnersLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesGraham BrooksPartner at .406 VenturesJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Columbia University - Columbia Business School86
Jeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalGraham BrownManaging Partner at Lerer HippeauCharlie RexfordChief of Staff to CEO at Sapphire VenturesSiddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersHalle TeccoFounder, Rock Health & Natalist at Giant Ventures Global LlpFlorin MihocVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital
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Also worked at Primary Venture Partners46
Mahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionUrvashi BarooahPartner at Redpoint VenturesJordan FoxAI Operations Analyst at Primary Venture PartnersLogan NashFounding Engineer at Primary Venture PartnersIshan GillAssociate at Sapphire VenturesDorothy ChangVenture Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners
+ 40 more
Also worked at The Fulbright Program16
Maneeshika MadduriInvestor at Samsung NextAlex LaplazaVenture Partner at Steel AtlasFeras MousilliStartup Law, Technology Transactions, and Intellectual Property at Seed Round CapitalDiana AnthonyManaging Partner and co-founder at Figure 8 InvestmentsTammer QaddumiCo-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouqPeter OrtGeneral Partner and COO at Cambium Capital
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Colleagues at Charge VC
Network8
Cordero BarkleyScout
Director, Investment Development at TitletownTech
Gyan KapurScout
Co-Managing Partner, Bayes Ventures at Surface Ventures
Joshua BrowderScout
Founder at Browder Capital
Julia LiptonScout
General Partner at Awesome People Ventures
Paul MurphyScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Chris Habachy
General Partner at Charge VC
Kamran Ali
Principal at Inspired Capital
Sandy Cass
Managing Partner at Red Swan Ventures
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