Where does Chad Fowler work?

Chad Fowler is Partner & CTO at BlueYard Capital.

What check size does Chad Fowler write?

Chad Fowler typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.

Where did Chad Fowler go to school?

Chad Fowler studied at University of Memphis (Music).

Chad Fowler

Investor

Partner & CTO at BlueYard Capital

Berlin, Germany

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $500K

Find your path to Chad

218 people in our graph share verified history with Chad — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sapna MehtaunlockedChad: together at Livingsocial (2011–2013)

×2Chad: together at Livingsocial

×7Chad: together at General Electric

Chad: together at BlueYard Capital

About

Chad Fowler has deep credibility in the open-source community as co‑founder of Ruby Central and RailsConf organizer, and is an avant‑garde jazz saxophonist who founded Mahakala Music in 2019.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCrypto & Web3Deep TechHardware

Experience

BlueYard CapitalGeneral Partner & CTOcurrent2021 — presentUnited States
otto JavaScript SecurityBoard2022 — 2024
otto JavaScript SecurityChief Product Officer2020 — 2023The Internet
MicrosoftGeneral Manager, Startups2019 — 2020
MicrosoftGeneral Manager, Developer Advocacy2018 — 2019Global
MicrosoftCTO, General Manager - Startup Advocacy2018
MicrosoftCTO Education, OneNote, Wunderlist2017 — 2018
MicrosoftGeneral Manager, Wunderlist2015 — 2017Berlin Metropolitan Area
MicrosoftPartner Group Engineering Manager2015Berlin, Berlin, Germany
BlueYard CapitalVenture Partner2015 — 2019Berlin Metropolitan Area
6WunderkinderCTO2013 — 2015Berlin, Germany
LivingSocialSenior Vice President, Technology2012 — 2013Washington DC-Baltimore Area
LivingSocialVice President of Engineering2011 — 2012
InfoEtherCTO2007 — 2011
Ruby CentralDirector2001 — 2011
NavianceLead Developer2005 — 2006
SHPS, Inc.Director of Engineering2005
General ElectricSoftware Architect/CTO/Six Sigma Blackbelt1999 — 2004
FedExSoftware Developer1997 — 1999Memphis, TN

Skills & more

Customer Support29Software Development99Web Applications99Agile Methodologies99Web Application Design53Distributed Systems80Web Development99User Experience59Cloud Computing50Object Oriented Design16Application Architecture19Marketing15

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System ArchitectureScalabilitySoftware DesignSoftware EngineeringProgrammingArchitectureMobile ApplicationsAgile Project ManagementSharksRubyRuby on RailsJava

Languages hindi

Certified Netware Engineer — Novell

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Colleagues at BlueYard Capital

Alejo Salles

Investor at BlueYard Capital

Antoaneta Mintcheva

Investor at BlueYard Capital

Christine Fuchs

Investor at BlueYard Capital

Ciaran O'Leary

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

Cristel Mayer

Investor at BlueYard Capital

David Byrd

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

Jason Whitmire

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

Jonah Kaplan

Investor at BlueYard Capital

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Barbod Namini

Investor at HV Capital

Ciaran O'Leary

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

David Byrd

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

Jason Whitmire

General Partner at BlueYard Capital

Philipp Banhardt

Investor at BlueYard Capital

Investors connected to Chad in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chad Fowler?: Chad Fowler has deep credibility in the open-source community as co‑founder of Ruby Central and RailsConf organizer, and is an avant‑garde jazz saxophonist who founded Mahakala Music in 2019.
Where does Chad Fowler work?: Chad Fowler is Partner & CTO at BlueYard Capital.
What does Chad Fowler invest in?: Chad Fowler invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Hardware.
What check size does Chad Fowler write?: Chad Fowler typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
Where did Chad Fowler go to school?: Chad Fowler studied at University of Memphis (Music).

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Cotter CunninghamFounder, Chair and CEO RetailMeNot at Next Coast Ventures Amy SlaterVP Operations & Marketing at Deciens Tristan WilkersonFounding General Partner at High Street Equity Partners Maya GadhviFounding GP at Chakra Growth Fund Pete NelsonFounder & President, Strategy, Farmers Innovation Fund at AgLaunch Accelerator Jerry JansenManaging Director at Redmont Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft1,852

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at BlueYard Capital23

Isabel ZhangInvestor at HCVC Pia MichelHead of New Projects at Prima Materia Steph AvraamidesUK Lead at Fifty Years Max LebeauPrincipal at Positron Ventures Philipp BanhardtInvestor at BlueYard Capital David ByrdGeneral Partner at BlueYard Capital

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Also worked at 6Wunderkinder4

Frank ThelenFounder and CEO at Freigeist Capital Marc SiebergerFounder and COO/CFO at Freigeist Capital Daniel MolnarSenior Analytics Engineer at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG Felix KrauseFounder at ContextSDK

Also worked at LivingSocial25

Sapna MehtaInvestor at Revolution Tige SavageCo-founder at Revolution Varsha RaoExecutive Partner at Flare Capital Partners Ted MaidenbergCo-founder, Managing Director at Tribe Capital Firstlook Luke AntalCo-Founder at Basecamp Fund Brian MullerPrincipal at Black Jays Ventures

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