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Chad Laurans

Investor

Founding Partner at Workshop Venture Partners

Greater Boston

About

Founding Partner at Workshop working across climate and education. Co-founded SimpliSafe and served as its CEO until 2020, overseeing engineering, product, supply chain, marketing, operations, and finance; an electrical engineer who built parts of the product and backend. He now serves as Chairman of the Board.

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Experience

  1. Workshop Venture PartnersFounding Partnercurrent2021 — present
  2. SimpliSafeFounder and Chairmancurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. SimpliSafeChief Executive Officer2006 — 2020
  4. Apax PartnersAssociate2002 — 2004
  5. Goldman SachsAnalyst2000 — 2002

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2004 — 2006
  2. Yale UniversityB.S., Electrical Engineering1996 — 2000

Skills & more

Strategy14Strategic Planning8Management8Start-up VenturesSeed CapitalBusiness Strategy16Entrepreneurship18Corporate Development13Start-ups24Product Management8Strategic Partnerships9Mergers & Acquisitions9
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From Chad'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

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Also attended Yale University493

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at SimpliSafe8

Ian HerringtonAnalyst at Creci VenturesMike BuckleyVenture Partner at Cerity Partners VenturesEleanor LauransFounding Partner at Workshop Venture PartnersJason CarterPartner at Workshop Venture PartnersKonstantin KlitenikPrincipal Engineer at Workshop Venture PartnersCourtney CannOperating Advisor, Design at Workshop Venture Partners

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Also worked at Apax Partners32

Thomas JuvinManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsDavid KimVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsOmri StrulPartner, Qumra Opportunity Fund at Qumra CapitalGil BirnboimHead of Platform at UpWestAlan PatricofChairperson & Co-Founder at Primetime PartnersRaed BarkatisPrincipal, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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Colleagues at Workshop Venture Partners

Alex Brockman
Operating Advisor, Finance and Accounting at Workshop Venture Partners
Courtney Cann
Operating Advisor, Design at Workshop Venture Partners
Eddie Branchaud
Partner at Workshop Venture Partners
Eleanor Laurans
Founding Partner at Workshop Venture Partners
Faz Nassari
Operating Advisor, Recruiting at Workshop Venture Partners
Jack McDermott
Operating Advisor, Growth at Workshop Venture Partners
Jason Carter
Partner at Workshop Venture Partners
Konstantin Klitenik
Principal Engineer at Workshop Venture Partners