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Eliot Durbin

Investor

General Partner at boldstart ventures

Miami, Florida

Writes $250K – $2M checks · typically $1M

About

Eliot Durbin is a day‑one, first‑check investor who backs pre‑product technical enterprise founders, turning reliability and chaos‑engineering expertise into company narratives, go‑to‑market plans, and investor communication coaching.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. BOLDstart VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2010 — presentNew York City
  2. ClayInvestorcurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  3. CrewAIBoard Member | Investorcurrent2024 — present
  4. RecoBoard Member | Investorcurrent2020 — present
  5. KustomerInvestorcurrent2015 — presentGreater New York City Area
  6. SnykInvestorcurrent2015 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  7. SecurityScorecardInvestorcurrent2013 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  8. SuperhumanInvestorcurrent2014 — present
  9. SmallstepBoard Member | Investorcurrent2016 — present
  10. BigIDInvestorcurrent2016 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  11. steadybitInvestor / Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  12. ReplicatedInvestorcurrent2014 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  13. CatalyticInvestorcurrent2016 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  14. MStateCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  15. JeliInvestor / Board Member2019 — 2023
  16. IOpipeInvestor2016 — 2019
  17. Rebel (Acquired by Salesforce)Investor2014 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  18. Yhat, Inc.Investor2013 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
  19. RapportiveInvestor2010 — 2012
  20. Penny Black Holdings LLCManaging Director & Co-Founder2007 — 2010New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Georgetown UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA)2003 — 2006
  2. Columbia UniversityPost Grad - Study, Finance2007 — 2008

Skills & more

Start-ups89Finance21Investments35Business Development44Seed Capital6Mobile Internet4B2B13Marketing6Venture Capital58Sales1Entrepreneurship35Angel Investing9
+12 moreCorporate DevelopmentPrivate EquityMobile DevicesStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsCapital RaisingDeal SourcingVenture FinancingSaaSManagementLean StartupGo-to-market Strategy

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Deals · 3

CuriositiesBoard seat

via boldstart ventures · filed Jun 2026 · $10.4M raise

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HaxorBoard seat

via boldstart ventures · filed Nov 2021 · $1.8M raise

ArtilleryBoard seat

via boldstart ventures · filed Aug 2021 · $2.1M raise

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