Erik Huddleston
InvestorFounderVenture Advisor at Mercury Fund · Board director at Trendkite
Austin, Texas, United States
FoundedTrendkite
About
Erik Huddleston is Chief Executive Officer at Aprimo. He has held leadership roles across go-to-market strategy, product, and operations at B2B SaaS companies, with experience managing sales, marketing, product, and development functions in global organizations. Huddleston serves as an independent board member and CEO advisor, with board service at high-growth SaaS companies in salestech, martech, and vertical SaaS sectors.
Board director at Trendkite
Intro paths
→
In turn, Erik can intro founders to Trendkite's investors below.
Trendkite's investors · 7
Circadian VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $1.5M checksHarmony PartnersNew YorkMercury FundHouston · $250K – $4M checks · since 2015Multiplier CapitalWashington · $3M – $15M checksNoro-Moseley PartnersAtlanta · $5M – $20M checks · since 2015Raptor GroupMiami BeachSilverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Trendkite
AB
Anthony BrunoExecutive Officer
MA
Matthew AllisonExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- AprimoChief Executive Officercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- Quantified CommunicationsBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- AdthenaBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- TeleVetBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Mercury FundMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2018 — present
- EkosBoard Member2020 — 2025
- TechstarsMentor2014 — 2021Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- CisionPresident2019 — 2020Austin, Texas
- Galvanize IncMentor2016 — 2020Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- TrendKiteCEO2014 — 2019Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Dachis GroupCTO and EVP Product2010 — 2014
- InovisChief Technology Officer2008 — 2010
- InovisVP Products and Strategic Applications2007 — 2008
- BetweenMarketsFounder2000 — 2007Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- eCustomersChief Architect1999 — 2000
- i2 TechnologiesAcquisition Transition Role1998 — 1999
- Smart TechnologiesHead of Unix Development/Senior Software Architect1994 — 1998
Education
- The University of Texas at AustinBA, Plan II Honors Program
Skills & more
Product Evangelism8SaaS99AgileProduct Management99Cloud Computing53Analytics27Solution Selling29Product Strategy3Product Marketing12Software Engineering7Software Development47Agile Methodologies55
+12 more
Social BusinessSocial Media MarketingSocial Media MeasurementSocial MarketingStart-upsEntrepreneurshipGo-to-market StrategyBig DataSales EnablementEnterprise SoftwareRESTAmazon Web Services (AWS)From Erik's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mercury Fund
Adrian Barwinski
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Adrian Fortino
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Adrienne Miller
Investor at Mercury Fund
Aileen Allen
Partner at Mercury Fund
Alex Gras
Principal at Mercury Fund
Andreas Galliker
Chief Financial Officer at Mercury Fund
Andrew White
Venture Partner at Mercury Fund
Aziz Gilani
Associate at Mercury Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Erik Huddleston work?
- Erik Huddleston is Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund and Founder at Trendkite.
- What companies did Erik Huddleston found?
- Erik Huddleston founded Trendkite.
Founder mafias
Techstars mafia223
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
David CummingsTechstars Boulder Accelerator 2012Founded Undaunted +4Jeremy AchinCloud Class 2013Founded Neo Cybernetica +2Spencer RascoffMentorFounded HeyLibby +2Sanjiv SanghaviTechstars New York City Accelerator 2012Founded Texture +2Brandon PatonMentorFounded Glider +2Weiting LiuMentorFounded Everyday.me +2
+ 216 more
The University of Texas at Austin mafia100
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Michael GortonPhysics & Engineering w minor in EnglishFounded Principal Solar +2Amar SawhneyM.S. and PhDFounded Access Closure +2Arlo GilbertPolitical ScienceFounded Osano +1Dane HurtubiseBSFounded Spoken +1Jose BethancourtFounded TeacherTalent +1Michael RoyzenBachelor of Science - BSFounded Standard Signal +1
+ 93 more
Mercury Fund mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Blair GarrouManaging DirectorFounded SurgeacceleratorKurt AbrahamsonVenture AdvisorFounded PredactivChantell PrestonVenture AdvisorFounded Mentis Neuro RehabilitationPaul SchautVenture AdvisorFounded Label insightOmair TariqVenture AdvisorFounded Cart ComDan WatkinsVenture PartnerFounded Omniscience
+ 1 more
Trendkite mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Aprimo mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The University of Texas at Austin350
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures
+ 344 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Quantified Communications1
Also worked at Techstars425
Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsRustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group
.avif)
+ 419 more
Also worked at Cision3
Also worked at Galvanize Inc19
Bryan BischofHead of AI at Theory VenturesTyler NewtonManaging Partner at Catalyst InvestorsEugene WanInvestor at Construct CapitalKelcey GosserandVenture Partner at REFASHIOND VenturesElisa SepulvedaPrincipal at L'ATTITUDE VenturesLeah SolivanGeneral Partner at Fuel Venture Capital
+ 13 more