Greg Barnes
InvestorPartner at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Chicago, Illinois
Writes $750K β $2.5M checks Β· typically $1.8M
About
Partner at HPVP since 2014. Previously COO of Piece & Co. and led strategy and corporate venture investing at Redbox. Led investments including ShipBob, VNDLY, Hubdoc, Pear Deck, Provi, Zengines, AugX, and Diffit.
Experience
- Hyde Park Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2014 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- RWXBoard Membercurrent2026 β presentColumbus, Ohio, United States
- Moonlite AIBoard Membercurrent2024 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- PurchaserBoard Observercurrent2025 β presentLexington, Kentucky, United States
- ShipBob, Inc.Board Observer, Investorcurrent2016 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- ShipBob, Inc.Board Observer2016 β 2018Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Diffit for TeachersBoard Observercurrent2024 β present
- definityBoard Observercurrent2023 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- ZenginesBoard Membercurrent2022 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- KooltraBoard Membercurrent2018 β presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
- BridgitBoard Observer, Investorcurrent2016 β presentKitchener, Ontario, Canada
- FormalooBoard Advisorcurrent2023 β presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- MalomoBoard Observer2020 β 2026Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Aug X LabsBoard Observer2023 β 2025Atlanta, New York, United States
- BlackCartBoard Observer2021 β 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- VNDLY IncBoard Observer2020 β 2021Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- 2ndKitchenBoard Member2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Sentic Technologies Inc.Board Member2015 β 2020Greater Chicago Area
- HubdocBoard Observer2017 β 2018Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Food Genius Inc.Board Observer2014 β 2016Greater Chicago Area
Education
- Miami UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance
Same school
Also attended Miami University120
Kate WilschutzChief Financial Officer, Revolution Funds at RevolutionSean KwiatVice President, Investments at CincyTechKevin RileyBoard Member at CincyTechMike FitzgeraldInvestor at High AlphaKevin SchultzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesSam YehAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk Ventures
+ 114 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Purchaser1
Also worked at BlackCart3
Also worked at Food Genius Inc.1
Also worked at Culligan International1
Colleagues at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Alisa Vass
CFO at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Allison Weil Lechnir
Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Carlos Covarrubias
Vice President at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Caroline McManus
Investor at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Dawn Nguyen
Associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Guy Turner
Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Ira Weiss
Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Jackie Dimonte
Associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Network5
Carlos Covarrubias
Vice President at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Dave Knox
Managing Partner at Vine Street Ventures
Dawn Nguyen
Associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Ethan Austin
Founding Partner at Outside VC
Farooq Abbasi
Founding Partner at Preface Ventures
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