About
Todd Forrest advises Scribble Ventures on finance and firm operations, drawing on roughly 30 years in operations and finance, over 22 of them with private equity and venture capital firms. He founded and runs Garnet Kelly, LLC, an advisory firm serving PE/VC clients, and previously held COO/CFO/CCO roles at NGP Capital, JH Partners, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, as well as a VP Finance & Administration role at a public SaaS company. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and holds a degree from Bentley University.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Garnet Kelly, LLCFoundercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Better Tomorrow VenturesAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
- Scribble VenturesAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- DefinitionAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- Huck CapitalAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
- Swift VenturesAdvisor2020 — 2024
- Rogue CapitalAdvisor2021 — 2023
- AUMNI, IncAdvisor2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Common MetalAdvisor2021 — 2023
- Drawdown Fund, Managed by Tiger Grass Capital, LPAdvisor2019 — 2022
- Wave CapitalAdvisor2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- WndrCoAdvisor2021
- OpenGate CapitalAdvisor2020 — 2021
- AIMPERA Capital Partners LLCAdvisor2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- OpenAIAdvisor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Freestyle CapitalAdvisor2018 — 2020
- 01 Advisors, LLCAdvisor2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Innovation EndeavorsAdvisor2019
- Innovation EndeavorsConsulting COO2016NYC, Palo Alto
- Nokia Growth PartnersOperating Partner2015 — 2016
- JH PartnersPartner, CFO and CCO2011 — 2015San Francisco
- Hummer Winblad Venture PartnersManaging Director & CFO2002 — 2011
- InMage SystemsDirector2011
- Move NetworksDirector2010 — 2011
- Critical PathVice President, Finance & Administration2000 — 2001
- PricewaterhouseCoopersManager1993 — 2000
Skills & more
Accounting5Business Development5Business Strategy7Consolidation2Finance11Investments8Mergers2Portfolio Management3Private Equity11Start-ups7Strategic Financial Planning3Venture Capital5
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Corporate GovernanceFinancial ServicesInvestor RelationsMergers & AcquisitionsFinancial PlanningStrategy- CPA
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Colleagues at Scribble Ventures
Christen O'Brien
Partner, Market Development at Scribble Ventures
Elizabeth Weil
Founder & Partner at Scribble Ventures
John Smothers
Partner at Scribble Ventures
Kevin Weil
Operator in Residence at Scribble Ventures
Mercedes Chatfield- Taylor
Partner at Scribble Ventures
Stu Smith
Partner at Scribble Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Todd Forrest?
- Todd Forrest advises Scribble Ventures on finance and firm operations, drawing on roughly 30 years in operations and finance, over 22 of them with private equity and venture capital firms. He founded and runs Garnet Kelly, LLC, an advisory firm serving PE/VC clients, and previously held COO/CFO/CCO roles at NGP Capital, JH Partners, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, as well as a VP Finance & Administration role at a public SaaS company. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and holds a degree from Bentley University.
- Where does Todd Forrest work?
- Todd Forrest is CFO at Scribble Ventures.
- Where did Todd Forrest go to school?
- Todd Forrest studied at Bentley University (BS, Accountancy).
Same school
Also attended Bentley University83
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Shared employers
Also worked at Common Metal1
Also worked at OpenAI133
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
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