Mo Garad
Venture Guide at Venture Guides
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Guide
2023 - Current
Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm with a unique team based approach that has resulted in over 80% of portfolio companies generating positive returns and 45% ultimately achieving unicorn status. The Venture Guides team has been recognized on the Forbes’ Midas List of the World’s Top Investors and the Inc5000 fastest growing private companies 6 times each. During this time, as operators and investors, the team has created and/or invested in such durable companies as dynaTrace, Docusign, LinkedIn, Rapid7, Solarwinds, Sysdig, Turbonomic, Archer Technologies, and many others. Venture Guides’ deep domain expertise, industry relationships and strategic introductions provide a significant advantage for founders building their companies. Venture Guides’ concentrated portfolio strategy ensures all entrepreneurs receive the right guidance at the right time to enhance and sustain their growth. https://www.ventureguides.com/guided-companies
Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure and security software investment firm based in Boston, MA.
EVP Customer Success & Services
2020 - 2022
CFO
2011 - 2020
Turbonomic develops tools that optimize application performance, compliance, and cost in real-time.
Raised $149,500,000.00 from Global Forward Capital.
CFO
2007 - 2011
Business Development
2003 - 2005
Email Filtering Company
Raised $35,000,000.00 from TCV, Crosslink Capital, NortonLifeLock, Critical Path, Accel, Opportunity Capital Partners, Esther Dyson, Bill Joy and Thomas Weisel Partners.
VP Finance & Strategy
2000 - 2003
VP Finance
2000 - 2003
AVP
1996 - 1999