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Tom Blaisdell

Partner Advisory Committee (LPAC) Member at Vesey Ventures

Los Altos, California

Overview 

Tom Blaisdell is the Founder & CEO of AlignPact Inc in Los Altos, California, with a background in venture capital, corporate development, and entrepreneurship. Notable highlights include serving as a General Partner at DCM Ventures and holding board positions at companies like Adspace Networks and Bill.com. Blaisdell has invested in a range of companies, including Forte, Charityvest, and Vindicia, and has a strong educational background with an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BS in ME from Stanford University.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & CEO

    2018 - Current

    Founded and lead a consulting firm partnering with mission-driven entrepreneurs growing sustainable legacy businesses. Advise and support entrepreneurs creating companies designed to make a positive impact in the world both directly through their products and services as well as indirectly through their commitment to serving, aligning, and integrating the interests of all major stakeholders: Customers, Employees, Suppliers, Investors, and Communities (Stakeholder Relationship Management, or SRM).

AlignPact is a management consulting firm that advises and supports entrepreneurs in creating companies designed to make a positive impact.

  • Limited Partner Advisory Committee (LPAC) Member

    2023

    Vesey Ventures leverages its extensive network and domain expertise to identify, fund and scale the next generation of great fintech companies.

Early stage investors in fintech, commerce and enabling infrastructure

  • Senior Fellow, Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital

    2017 - 2023

    As a Senior Fellow at the Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital (CPEVC), I work with Tuck and Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, alumni and practitioners industry-wide to build a community of thriving private equity and venture capital investors committed to transforming the world through thoughtful and responsible capital allocation. Served as Executive Director through August 2018.

  • General Partner

    2000 - 2017

    Over 17 years helped source, diligence, select, manage and exit dozens of investments in early stage technology companies around the world. Joined the firm in January 2000 when it had $200mm under management and one office on Sand Hill Road and participated in the firm's growth as a Venture Partner, Partner and General Partner to over $3B under management and offices in Menlo Park, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. Led investments in PayCycle (acquired by Intuit), HireRight (IPO on NASDAQ; then acquired by USIS), Vendavo (acquired by Francisco Partners), Jaspersoft (acquired by Tibco), Caring.com (acquired by Bankrate.com), MIOX (Acquired by Johnson Matthey), Vindicia (acquired by Amdocs) and Bill.com (still private).

DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications, and service sectors.

  • Board Member

    2001 - 2017

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2016

Exablox provides a scale-out, cloud-based storage and data management solution.

Raised $52,474,999.00 from Dell Technologies Capital, Toshiba America Electronic Components, U.S. Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, DCM Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital.

  • Board Member

    2012 - 2016

  • Board Member

    2008 - 2016

MIOX develops on-site chemical generators and sustainable treatment technologies for water disinfection.

Raised $44,399,996.00 from TEL Venture Capital.

  • Board Member

    2007 - 2016

Vindicia offers #1 payment recovery solution. Simplify subscriptions, delight customers, build lasting relationships, and maximize revenue.

Raised $37,600,000.00 from DCM Ventures, FTV Capital, BDMI and ONSET Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2006 - 2016

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