Brad Burnham
Founder at Union Square Ventures LLC
Profile
Brad R.
Burnham is the founder.
He founded TACODA, Inc. in 2001 and served as Director.
He also founded Union Square Ventures LLC in 2003 and currently holds the title of Venture Partner.
In 1990, he founded Echo Logic, Inc. and served as Chief Executive Officer.
In 2017, he founded Placeholder Management LLC and is currently a Venture Partner.
Mr. Burnham's current jobs include being a Director at Oddcast, Inc., Flurry, Inc., Tumblr, Inc., Simulmedia, Inc., Stack Exchange, Inc., and YieldMo, Inc.His former jobs include being an Independent Director at Tucows, Inc. from 2017 to 2023, as well as Director roles at Passlogix, Inc., Bug Labs, Inc., AdaptiveBlue, Inc., Wesabe, Inc., UpCompany, Inc., Indeed, Inc., Pinch Media, Inc., Venture Management Services, Inc. from 1993 to 1996, AT&T Computer Systems from 1979 to 1990, Mainframe Software Co., and Duolingo, Inc.Mr. Burnham obtained his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University.
Brad Burnham active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Union Square Ventures LLC
 Union Square Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Union Square Ventures LLC (USV) is a venture capital firm founded by Brad R. Burnham and Frederick R. Wilson in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Founder | 05/09/2011 |
Tumblr, Inc.
 Tumblr, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Tumblr, Inc. operates a social media and blogging site. Its website allows the users to share contents such as text, photos, quotes, links, music and videos using computer and mobile devices. The company was founded by David Karp in February 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 11/12/2008 |
Stack Exchange, Inc.
 Stack Exchange, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Stack Exchange, Inc. operates a network of question and answer sites on diverse topics. It operates websites for software developers, including Stack Overflow, a site for programmers to find, ask, and answer their questions serving professional and novice programmers each month. The firm also expands to cover topics as diverse as mathematics, home improvement, statistics, and english language and usage. The company was founded by Joel Spolsky, Michael Howard Pryor and Jeff Atwood in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
YieldMo, Inc.
 YieldMo, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services YieldMo, Inc. provides mobile advertising services. It offers mobile advertising solutions for value users, advertisers and publishers. The firm?s Ad Format Lab employs a human-centered design approach when inventing any new format in its optimization engine then runs tests everyday to discover the advertisement experience that people enjoy most. The company was founded by Michael Yavonditte, Teddy Jawde, Richard Eaton and Todd Coleman in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Oddcast, Inc.
 Oddcast, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Oddcast, Inc. develops and provides applications for social media. The firm provide solutions by proprietary video, photo, 3D, voice and avatar platforms, enabling brands to amplify customer engagement through the Internet. The company was founded by Adi Sideman in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Flurry, Inc.
 Flurry, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flurry, Inc. provides mobile application analytics and data-powered advertising platform. The company was founded by Greg Yardley, Gabriel Vanrenen, Sean Byrnes, and Daniel Scholnick in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Simulmedia, Inc.
 Simulmedia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Simulmedia, Inc. provides video advertising technology platform. The firm offers its products under the categories of other technology and video. The company was founded by David R. Morgan in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Placeholder Management LLC
 Placeholder Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Placeholder Management LLC (Placeholder) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Joel Monegro, Christopher Burniske and Brad R Burnham. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Founder | 01/01/2017 |
Former positions of Brad Burnham
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| TUCOWS INC. | Director/Board Member | 07/09/2023 |
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Training of Brad Burnham
| Wesleyan University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| TUCOWS INC. | Technology Services |
| DUOLINGO, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 20 |
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Passlogix, Inc.
 Passlogix, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Passlogix, Inc. provided security software. Its services included consulting, training, and support services. The firm’s customers included financial services, telecommunications, and health care industries. The company was founded by Marc Boroditsky, Marc B. Manza, and Gregory Arnold in 1996 and was headquartered in New York City, NY. | Technology Services |
Bug Labs, Inc.
 Bug Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Bug Labs, Inc. develops and sells electronic modules that enable users to create and modify devices. It offers BUG: modular software and hardware platform, web-enabled, set of pre-matched components: color screen, camera (video enabled), GPS. The company was founded by Peter Semmelhack in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Oddcast, Inc.
Oddcast, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Oddcast, Inc. develops and provides applications for social media. The firm provide solutions by proprietary video, photo, 3D, voice and avatar platforms, enabling brands to amplify customer engagement through the Internet. The company was founded by Adi Sideman in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
TACODA, Inc.
 TACODA, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services TACODA, Inc. provided advertising services. The firm offered solutions to web publishers and brand marketers. The company was founded by David R. Morgan, Dominic Schmitt and Bradford R. Burnham in April 2001 is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Flurry, Inc.
Flurry, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flurry, Inc. provides mobile application analytics and data-powered advertising platform. The company was founded by Greg Yardley, Gabriel Vanrenen, Sean Byrnes, and Daniel Scholnick in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
AdaptiveBlue, Inc.
 AdaptiveBlue, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services AdaptiveBlue, Inc. provides social network for entertainment. Users check-in and share what they are watching, listening to and reading with friends; get fresh recommendations, exclusive stickers, discounts and other rewards from their favorite shows and movies. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Wesabe, Inc.
 Wesabe, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Wesabe, Inc. provided financial information services. Its services include real money issues and credit card debt issues. Wesabe provides information on member generated advices on spending decisions and businesses comparisons. The company was founded by Jason Knight and Marc Hedlund in December, 2005 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
UpCompany, Inc.
 UpCompany, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services UpCompany, Inc. used to engaged in the provision of information about companies, industries, and business people. Its activities include collection, organization, analysis, and delivery of business data over the internet for the general business users. The company was founded by Michael Yavonditte in April 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Indeed, Inc.
 Indeed, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Indeed, Inc. operates an internet search engine for job listings. It provides recruitment advertising network services. The company was founded by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX. | Technology Services |
Union Square Ventures LLC
Union Square Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Union Square Ventures LLC (USV) is a venture capital firm founded by Brad R. Burnham and Frederick R. Wilson in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Venture Management Services, Inc.
 Venture Management Services, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Venture Management Services, Inc. (Venture Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Alessandro A. Piol. The firm is headquartered in New Jersey. | Finance |
| AT&T Computer Systems | |
Pinch Media, Inc.
 Pinch Media, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pinch Media, Inc. helps mobile application developers grow their businesses and make money through breed analytics products. The company was founded by Jesse Rohland and Greg Yardley in April 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Simulmedia, Inc.
Simulmedia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Simulmedia, Inc. provides video advertising technology platform. The firm offers its products under the categories of other technology and video. The company was founded by David R. Morgan in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
| Mainframe Software Co. | |
| Echo Logic, Inc. | |
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Stack Exchange, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Stack Exchange, Inc. operates a network of question and answer sites on diverse topics. It operates websites for software developers, including Stack Overflow, a site for programmers to find, ask, and answer their questions serving professional and novice programmers each month. The firm also expands to cover topics as diverse as mathematics, home improvement, statistics, and english language and usage. The company was founded by Joel Spolsky, Michael Howard Pryor and Jeff Atwood in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
YieldMo, Inc.
YieldMo, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services YieldMo, Inc. provides mobile advertising services. It offers mobile advertising solutions for value users, advertisers and publishers. The firm?s Ad Format Lab employs a human-centered design approach when inventing any new format in its optimization engine then runs tests everyday to discover the advertisement experience that people enjoy most. The company was founded by Michael Yavonditte, Teddy Jawde, Richard Eaton and Todd Coleman in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Placeholder Management LLC
Placeholder Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Placeholder Management LLC (Placeholder) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Joel Monegro, Christopher Burniske and Brad R Burnham. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Tumblr, Inc.
Tumblr, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Tumblr, Inc. operates a social media and blogging site. Its website allows the users to share contents such as text, photos, quotes, links, music and videos using computer and mobile devices. The company was founded by David Karp in February 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
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