Rick Burnes

General Partner & Founder·CRV

Bio

Professional summary

Rick Burnes is a founding member and longtime General Partner of Charles River Ventures, which he co-founded in 1970. Public bios describe him as a venture capitalist since 1965 who helped develop CRV into a major U.S. venture firm. His recent investment focus has been communications and information services, and he has served as a director of companies including Cayman Systems, Concord Communications, InteQ, Passport Corp., Taqua Systems, SpeechWorks and Voter.com.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Cayman SystemsConcord CommunicationsInteQPassport Corp.Taqua SystemsSpeechWorksVoter.com

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

CRVFounder & Partner Emeritus1970 – Present
Venture capital industryVenture capitalist1965

Education

Harvard CollegeBA, History
Boston UniversityMBA

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