Bryan Gartner
Partner
Originally from New Jersey and most recently from Silicon Valley, Bryan has spent over 16 years in the venture capital industry. He was previously a Partner at Khosla Ventures, leading their venture growth stage deals out of Menlo Park, CA. At Hoxton, he focuses primarily on investments in the mobile ecosystem, education technology, collaboration, fintech, data & analytics, and other vertical specific SaaS and technology-enabled companies.
Connect
bryan.gartner@hoxton.vcAssistant
andie.mortimer@hoxton.vc
Years in the tech industry
16
Years in Silicon valley
5
Previous Companies
4
Number of IPOs and acquisitions
9
Prior to his role at Khosla Ventures, Bryan was a Partner at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), a Principal at Apax, and spent just under a decade investing with Insight Venture Partners, leading deals across the US and Europe, with five IPOs and nine acquisitions during his tenure. He was also selected to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in 2015.
Bryan has worked closely at the board level of several companies, including AdColony (acquired by Opera), Alteryx (NYSE: AYX), Anaqua (acquired by Astorg), Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI), Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR), Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY), Wizeline (acquired by CDPQ), and Xamarin (acquired by Microsoft).
While at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), he established and led the creation of a digital infrastructure platform, “CoFi,” in the wireless technology space. This platform focuses on neutral-host software and systems integration; enabling shared 5G wireless access infrastructure with the unique intention to improve equity across broadband access to underserved populations and schools.
A graduate from Princeton University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Bryan earned a degree in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, with minors in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Engineering Management Systems.
Although he no longer performs actively, Bryan is a large fan of all types of music, and formerly performed with a variety of jazz and classical ensembles as a percussionist. Instead of performing currently, he gets his weekly dose of aural inspiration by frequenting many of London, NYC and SF’s music venues.
