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Our team is guided by principles of humility, integrity, and a passion for true long-term risks and bets that can result not only in significant financial returns and outcomes, but in dramatic social impact as well.
Breyer Team
Daniel Breyer
Daniel leads consumer investing for Breyer Capital. He led investments in portfolio companies like Headspace, Grammarly, Epic, Zumper, Citizen, and Stash. Before joining Breyer Capital, Daniel, with his brother Ted, co-founded Breyer Labs: a bootstrapped cryptocurrency fund. He also co-founded Flare (the one-stop shop for group communication) and invests in b2b opportunities focused on the future of work (ex Sana Benefits, Zen Business, Pryon). Daniel graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in History.
Ted Breyer
Ted leads fintech investing for Breyer Capital. He also partners with founders building companies in nascent sectors like crypto, climate, and emerging markets. He led investments in companies including Circle, TapTap Send, ZenBusiness, Charm Industrial, Wasoko, Chia, and EigenLayer. Prior to this, Ted and his brother Daniel co-founded Breyer Labs, a bootstrapped crypto fund. Ted is also co-founder of Atoka, helping individuals and businesses recover lost cryptocurrency. Ted graduated from Harvard University and received his Master’s Degree from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar.
Samuel J. Palmisano, Venture Advisor
Samuel (Sam) J. Palmisano served as Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM from 2003 to 2011, remaining Chairman of the Board until September 2012, and Senior Adviser until his retirement in December 2012. Under his leadership, IBM delivered record financial results, transformed into a globally integrated enterprise, and launched its Smarter Planet initiative. Following his tenure at IBM, Sam became Chairman of the Center for Global Enterprise (CGE), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution focused on global business practices, management science, economic trends, and their societal impacts. He is also a frequent and sought-after co-investor alongside Breyer Capital.
Leo Grady, CEO in Residence - Founder/CEO of Jona Health
Leo has 18 years of experience leading development and commercialization of advanced machine learning, AI, computer vision, diagnostic and digital health technologies that have made a significant impact on healthcare practice. As CEO of Paige, Leo led the company to become an industry leader, internationally launched several groundbreaking software products and became the first ever company to receive FDA approval for an AI product in pathology. Today, Leo is founder/CEO of Breyer Capital-backed Jona Health.
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