Erik Moore is the founder and Managing Director of Base Ventures.
Smack dab in the middle of the booming Bay Area tech scene, with Zappos.com entrepreneur Tony Hsieh as his next-door neighbor, Erik discovered his love for angel investing. He was among the first to invest in Zappos in 1999, which Amazon purchased for $1.2 billion. For the next twelve-years, Erik worked as a Merrill Lynch bond trader by day and an angel investor by night. Erik ultimately realized he could do more to change the world and spur innovation by investing in young entrepreneurs full-time.
After a rewarding fifteen-year career in investment banking, Erik secured an early retirement from Merrill Lynch in 2011. He promptly created Rule LX, a successful special-purpose investment fund, offering a unique, discrete investment opportunity. Base Ventures takes the success of Rule LX and runs with it.
Erik brings to Base Ventures—a passion for ensuring that great ideas see the light of day, an impressive investment track record, business experience as the co-founder of Flick Launch, and the connections to open doors and make dreams come true.
After earning a B.A. from Dartmouth College, Erik earned dual graduate degrees---an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and an M.A. in International Studies-French from the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He speaks fluent French. Erik is deeply involved in his community. He serves on the board of the East Bay College Fund, mentors at-risk youth and much more.
OZY:
Rising Stars-VC (base ventures profile)
http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars-and-provocateurs/erik-moore-the-mania-for-more/30187.article
USA Today:
Networking on the road - Erik Moore
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/06/erik-moore-never-misses-a-chance-to-network/2495253/
Business Insider:
The 25 Most Influential Blacks In Tech
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-influential-blacks-in-technology-2013-4#10-erik-moore-16
Member Board of Directors @ ALL-YOU-CAN-FLY
Private Air Travel Membership - Daily Flights in California From October 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Santa Monica, CAMember Board of Directors @ Pigeonly is solving a problem no one else has tackled before, in a market that no one generally wants to touch. We identify and index information on the nation's incarcerated then transform it into useful and valuable information that connect inmates and society, benefiting both. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Downtown Las Vegas, NevadaMember Board of Directors @ We help small businesses by streamlining their inventory purchasing and giving them big volume discounts by aggregating their volume with other small businesses in the same industry to get the best pricing from our suppliers.
Build, Manage & Track your Purchase Orders, communications, and payments, to all your vendors, in one place. From November 2013 to Present (2 years) Downtown Las VegasMember Board of Directors @ WILDFANG MANIFESTO: WILDFANG IS NOT A BRAND WE ARE A BAND. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE A BAND OF THIEVES MODERN-DAY, FEMALE ROBIN HOODS RAIDING MEN’S CLOSETS AND MANIACALLY DISPENSING BLAZERS, CARDIGANS, WINGTIPS AND BOWLERS AS WE ROAM FROM TOWN TO TOWN IN THESE STOLEN STYLES OF OURS. LIKE YOU, WE ARE TOMBOYS BUT LIKE YOU WE ARE ALSO FRIENDS AND SISTERS HEROINES AND HELLIONS RASCALS, ROCKERS, SHAPESHIFTERS AND TRENDSETTERS. WE’RE HERE TO LIBERATE MENSWEAR ONE BOWTIE AT A TIME AND WE’RE DOING IT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WANT IT DONE RIGHT. SO, WELCOME. IT JUST SO HAPPENS YOU’VE HAPPENED UPON THE FRONT DOOR OF THIS REVOLUTION AND THE PASSWORD IS QUITE SIMPLY THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES. YOU KNOW THE ONE, THE ONE THAT SAYS “PLEASE TELL ME I’M NOT LATE FOR THE PARTY?!” TO WHICH WE’D REPLY: HELL, NO. YOU’RE RIGHT ON TIME. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. From December 2013 to Present (1 year 11 months) Portland, Oregon AreaManaging Director @ seed stage firm investing in exceptional tech entrepreneurs:
life portfolio (partial list):
agencourt bioscience - successful exit (acquired by beckman coulter genomics)
zappos - successful exit (acquired by amazon)
apg - successful exit (acquired by beckman coulter genomics)
socialcam - successful exit (acquired by Autodesk)
appstores - successful exit (acquired by inMobi)
grep data - acquired by 6th sense analytics
rlj holdings - ipo 2011
surf air - board member
order with me - board member
wildfang - board member
world view
cognea
precog
shelf
olly
strut
trippeo
spoon rocket
balanced
mayvenn
blackjet
angel list
world view
outbox
virool
pigeonly
styleseat
indinero
nsfw corp
sharepractice
swapbox
courtagen
priceonomics
tracks.by
plan grid
ecomom
electionear
fileblaze
relevvant
idmatrixx From 2012 to Present (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaKing @ have organized events/fundraisers for the following organizations or politicos:
doris ward - SF city assessor
harold ford jr for US Senate
kamala harris for DA of SF
kamala harris for CA attorney general
irma anderson for mayor of richmond, ca
senator barack obama for president of the US
clinton foundation millennium network - inaugural ambassador From January 1999 to December 2012 (14 years) Director @ fixed income sales (institutional)...
pushing bonds...
had to be in the office at 4:30am...
perfected taking a nap while driving to work...
i recommend myself... From August 1996 to April 2011 (14 years 9 months) san franciscoVP @ bought by warren buffet years ago...
received berkshire hathaway stock...
went to renown berkshire hathaway shareholders meetings...
off the charts...
i recommend myself here as well... From July 1989 to July 1994 (5 years 1 month)
ab (latin for ba), french major/history minor @ Dartmouth Collegema, international relations/business - french @ University of Pennsylvaniamba, finance @ University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Erik Moore is skilled in: Fixed Income, Start-ups, Capital Markets, Venture Capital, Alternative Investments, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Financial Modeling, Investment Banking, Mergers, Investments, Strategic Planning, Due Diligence, Valuation, Corporate Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Markets, Angel Investing, Equities, Securities, Financial Structuring, Strategy, Asset Managment, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy, Portfolio Management
Websites:
http://baseVC.com