Brett Martin

Cofounder & VC

Brett Martin is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Charge Ventures, an NY-based venture fund (70+ portfolio companies), as well as the President & Co-Founder of Kumospace (24M+ from Lightspeed), the leading business communication tool for remote teams. He’s also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches data analytics and technology strategy.

A serial entrepreneur, Brett has spent his career building and investing in technology startups, including stints as an EIR PrimaryVC (seed stage fund with >$100MM AUM), Co-Founder of Switchapp (mobile recruiting), Co-Founder of Sonar (pioneering location-based social network), and Director of Investments at Appfund (NYC-based incubator and seed stage fund). Brett and his companies have received awards such as Ad: Tech Best Mobile Startup and TechCrunch Disrupt Runner Up and have been featured in the New York Times, CNN, Huffington Post, Fast Company, The Atlantic, TIME, Financial Times, and Ad Age.