Fred Destin
- Name
- Fred Destin
- Company
- Atlas Venture
- Function
- Partner
- Description
Fred Destin is a General Partner at Atlas Venture. He invests primarily in digital media (DailyMotion, Zoopla), e-commerce (PriceMinister, Seatwave) and technology enabled businesses (KDS, NTR Global). He previously ran OM Technology Investments where he served on the board of numerous companies including SGI-spinoff Kasenna, Xerox-PARC spinoff Inxight Software (acquired by BOBJ), CapitalIQ (acquired by S&P) and Rainfinity (acquired by EMC).
Fred writes a widely read blog at www.freddestin.com where he attempts to share how VCs think about the business of funding innovation and is a board member for Seedcamp, the pan-European seed funding initiative.
Fred had a previous career in investment banking and was Executive Director with Goldman Sachs before leaving for seed investor Speed Ventures in the late 90's. He has lived in London, New York, Hong Kong and his native Brussels.