Mr Brent MacDonald

KANDO id: 1044769

Bio

Brent brings over 25 years of professional experience in industry and investing. Most recently, Brent led the Internet of Things (IoT) global marketing efforts for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Communications Media Solutions Business division. Prior to HPE, Brent spent six years in private equity financing at Newbury Ventures where his focus was on early stage global communication and IT companies. He assisted on investments and follow-up financing in several companies including Zong (acquired by e-Bay, Inc.), Sandvine Corp. (TSX:SVC), Abridean (acquired by nCipher, Inc.), LEA (acquired by HP Company, Inc.), Netcentrex (acquired by Comverse, Inc.), and Highwave Optical Technologies SA. He is also an Independent Director at Socket Mobile (NASDAQ: SCKT) and Quanergy and is an Associate with Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) West, a Canadian seed-stage program to bring the best ideas in the technology field to market. Brent holds Master level degrees from the London School of Economics and Carleton University.

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Rising Tide Fund Managers

International, stage-agnostic venture capital firm single-mindedly focused on character, commitments and results.

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