Hugo Braun is a partner and co-founder of North Coast Technology Investors, a Michigan-based venture capital firm with over $100 million under management that focuses on early stage investments in IT, advanced materials and life sciences. Prior to North Coast, Hugo worked in San Francisco co-managing BankAmerica’s venture capital portfolio. Hugo holds an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School at MIT and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University.