Eliot Durbin

Eliot is a General Partner at boldstart ventures and has been investing in enterprise startups for over a decade, he is most passionate about supporting teams going to market.

Prior to boldstart, Eliot cofounded Penny Black in 2008; a private investment firm in NYC investing across broad range of sectors. He also previously founded Templates.com, an online software retailer, sold in late 2002 and worked at the Permal Group, a multi-billion dollar global fund of hedge funds (acquired by Legg Mason in 2006).

Eliot is a graduate of Georgetown University with post-graduate study at Columbia University. He enjoys house music, surfing, and lives downtown in New York City.