Chad Shuford

Chad has over twenty years of entrepreneurial, venture capital, private equity, and strategic advisory experience. At Silicon Foundry, he uses his wide-ranging experience and network to surface relevant opportunities for their Member organizations. He also has had great success helping thriving startups form trajectory-changing partnerships with large corporations. Previously, Chad co-created and launched Capital Factory’s corporate innovation consulting practice, served as CEO of cloud accounting firm CollBox, worked in investment banking and private equity, and founded two residential services firms, where he served as president until their acquisitions. Chad holds a BA from Washington and Lee University. Outside of work, he enjoys eating Japanese food, creating chaos in pickup basketball games, and last-second trips to beach and mountain locations with his wife and their two boys, Forrest, and Banks.