Paul Palmieri

Paul is a visionary, leader, and investor who helped define the mobile advertising industry and the app economy business model. As co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Millennial Media, Paul built an industry-defining team and platform, and oversaw its $1.4 billion IPO.

As Managing Partner of Grit Capital Partners, he is a successful investor in early-stage technology companies, leading a high performing early-stage venture capital fund. Paul previously led consumer mobile data for Verizon in the early stages of mobile internet growth, where he and his team struck deals with some of the world’s largest technology, brand and entertainment companies, building a 4.5bn business in just 5 years. Early in his career, he led one of the earliest outsourced ecommerce logistics businesses that combined technology platforms with consumer distribution in the telecommunications space.