Updata Partners
Carter Griffin is a General Partner, co-manages the firm, and has been a member of Updata’s investment team since 2005. He has more than 20 years of experience as an operator and investor in the software industry. Before joining Updata, Carter co-founded Brivo Systems and served as Chairman and CEO until selling the company to a strategic acquirer. Brivo Systems pioneered the software-as-a-service model in the physical security market by introducing the first-ever on-demand system for facility access control. Carter also spent four years as a Senior Vice President at Kaiser Associates, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on competitive positioning and new-market entry strategies. Earlier in his career, Carter worked in London for the Coca-Cola Company and held positions at American Management Systems and Arthur Andersen.
Carter serves on the Board of Directors of Mindshare, a leading forum for more than 900 tech CEOs. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, where he has twice served as Co-Chair of Capital Connection.
Carter graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Business Administration. He also holds an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Updata Partners
For more than 20 years, Updata has backed the top entrepreneurs in B2B software. They look for those rare leaders with both a growth mindset and an appreciation for capital efficiency. Typically, they have built recurring revenue models with a repeatable go-to-market engine and strong unit economics.