.406 Ventures

Graham Brooks

Partner

How I want entrepreneurs to perceive the .406 team

Ultimate wingman in early-stage company building
After work I’ll be

In order of preference and weather: Wind: kitesurfing; Snow: teleboarding; Ice: pond hockey; other: mountain biking
Worst fear

Failing…and water snakes, really hate water snakes, yes actually worst fear is probably water snakes
Favorite destination

Pleasure Bay…sounds way better than it actually is, but hey, it’s the closest kitesurfing spot
Something I say all the time

“Here is a term sheet” 😊
Favorite job

Fencing coach at Princeton and then Dartmouth, I thrive on seeing people I work with win
Least favorite job

Still Librarian at a Chinese library in college after failing Chinese freshman year…an abusive form of torture
Favorite wheels

My Honda Civic, I’m known at the dealership for my unique ‘one price’ leasing strategy. Key is going entry level and dealing with the fact that your car doesn’t have power locks.
I can’t live without my

Moleskine book, if I don’t write it down I don’t remember it…if I write it down with very small letters, nobody else can read it and see how bad my spelling is, which is why you won’t see me at the whiteboard
I can’t stop eating

Period, which is why I got a treadmill desk…now I eat while walking, vicious circle.
I'm terrible at

Standing still, the world needs innovation and I want to do whatever I can to create it and enable it.
Most confusing time in my life was

Always now, I’m not happy unless I’m trying something new and totally over my head
Superhero power of questionable value

Power eyesight for my Moleskine Books with very small writing
Still on your bucket list

Midas list and bungee jumping
You are most proud of

My family, two daughters, and a wonderful wife, although she is an enabler of my VC and extreme sports habits.
What makes you unique

Bad hair, three cowlicks, fear of the barber and a tendency to forget to comb it in the morning…exhibit A: bio picture
Favorite food combo

Cheap sushi and expensive beer…got to love Sakura in Winchester
Item you have to have on an airplane

Advil. Seriously, neck pillow, ear plugs, 2 Advil and I’m out from SF to BOS. Try it & you're welcome.

As a recovering engineer (license to code was revoked in 2008, currently under appeal), Graham Brooks loves to dig deep with techie founders. He joined .406 Ventures in 2007, after nine years of technology-oriented operating, investing and start-up experience.

At .406 he leads the firm’s Data + AI strategy. Graham also is involved with the firm’s university outreach initiatives including the .406 Student Fellows program.

Prior to joining the dark side, Graham was an intrapreneur with the New Ventures Group and then Business Development Manager at Bose, where, in addition to upgrading his personal audio set-up, he led the team that identified, evaluated and structured strategic investment and acquisition opportunities within the digital media and consumer products markets.

Prior to being an intrapreneur, Graham was an entrepreneur, Co-founding Accentus, a spin-out of Dartmouth College, focused on bringing innovative solutions to the financial trading industry. At Accentus, Graham led product management and sales and developed significant scar tissue from fundraising in 2002.

Out of college, Graham turned down DoubleClick to begin his career as a software engineer and database administrator at ALK Associates (Acq Trimble), a logistics solutions spin-out of Princeton University. He should have chosen DoubleClick.

Graham is a Kauffman Fellow (Class of 2010). He received his MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business in 2002, where he was a Tuck Scholar, and an engineering degree in Computer Science from Princeton University.

Sector Focus: Data + AI

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How I want entrepreneurs to perceive the .406 team

Ultimate wingman in early-stage company building
After work I’ll be

In order of preference and weather: Wind: kitesurfing; Snow: teleboarding; Ice: pond hockey; other: mountain biking
Worst fear

Failing…and water snakes, really hate water snakes, yes actually worst fear is probably water snakes
Favorite destination

Pleasure Bay…sounds way better than it actually is, but hey, it’s the closest kitesurfing spot
Something I say all the time

“Here is a term sheet” 😊
Favorite job

Fencing coach at Princeton and then Dartmouth, I thrive on seeing people I work with win
Least favorite job

Still Librarian at a Chinese library in college after failing Chinese freshman year…an abusive form of torture
Favorite wheels

My Honda Civic, I’m known at the dealership for my unique ‘one price’ leasing strategy. Key is going entry level and dealing with the fact that your car doesn’t have power locks.
I can’t live without my

Moleskine book, if I don’t write it down I don’t remember it…if I write it down with very small letters, nobody else can read it and see how bad my spelling is, which is why you won’t see me at the whiteboard
I can’t stop eating

Period, which is why I got a treadmill desk…now I eat while walking, vicious circle.
I'm terrible at

Standing still, the world needs innovation and I want to do whatever I can to create it and enable it.
Most confusing time in my life was

Always now, I’m not happy unless I’m trying something new and totally over my head
Superhero power of questionable value

Power eyesight for my Moleskine Books with very small writing
Still on your bucket list

Midas list and bungee jumping
You are most proud of

My family, two daughters, and a wonderful wife, although she is an enabler of my VC and extreme sports habits.
What makes you unique

Bad hair, three cowlicks, fear of the barber and a tendency to forget to comb it in the morning…exhibit A: bio picture
Favorite food combo

Cheap sushi and expensive beer…got to love Sakura in Winchester
Item you have to have on an airplane

Advil. Seriously, neck pillow, ear plugs, 2 Advil and I’m out from SF to BOS. Try it & you're welcome.

.406 Ventures

Graham Brooks

Partner

How I want entrepreneurs to perceive the .406 team

After work I’ll be

Worst fear

Favorite destination

Something I say all the time

Favorite job

Least favorite job

Favorite wheels

I can’t live without my

I can’t stop eating

I'm terrible at

Most confusing time in my life was

Superhero power of questionable value

Still on your bucket list

You are most proud of

What makes you unique

Favorite food combo

Item you have to have on an airplane

How I want entrepreneurs to perceive the .406 team

After work I’ll be

Worst fear

Favorite destination

Something I say all the time

Favorite job

Least favorite job

Favorite wheels

I can’t live without my

I can’t stop eating

I'm terrible at

Most confusing time in my life was

Superhero power of questionable value

Still on your bucket list

You are most proud of

What makes you unique

Favorite food combo

Item you have to have on an airplane

Graham's Portfolio

Abacus Insights

Acquired by

AbleTo

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Bobsled

ChaosSearch

ClosedLoop

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gamalon

Indico

Acquired by

Iora Health

keebo

Linea

Portrait Analytics

Promethium

Reltio

Simon Data

Telm.ai