Craig L. Burr (born 1945) is an early

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

investor, notable for his role in the founding of two venture capital firms, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO) in 1979 and

Alta Communications Alta Communications is an American private equity firm primarily working with media and the communication sector. Their equity funds are invested in about 100 companies with a total market capitalization approximately $1.5 billion. Alta Commu ...

in 1996.

Career

In 1979 Burr co-founded Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), one of the earliest bi-coastal venture capital firms in the US, along with

William P. Egan William P. Egan is an American venture capitalist. He is the founder and general partner at Alta Communications, a venture capital firm, and Marion Equity Partners, a private equity firm, both based in Boston, Massachusetts. Egan also founded Alta ...

and Dr.

Jean Deleage Dr. Jean Deleage Ph.D. (1940–2011) was an early venture capital investor responsible for the founding or co-founding of three notable venture capital firms since 1971: Sofinnova, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. and Alta Partners. Career Deleage began ...

. Prior to founding BEDCO, Burr was a partner at early venture firm

TA Associates TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the early modern-era private equity firms in the United States. The firm leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies. TA invests across five industry groups: technology, hea ...

with BEDCO co-founder William Egan. BEDCO invested in

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communications Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

, and

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companies, and at its zenith managed $700 million in assets. The principals of BEDCO separated in 1995 and 1996, leading Burr and Egan to co-found

. Alta is one of several successors to BEDCO founded in the mid-1990s and has raised over $1.4 billion of investor commitments since inception.

Affiliations

Burr was a founder of the New England Venture Capital Association and has served on its board of directors. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of several private companies and non-profit organizations. Burr currently also serves a limited partner of a number of emerging venture capital firms including Nobska Partners, the Blackethouse Group, 8 Wire Capital, Geminus Capital Partners, Rational Equity, Bartley Capital, Wright Equity Partners, Caldera Capital Partners, Blue Horizon Capital, Venatus Capital Partners, Granite Creek Capital, Black Mountain Equity, Sentinel Peak Capital, Rushmore Partners, Blue Canyon Capital and Johns Creek Partners.

Education

Burr received his BA,

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, from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

and his MBA from

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

References

*Cruikshank, Jeffrey L
Shaping the Waves: A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School
2005

New York Times *Gupta, Udayan.
Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories
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