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Team
Launchpad Venture Group Members
Launchpad is the largest angel investing group in the Northeast, with a broad base of very active members coming from a variety of backgrounds and professions, including the technology, financial service, industrial and life science communities. As a group, we are well-connected to potential customers, service providers, partners and future sources of financing. Our members are accredited investors who are proven business leaders with experience and skills from a broad range of industries and professions. Launchpad members bring the financial resources, talent, knowledge and experience, networking contacts, domain-specific expertise, and energy and enthusiasm start-ups need in order to succeed. The one thing that unites this diverse group is a shared passion for helping interesting companies thrive through investment, mentorship, introductions and advice.
Launchpad Venture Group Management
Hambleton (Ham) Lord
Managing Director
Ham Lord is the co-Managing Director of LaunchPad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Ham has over 25 years experience in the software industry founding and building industry-leading companies. Ham is an active angel investor and advisor to early stage companies. He is a board member for Building Engines and a board observer for EveryScape.
Ham co-founded data visualization vendor, Advanced Visual Systems. Ham helped launch two computational chemistry companies, MicroChem Technologies and Polygen. These companies were early developers of drug discovery tools, and were part of an industry wide acquisition roll-up that resulted in Accelrys.
Ham graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Brown.
Christopher Mirabile
Managing Director
Christopher Mirabile is the co-Managing Director of LaunchPad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. In addition to his work with LaunchPad, Christopher is an active member of the Boston-area angel investing community with active investments in 20+ start-ups.
Christopher has served as a public company CFO with IONA Technologies PLC, a corporate and securities lawyer with Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault and as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse's Strategic Consulting Group.
Christopher is an adjunct lecturer in the MBA program at Babson College, a regular advisor and mentor to start-ups, a frequent panelist and speaker and has been featured and quoted in numerous business periodicals. He is a member of the Board of Directors of several start-up companies as well as Boston World Partnerships, and he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Babson's Olin School of Business.
Christopher earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School and his B.A., with honors, from Colgate University.
