Investing Profile

Brian O'Malley(181)

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Board Partner at Forerunner
forerunnerventures.com/who-we...San Francisco, California
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Brian O'Malley's investing connections

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40 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), and 37 other investors on Signal.

Networks Brian is a member of
The Wharton School Network
439 CONNECTIONS
Accel Network
76 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
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Current Investing Position
Forerunner Ventures
Investment Range
$250K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
72
Current Fund Size
$1B

Brian O'Malley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brian O'Malley's Investments On Record (36)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fora
Series DJul 2026$60M
$190M
Co-investors: Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Maximilian Niederhofer (Heartcore Capital), Ran Makavy (Self-employed), Andrew Blachman (Marketplace Capital), David Rosenberg (Notion Capital)
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Series ADec 2025$10M
$17M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Ben Taft (Sequoia Capital), Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Afraj Gill (On Deck), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Michael Yan (Scrum Ventures), Peter Tseng (Open Capital), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Scott Heiferman, Gautam Shah, Arash Ferdowsi, Bianca Ambrosini, Greg Isenberg, Cory Levy
BoomPop
Series UnknownNov 2025$25M
$44M
Co-investors: Gaurav Garg (Wing Venture Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Aaron Levie
Arrived Homes
Series BNov 2025$27M
Series AMay 2022$25M
$66M
Co-investors: Spencer Rascoff (75 & Sunny), Suriyaa Sundararuban (Proximo Ventures), Arjan Schütte (Core Innovation Capital), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc), Hadi Partovi
Topline Pro
Series BAug 2025$27M
Series AJul 2023$12M
$44M
Co-investors: Soraya Darabi (TMV), Songe LaRon (Squire), Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Molly Alter (Northzone)
Prenuvo
Series BFeb 2025$120M
$190M
Co-investors: Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Harley Miller (Left Lane Capital), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Timothy A. Springer
Boombox
SeedMay 2023$7M
$9M
Co-investors: Tom Chavez (super{set})
Canal
Series AMar 2022$23M
SeedMar 2021$5M
$28M
Co-investors: Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz)

most interested in

Marketplaces, vertical saas, voice, hourly labor, financial services.

not interested in

Core enterprise, security, international early stage projects, people who tweet me to ask for my email address.

Brian O'Malley's Experience

Board Partner Forerunner2025 - Present
Technical Director Forte SoftwarePresent
Partner AccelPresent
Founder, Managing Partner Tactile VenturesPresent
Managing Partner Forerunner2018 - 2024
Partner Accel Partners2013 - 2018
General Partner Battery Ventures2012 - 2013
Partner Battery Ventures2010 - 2011
Principal Battery Ventures2008 - 2010
Senior Associate Battery Ventures2006 - 2008
Associate Battery Ventures2004 - 2006
Technical Director Bowstreet2000 - 2003
Developer Motorola Solutions1998 - 1998
Pool Attendant The Phoenician Resort1997 - 1997

Brian O'Malley's Education

The Wharton School BS Finance, Management