We’re thrilled to announce that Patrick Montague @pmontee has joined GFR Fund full-time as a General Partner! 👏 🎉 Patrick has been a part-time Venture Partner at GFR Fund for the past five years while advising next-generation investment platforms and emerging startup ecosystems globally. 🌐 Prior to this, Patrick was the Vice President and General Manager of Betaworks Ventures, where he co-invested with GFR in companies such as Streem (acquired by FrontDoor) and Facemoji (acquired by Google). During his time at Betaworks, Patrick founded the thematic ‘Betacamp’ residency to invest in frontier categories, including AR, voice, and synthetic media. His other notable investments include Hugging Face (now valued at $4.5 billion), Giant Otter (acquired by Drift), and Shine (acquired by Headspace). Patrick also brings significant experience as a startup operator, having held leadership roles at two early social media companies backed by Sequoia Capital. At TuneIn and Meebo, which was acquired by Google, he drove new product, market, and business development initiatives, including initiating mobile and international business lines. Earlier in his career, he was a software services growth equity investor at JMI Equity. 💬 "We strongly believe his experiences, skillset, and network complement what Yasushi and I have, especially as we continue to expand our investment beyond gaming to more generic consumer tech, and also geographically from the US to Europe and other parts of the world,” said @TeppeiTsutsui, General Partner at GFR Fund. Please join us in welcoming Patrick to the GP team as we look forward to the exciting opportunities ahead! ▶️Read full announcement: gfrfund.com/blog/patrick-mon… #gfrfund #venturecapital #consumertech #announcement