Joshua Carr

Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad is a Partner at True Ventures and a Board Director at Automattic, the company behind WordPress. He is also an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor based in San Francisco.

Entrepreneurial Background

• Co-founded about.me and Sphere, both acquired by AOL12
• Previously founded Sphere (AOL) and served on the Board of Oddpost (acquired by Yahoo)1

Venture Capital Experience

• Partner at True Ventures, where he has led investments in companies like Automattic (WordPress), Glowforge, Hodinkee, Blue Bottle Coffee, MakerBot, and more123
• Serves on the Board of Automattic (WordPress), Flour + Water Hospitality Group, the Tony Hawk Foundation, and formerly was a T40 National Co-Chair of Technology for President Obama123

Personal Investments

• Investor in Slack, Automattic, Lowercase Capital, Cygni, Ghia, Empirical Spirits, International Smoke, Saltwater Oyster Depot, Elk Fence, flour+water pizzeria, Trick Dog, Samovar and August2

Background and Interests

• Grew up in a small Indiana farming community and has lived in Paris, New York, Chicago, Jakarta, and San Francisco12
• Interests include travel, languages (speaks French), art, architecture, running, swimming, biking, and drip coffee12
• Worked various jobs including baseball umpire, basketball camp counselor, pharmacy stock person, high school sports reporter, book bindery glue machine operator, hotel receptionist, janitor, college newspaper ad salesman, radio DJ, and yogurt merchandiser2