Brad Holden
Managing Partner at PL Capital
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Holden is a venture-focused leader based in San Francisco who blends legal training with four years of hands-on investments in cutting-edge computing and protocols. As Managing Partner at PL Capital and former investments lead at Protocol Labs, he backs early-stage projects building the future of decentralized and resilient internet infrastructure. His background spans venture roles at Tomorrow Ventures and AWS angel/seed activity, giving him a rare mix of operator, investor, and ecosystem-builder perspectives. Trained as a lawyer at Georgetown, he brings disciplined diligence to complex technical deals and governance questions. Colleagues describe him as someone who connects academic-grade research teams to pragmatic commercialization pathways, leveraging Protocol Labs’ broad network of independent innovators.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
J.D., Law, J.D., Law at Georgetown LawB.A., International Politics & Economics, B.A., International Politics & Economics at Middlebury College
Github Skills (26)
ipfs10
authenticator10
authy9
authentication9
end-to-end-encryption9
android9
encryption9
flutter8
documentation8
filecoin8
privacy8
blockchain8
typescript8
bitcoin8
decentralization8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pathfindertools/orbit-community-microgen
Apr 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:7 PRs, 4 pushes, 6 branches in 9 months
vesahc/github-mgmt
Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
Contributions:5 pushes in 2 days
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