For the past 28 years, Blake has focused on private equity investments with Leucadia National Corporation, the Channel Investment Group, Generation Ventures, The Fremont Group and Partner Ventures.  In addition to his role as Managing Director of Partner Ventures, Blake is the Managing General Partner of Fremont Ventures, the private equity growth-capital fund of the Fremont Group.  Fremont Ventures was named byEETimes as one of the top 10 venture capital firms in the US for adding value to portfolio companies.

Blake joined Bain & Company in 1978, and was one of the founders of the San Francisco Bain office.  In 1983, he joined the Brae Corporation division of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE – LUK) as Vice President of Strategic Planning, and subsequently founded and managed the acquisition group for Leucadia.

Blake graduated from Dartmouth College in 1975 with high honors in English and Economics as a Rufus Choate Scholar where he was awarded the Henley Economics Award.  He received his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1979 and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Blake lives in Portola Valley, California with his wife and their three children.  He is a member of the World President’s Organization.  He is a visiting professor at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, one Europe's leading business schools, where he teaches a highly rated course on Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital.  He is also on the IE Business School International Advisory Board.

Company Affiliations:

eSilicon, Incorporated – Board Director (Sunnyvale, CA)

Atrenta, Incorporated – Board Director (San Jose, CA)

Sonics, Incorporated - Board Director (San Jose, CA)

Adara Venture Partners – Advisory Board (Madrid, Spain)

Previous Company Affiliations:

DoveBid (acquired by GoIndustry - GOI.L:LSE)

Xeotron (acquired by Invitrogen - IVGN:NASDAQ)

CardioNow (acquired by AGFA - AGFB:EURONEXT)

BioSeek (acquired by Asterand - ATD.L:LSE)

Partner Ventures Portfolio:

Atrenta

Sonics

Tremor Media

Lithium Technologies

Identified.com

Splunk

Publications and Speaking Engagements:

IE Business School. Madrid, Spain - Visiting professor teaching Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital each Fall and Spring Semester.  One of the most highly rated teachers/courses offered in the MBA program.

Co-authoredBiotechnology Venture Capital Investments:  Leading VCs on Deal Terms, Valuations & Keys to Success for Investors and Management Teams, ‘Inside the Minds^®’ series published by Aspatore Books

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Investment Styles and Strategies

Financing Quantum Growth Conference

World Bank Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Training Program

SEC Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation and Cross-Border Investing

Capital Access Conference on Value Added Investing

Cambridge Healthtech TriGenome Conference

Click HERE to see a video of Blake's meeting with Prince Charles at IE Business School.