Fred Russell Bio

Fred has been Managing Partner at Virginia Capital since its inception in 1996. He has more than 25 years of venture capital and private equity experience. Fred sponsored growth capital investments in more than 40 companies in a variety of industries including health care, media, communications, consumer and insurance. He was the private equity investor in four companies that subsequently completed an initial public offering (IPO) and has arranged for the sale of nearly 30 venture capital backed portfolio companies with total sales proceeds of more than $2 billion. Fred graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned an MBA and from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia where he graduated with his Bachelor of Science. Fred has lectured on venture capital and private equity topics at the Wharton School, the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond and VCU.