Andre de BaubignyFounder

United States - Menlo Park, California

Andre is an experienced investor, investment banker and entrepreneur. Prior to serving as the co-founder and General Partner at MVP Ventures, Andre was the Founder & Managing Partner at Spike Ventures (part of the Alumni Ventures Group family of funds) that invests in and for the Stanford Alumni network. He ran Spike for over 3 years, investing over $50M in 40+ companies ranging from early stage to late stage following the best VC firms in the business. In doing so, Andre built a network of thousands of Stanford alums.
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Prior to founding MVP in 2020 and Spike in 2017, Andre co-founded Deep Fork Capital in 2008 to access and manage venture investments directly for a single ultra-high net worth family. At Deep Fork, he led investments in Trulia (sold to Zillow), Songza (sold to Google) and Dataminr. In 2003, he co-founded Vintrust, a wine management business with over $300 million in wine assets and $10M in annual revenue. Prior to Vintrust, Andre managed a $500 million venture fund for a French industrialist and billionaire , and prior to that, Andre was an investment banker partnering with Mary Meeker in Morgan Stanley’s Internet practice.

A few of Andre's marquee venture investments include:

- Trulia (IPO, Acq. by Zillow for 18x)
- Songza (Acq. by Google for 10x)
- Dataminr (Valuation up 80x from initial investment)
- Mighty Buildings (up 50x from initial investment)
- Lacework (up 100x from initial investment)
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Andre received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1995 and his JD at Boston University School of Law in 1989. He also received a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1986; and attended Phillips Exeter Academy.