Jon Bradford

Co-founder & Managing Partner at Dynamo Ventures · Joined 2016

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Biography

Jon Bradford is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Dynamo Ventures, the Chattanooga based pre-seed and seed supply chain fund. One of Europe's most prolific early stage investors, he has made more than 100 investments, including Apiary, Tray.io, Sendbird and Chainalysis. In 2009 he founded the first accelerator bootcamp outside the United States, and his Springboard program merged with Techstars to become its first international accelerator, which he led as Managing Director of Techstars London. He co-founded F6S, Tech.eu, Startup Wise Guys in Estonia and Eleven in Bulgaria, helped establish accelerators from Montreal to Moscow, and was a Partner at fintech investor Motive Partners before going full time at Dynamo, whose debut fund he helped launch as an advisor.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

ChainalysisTray.ioSendbirdApiary

Career Timeline

2009
Founded the first startup accelerator bootcamp outside the United States.
2016
Helped launch Dynamo's debut fund as an advisor, later joining full time as Co-founder & Managing Partner.
2025
Co-led the close of Dynamo's 54 million dollar Fund III.

Sources & References

Dynamo Ventures profile ↗Dynamo announcement on Jon Bradford joining ↗Dynamo Fund III announcement ↗