Noel Fenton

Founding Partner at Trinity Ventures · Joined 1986

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Biography

Noel Fenton co-founded Trinity Ventures in 1986. Before venture capital he worked at three venture-backed technology companies, serving as CEO of Covalent Systems and of Acurex, where his ten-year tenure was his longest and the company reached $65 million in revenues. His Trinity bio states that his focus areas are enterprise software and business-to-business commerce and that CEO mentoring is his greatest contribution, and Trinity's portfolio page attributes ServiceMax, VTS, LoopNet, Funnel, Taulia, MyNewPlace, BlueStripe Software, TrustID, DotLoop, ID Analytics, 24/7 Real Media, Bright Horizons, Forte, Fuego, Illustra, SciQuest, BlueTarp Financial and Rentlytics to him. Trinity Ventures' site continues to list him as Founding Partner.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

ServiceMaxLoopNetVTSTauliaSciQuest

Career Timeline

1986
Co-founded Trinity Ventures.
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Served as CEO of Covalent Systems and, for ten years, of Acurex before entering venture capital.
2025
Remained listed as Founding Partner on Trinity Ventures' team page while the firm closed a $435 million continuation fund in January.

Sources & References

Trinity Ventures - Noel Fenton ↗Trinity Ventures - Companies Noel Fenton has worked with ↗Trinity Ventures - Team ↗GlobeNewswire - Trinity Ventures Announces Closing of $435M Continuation Fund (Jan 6, 2025) ↗