Blair Garrou | Managing Director

Since the late 90’s, Blair Garrou has focused on funding, operating and incubating startup software companies.  Prior to co-founding DFJ Mercury, Blair was the CEO of Intermat (acq. by IHS), a leader in product information management software; a Principal with Genesis Park, a Houston-based private equity firm where he led investments in FuelQuest (acq. by Saracen Energy), Intermat and SAT Corporation (acq. by Invensys); helped launch and was the Director of Operations for the Houston Technology Center, the largest tech incubator in the Southwest, where he led the formation of the Houston Angel Network, one of the largest angel investment organizations in the U.S.; was an investment banker with BMO Nesbitt Burns; and began his career with Deloitte & Touche.  Blair received a B.S. in Management from Washington & Lee University.

Outside of DFJ Mercury, Blair serves in advisory board roles for UTHealth, the Post Oak School, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Friends of Integrative Medicine, and the Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship.  He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University where he teaches a course on venture capital. Blair was named by the Houston Business Journal as one of its inaugural “40 under 40,” a recognition of outstanding business and community  leaders under the age of 40.

Current Portfolio Company Focus

Alert Logic, Fluensee, GameSalad, Graphicly, Infochimps, Kabongo, Performix, ShareThis

Previous Portfolio Company Focus

Phurnace Software (BMC Software)