Tom Furlong joined Granite Ventures in July 2000, after a successful career in Silicon Valley where he most recently served as Vice President and General Counsel at Zhone Technologies, a communications equipment provider. Tom began working with Granite Ventures in 1988 and has also worked closely with Adobe Ventures. His many years spent collaborating with a wide variety of technology companies give him a diverse industry network and make him a strong and trusted advisor to his portfolio companies. He focuses his investments in software.
Prior to Zhone, Tom was a partner with the leading emerging-growth company law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, where he spent 13 years counseling technology companies, venture capitalists, and investment banks. His clients included Adobe, Applied Signal, Ascend Communications, Datapath, Network General, Silicon Spice, SynOptics, Vantive, and Visigenic. While at Gray Cary, Tom was also a manager of their investment partnerships and sponsored several profitable investments.
Tom currently serves on the Boards of Directors for Above All Software, Biz360, Digital Fountain, Five Across, and TuVox. Tom holds a B.A. in economics and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from Northwestern University.