Richard Dulude

Richard Dulude is a Co-Founder and Partner at Underscore VC, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to establishing Underscore VC in 2015, he served as an investment professional at Founder Collective, where he focused on seed-stage technology startups and evaluated hundreds of prospective early-stage investments. His academic background includes earning a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, as well as a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. Before transitioning into the venture capital industry, Dulude worked as a software engineer and product manager, building complex systems in cloud computing, machine learning, and telecommunications. He currently focuses on backing technical founders in the enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and blockchain sectors, leveraging his engineering expertise to support portfolio companies through their initial growth phases.