Barry Fingerhut
Co-Founder and General Partner at Federal Innovation Network
Tempe, Arizona
Barry Fingerhut, Co-Founder and General Partner at Federal Innovation Network is an active investor based in Tempe, Arizona. This profile covers what Barry Fingerhut backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Mr. Barry Fingerhut serves as an Advisor at Cyber Advisory Partners. Mr. Fingerhut is the Owner and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Certification Partners. He serves as Chairman at YourTango. He served as a Board Member at Cypherpath. He co-founded Wheatley Partners. Before 2010, he focused much of his career investing in small capitalization companies in the for-profit education and training, publishing, media, consumer services, hydrocarbon, investment, and financial services industries. He served as President at GeoCapital, LLC (a Registered Investment Advisor) from 1981 to 2004, following two years at First Manhattan Co. and four years as a Limited Partner. He served as a General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer. Before 2010, he was involved in many phases of the investment business. He served as president of GeoCapital, LLC (a registered investment advisory firm), from 1981 to 2004, following two years at First Manhattan Co. and four years as a Limited, then General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer. GeoCapital, LLC was sold in 1997 to Affiliated Managers Group. Since 1992, He has served on several public and private Boards of Directors, with current private corporate positions at Certification Partners, Covenant Learning LLC, Coalition Partners LLC, Wizmo, Inc., LivingPopups.com, and YourTango.com, among others, and a current public Director position at Carriage Services, Inc. He presently serves as Chairman of YourTango.com.
- Investor type
- Angel
- Stages
- Early Stage Venture
- Invests in
- EdTech
- Location
- Tempe, Arizona
- Typical check
- $500K
- Past investments
- 9
Notable investments
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