Paul Grim is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners with an investment focus in wireless communications and retail systems.
Paul co-founded SunBridge Partners and its predecessor Equitek Capital, and has been actively involved in each of the firm’s investments from initial sourcing through due diligence to post-investment strategic guidance. Building upon his extensive background in strategic and operational support of developing technologies, Paul has played a key role in developing and guiding the team’s targeted, proactive, research-intensive approach to identifying investment opportunities. Paul’s prior experience and contacts in the telecommunications and retail industries have been a valuable source of leverage for portfolio companies. Mr. Grim is currently a Board Director at Zipit Wireless and Yap.
Prior to venture investing, Paul was in Europe with Gemini Consulting in the Strategy Discipline and the Telco & Media Global Business Unit, where he focused on market entry strategies and new business ventures in wireless, ISPs, e-commerce and IP/broadband services. Prior to Gemini, Mr. Grim worked in Paris with Coopers & Lybrand’s Financial Services Strategy Group, and CGI, an IBM company in software and IT services.
Paul received an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. Paul is an industry expert in Telecoms & Media, and a contributor to interviews on CNN, BBC World, Reuters News, Venturebeat and other media.
Paul’s blog on the wireless industry can be found at Grim Times, and can be followed on twitter at jprgrim.