Russ Burd

Principal at 2-Markets

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Jan 2023
Expendo provides IT expense management solutions to SMB and enterprise clients. Our solutions support the entire lifecycle from sourcing, ongoing order and expense management, and support. Expendo is easy to engage and use. Our solution requires no implementation or long term contract. Simply sign-up for an account, load your wireless data and start realizing savings.
Investor
Jan 2020
Founded in 2011 in Maryland, at Subject7, the story begins with software test automation. We, along with other industry experts, believe that in the new age of agile software development, organizations cannot succeed without a robust test automation platform. For over a decade, tool vendors have proposed scripting as the best way to tackle this hard problem. The script is created through a record-and-play mechanism or from scratch by a developer. As a result, another development shop is required to support and scale such scripts and hence the automation effort. As we all know development shops are both expensive and hard to assemble particularly with such scarce expertise. Budget and skilled resources are the main concerns for any automation project! A paradigm shift was required to increase success rate in automation projects. After working with Selenium RC and later Webdriver for few years, as Java architects, we decided to fuse different technologies to create an end-to-end platform on top of Selenium. This cloud-based SaaS platform called Proof, is designed to scale and be used by non developers (and Selenium developers) to help test automation projects succeed. We are a highly dedicated team, with quality at the center, guiding us intuitively to adapt to new technologies and achieve greater results.
Investor
Jan 2016
Pledge It creates online fundraising tools that empower nonprofits and individuals to make an impact. Our leading performance-based fundraising platform allows every mile, push-up or lunge to drive fundraising for your mission. We’ve helped thousands be a champion for their cause and partnered with more than 1,500 nonprofits including the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Ronald McDonald House Charities to leverage the power of performance for social good. Visit www.pledgeit.org.
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Jan 2016
Attune, formerly Senseware, a leader in IoT with 45 patents, brings new levels of awareness concerning indoor air quality by connecting all monitoring data into one easy to use platform. It provides real-time assurance in critical areas such as indoor air quality, energy consumption, risk of water leaks, equipment status, and more. Attune is the only customizable indoor air quality monitoring solution on the market. To learn more visit: www.attuneiot.com Our advanced wireless platform delivers building owners, operators, and facility managers a simple and affordable way to integrate, monitor, and control all of their systems. Our cloud-hosted platforms combination of patent-pending hardware and software enables a wide range of applications from energy management, equipment-level monitoring, HVAC control solutions, and more through our easy-to-use interface or the software of your choosing. Were wrangling all of your things into one system for optimizing facility performance, meeting regulatory requirements, and reducing costs.
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Jan 2015
NewSun Energy is a renewable energy development and investment company that specializes in electric power grid interconnection and transmission in the Pacific Northwest. We focus on clean power solutions for Bonneville Power Administration markets, customers, and public power. We have developed more than $200 million in solar energy facilities and have a multi-billion-dollar pipeline of projects encompassing solar, wind, battery storage, and pumped storage. Founded in 2015 by entrepreneur Jake Stephens, NewSun is driving the achievable pace of decarbonization in the Pacific Northwest. Our development pipeline of more than 10,000 megawatts of high-viability solar and storage is strategically designed to scale and grow with our customers needs. With more than one gigawatt of new, carbon-free projects on track to be energized by 2028, we are helping Oregon and Washington meet ambitious emissions reduction goals. Headquartered in Bend, Oregon, NewSun has offices in Portland, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona, as well as an extensive ecosystem of consultants and advisors across the Western United States. Our team brings decades of expertise successfully developing, permitting, financing, and operating large-scale projects. NewSun is dedicated to delivering clean, reliable energy while promoting economic growth and investing in thriving communities. Since 2016, NewSun has invested more than $1 million in community benefits in the form of local grants, scholarships, and donations, with emphasis on the environment, climate, education, the outdoors, public arts, and expanding rural healthcare. We believe that building strong, resilient communities is key to a sustainable future.
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2023
Investor / Advisor
Jan 2023
Expendo provides IT expense management solutions to SMB and enterprise clients. Our solutions support the entire lifecycle from sourcing, ongoing order and expense management, and support. Expendo is easy to engage and use. Our solution requires no implementation or long term contract. Simply sign-up for an account, load your wireless data and start realizing savings.
2020
Investor
Jan 2020
Founded in 2011 in Maryland, at Subject7, the story begins with software test automation. We, along with other industry experts, believe that in the new age of agile software development, organizations cannot succeed without a robust test automation platform. For over a decade, tool vendors have proposed scripting as the best way to tackle this hard problem. The script is created through a record-and-play mechanism or from scratch by a developer. As a result, another development shop is required to support and scale such scripts and hence the automation effort. As we all know development shops are both expensive and hard to assemble particularly with such scarce expertise. Budget and skilled resources are the main concerns for any automation project! A paradigm shift was required to increase success rate in automation projects. After working with Selenium RC and later Webdriver for few years, as Java architects, we decided to fuse different technologies to create an end-to-end platform on top of Selenium. This cloud-based SaaS platform called Proof, is designed to scale and be used by non developers (and Selenium developers) to help test automation projects succeed. We are a highly dedicated team, with quality at the center, guiding us intuitively to adapt to new technologies and achieve greater results.
2016
Investor
Jan 2016
Pledge It creates online fundraising tools that empower nonprofits and individuals to make an impact. Our leading performance-based fundraising platform allows every mile, push-up or lunge to drive fundraising for your mission. We’ve helped thousands be a champion for their cause and partnered with more than 1,500 nonprofits including the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Ronald McDonald House Charities to leverage the power of performance for social good. Visit www.pledgeit.org.
early stageFundraising
Investor
Jan 2016
Attune, formerly Senseware, a leader in IoT with 45 patents, brings new levels of awareness concerning indoor air quality by connecting all monitoring data into one easy to use platform. It provides real-time assurance in critical areas such as indoor air quality, energy consumption, risk of water leaks, equipment status, and more. Attune is the only customizable indoor air quality monitoring solution on the market. To learn more visit: www.attuneiot.com Our advanced wireless platform delivers building owners, operators, and facility managers a simple and affordable way to integrate, monitor, and control all of their systems. Our cloud-hosted platforms combination of patent-pending hardware and software enables a wide range of applications from energy management, equipment-level monitoring, HVAC control solutions, and more through our easy-to-use interface or the software of your choosing. Were wrangling all of your things into one system for optimizing facility performance, meeting regulatory requirements, and reducing costs.
2015
Investor
Jan 2015
NewSun Energy is a renewable energy development and investment company that specializes in electric power grid interconnection and transmission in the Pacific Northwest. We focus on clean power solutions for Bonneville Power Administration markets, customers, and public power. We have developed more than $200 million in solar energy facilities and have a multi-billion-dollar pipeline of projects encompassing solar, wind, battery storage, and pumped storage. Founded in 2015 by entrepreneur Jake Stephens, NewSun is driving the achievable pace of decarbonization in the Pacific Northwest. Our development pipeline of more than 10,000 megawatts of high-viability solar and storage is strategically designed to scale and grow with our customers needs. With more than one gigawatt of new, carbon-free projects on track to be energized by 2028, we are helping Oregon and Washington meet ambitious emissions reduction goals. Headquartered in Bend, Oregon, NewSun has offices in Portland, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona, as well as an extensive ecosystem of consultants and advisors across the Western United States. Our team brings decades of expertise successfully developing, permitting, financing, and operating large-scale projects. NewSun is dedicated to delivering clean, reliable energy while promoting economic growth and investing in thriving communities. Since 2016, NewSun has invested more than $1 million in community benefits in the form of local grants, scholarships, and donations, with emphasis on the environment, climate, education, the outdoors, public arts, and expanding rural healthcare. We believe that building strong, resilient communities is key to a sustainable future.
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