Team

Investing in technology companies requires a deep knowledge and network. From correctly identifying the long-term trends that can trigger explosive growth, to picking the companies best positioned to leverage these secular trends, to navigating the various relationships in order to access the cap table of these tech leaders – you need to be playing in traffic to successfully invest in the tech space.

TOP has assembled a team of seasoned professionals with extensive experience assessing, investing, and exiting private tech companies. The individuals have been active in technology since the early 90’s, building deep-rooted relationships with key stakeholders (founders and executives, top-decile VC’s, angel investors and board members). Over the years, members of the team have invested in/advised on several billion dollars-worth of tech investments.

Richard Rimer

Richard partnered with Bedrock in 2013 to create a Fund to invest in iconic, blue-chip, private, internet-related companies. In 2018, he and his team created a sister fund to allocate capital to best-in-class venture GPs. Since launching Technology Opportunity Partners, Richard has had primary responsibility for deploying c. $1B of equity in the private tech space. Before joining Bedrock, Richard was an active direct investor in both early- and late-stage technology businesses. Richard joined Index Ventures in 2001 where he was a partner in the life science practice. Prior to Index, Richard built Europe’s largest specialty pharmacy – MediService - which was acquired by Galenica (GALE.SW) and has become a pillar of its retail business. From 1990 to 1993 Richard worked in Zurich for McKinsey & Co. He graduated from Stanford University with B.A.’s in Economics, and History and an MA in International Policy Studies.

Salman Farmanfarmaian

Salman joined TOP in 2014. He has been an entrepreneur and venture capitalist for the past 15 years. Having started his post-MBA career as an investment banker with Barclays, he joined SCP Partners in the U.S., where he was responsible for, and served on the board of, multiple technology companies, founding one start-up and managing several successful exits and financing rounds. Subsequently he worked at Index Ventures in Geneva, where he focused on clean-technology investments. In 2009, he co-founded ZEM, a Norwegian company with deep lithium ion battery expertise, bringing Zero Emission solutions to the Maritime industry. Salman received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Advisory Board

TOP has assembled an advisory board composed of 5 reference tech executives. These are leaders in their respective spaces, who are defining the future of technology and are a critical part of the TOP value proposition.