Brian Bell is the founder and managing partner at Team Ignite Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in Northern California. He talks about his investment and advisory work with promising high-tech companies. He also reflects on his special experience practicing the TM technique for four years now, after trying many different meditation approaches.

Team Ignite Ventures invests in business sectors, products, marketing, financial technology, B2B (business-to-business) marketplaces, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. He also has a popular weekly podcast called “Ignite” for high-tech business leaders and investors.

Prior to Team Ignite Ventures, Mr. Bell worked at Microsoft in artificial intelligence, the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, and in Microsoft’s start-up business areas. Before joining Microsoft, he led the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning category team for the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. He has a B.A. in Finance from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Brian Bell is the founder and managing partner at Team Ignite Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in Northern California.

Mario Orsatti, the host of TM Talks and Director of Advanced Techniques of the TM program for the United States, interviewed Mr. Bell on May 5, 2024.

Watch the discussion with Brian Bell (40:49)


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