Tory Patterson
Tory Patterson
Overview
Tory Patterson is the cofounder and managing partner of Owl Ventures. Tory is actively involved and serves on the board of directors of Newsela, MasteryConnect, PresenceLearning, EdSurge and Ecologic Brands. Prior to founding Owl Ventures, Tory was a Partner at Catamount Ventures, a San Francisco based venture capital fund focused on mission-driven companies. While at Catamount, Tory advised several start-ups from the idea stage through launch, financing and commercialization. Tory was a key member of the team that incubated, supported and built Plum Organics, from early vision to becoming the world’s largest organic baby and kids’ food company, to eventual successful exit to Campbell’s. Tory founded and ran Catamount’s education investment practice where he led investments in leading education companies MasteryConnect, PresenceLearning, EdSurge, TenMarks (acquired by Amazon) Upworthy and Declara.