Joe Colopy is a technology entrepreneur and investor. In 2002, Joe co-founded and bootstrapped Durham-based Bronto Software as its CEO, growing it to 300+ employees before it was acquired by NetSuite/Oracle. Through his work with Bronto, Joe was a past Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 winner and a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Carolinas.

After selling Bronto, Joe launched several entities, including GrepBeat, which covers the Triangle tech community, and Primordial Ventures, which invests in early-stage startups across North Carolina.

Earlier in his career, Joe worked at Red Hat and served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He originally hails from Akron, Ohio, but now happily lives in Durham with his wife, four children, dog, and an ever-changing number of chickens.