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Managing General Partner, Portage Equity Investments
LP and Partner, Law Firm of Lommen Abdo PA
Bradley H. Lehrman is an attorney with the Minneapolis-based law firm Lommen Abdo practicing in the corporate finance and entrepreneurial venture group. He is also the founder and President of Portage Capital, Inc., a business and venture capital consulting firm serving a select number of emerging companies with business management and investor relation services. Lehrman has an extensive background as an attorney, business advisor, private investor, and board member involved primarily in early stage venture capital transactions. Lehrman has also been an active advisor to public companies such as August Technologies [augt], ReliaStar [ing] Investment Research, and Chart MVE.
Lehrman is also a founder and fund manager of Portage Equity Investments; two early stage accredited angel venture capital funds. Portage Equity invests in software, medical device, biotech and health sciences, telecommunications, semiconductor, and IT technology companies. The fund prefers to invest $50,000.00 - $250,000.00 per transaction. Portfolio liquidity events from Fund I include: August Technologies- IPO 2000; Learning Byte Int'l-Acquisition 2001; Media DVX- Acquisition 2001; Profit Solutions- Acquisition 2001.
Additional portfolio holdings include: SterilMed Inc.; Magnum Technologies Inc.; Impres Medical Inc.; Link-Up Inc; Excorp Medical Inc.; People Flow Software; Gentra Systems Inc, Remote Pipes Inc.; Celleration Inc.; ProUroCare, Inc.; Iconoculture Inc.; Medisyn Technologies Inc., Cima Nanotech Inc., and MetaMorphix Inc.
Lehrman began his professional career as a corporate attorney with the Minneapolis law firm of Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren. He further developed his corporate legal practice as a Partner with the St. Louis law firm of Gallop, Johnson, and Neuman. Before founding Portage in 1993, Lehrman was the national director of the Social Investment Forum, an association of institutional portfolio mangers and financial professional that directed capital to socially responsible businesses.
Lehrman has lectured extensively on business and legal issues associated with venture capital, corporate finance and business law at the University of Minnesota Business & Law Schools, University of St. Thomas MBA program, and several Professional Associations.
Lehrman has dedicated a significant portion of his professional career to community issues. He served as a Board member of The Minnesota Advocates For Human Rights (1996-2000, Executive Committee 1999-2000) and through that organization has received two prestigious International Human Rights Recognition Awards; one in 1993 and the other in 1997 as founder of a national human rights educational outreach program. Lehrman served as a Board member (1994-2002) for The Jewish Family and Children's Service, and presently serves as a mentor for law students at William Mitchell College of Law.
Lehrman is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Adath Synagogue in Minnetonka MN where he leads the MN Interfaith Darfur Coalition. He also acts as a special advisor to the Board of the Minneapolis Jewish Community Center. Lehrman is a member of The Minnesota Venture Capital Association, The Minnesota Bar Association, and serves on the University of MN Business Advisory Council.
Lehrman graduated from Carleton College (Northfield, MN) with a BA in economics and received a JD from William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul, MN). In 2002-2003, Lehrman completed a specialized graduate course for Venture Capitalists at the University of MN Medical School.
