Erik Moore is the Founder, Managing Partner, Managing Director, and Partner at Base Ventures. Moore co-founded FlickLaunch.com, Rule LX, and Concentric Circles. Moore is an Advisor of Fund Good Jobs, Inc. Previously, he was employed at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. After a rewarding 15-year career in investment banking, Moore secured an early retirement from Merrill Lynch in 2011. Erik Moore was a seed investor in Zappos.com. Moore serves as a board member for the East Bay College Fund. He has served on the board of Morrisania West and Oakland's OK (Our Kids) program and Concentric Circles. Moore was a Trustee of Saint Mary's College High School in Berkeley, his Alma mater, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, taught French. He speaks fluent French. Moore earned a B.A. in French from Dartmouth College, and dual graduate degrees; an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School and an M.A. in International Studies-French from the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Erik Moore received his Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. There he studied French as a main and History minor. He was a member of a secret society, President of Alpha Phi Alpha, Vice President of AAM. he also volunteered in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa for three months and studied in Toulouse and Blois France for six months. Moore earned his M.A. in International Relations/Business - French from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to studying there, he also received his M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania. While studying there, he spent one month in Greater China.

Erik formed Baseline Ventures from a love for investing in trailblazing tech start-ups. During the past 12-years, Erik has invested in almost two dozen trailblazing start-ups. He's always believed in the powerful magic of human potential. Erik was a seed investor in Zappos.com which was sold to Amazon for $1.2b and Agencourt Biosciences which was sold to Beckman Coulter for $270mm.

Erik is deeply involved in his community.

He currently serves as a Board Member for the East Bay College Fund whose mission is to help resilient youth from Oakland, historically underrepresented in higher education, go to college and expand their life opportunities. He has served on the board of Morrisania West, an organization dedicated to at risk children in the Western Addition, SF. Erik was also a Board Member for Oakland's OK (Our Kids) program which facilitated a partnership between the police , schools, and the community to help prevent kids from entering the juvenile system. He co-founded an organization, Concentric Circles, that provides informal mentoring and teaches the principals of yōga to youth currently in the juvenile system and those recently released from juvenile hall. Finally, Erik is a former Trustee of Saint Mary's College High School in Berkeley, his alma mater, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, taught French in the summer, and captained the football team for two years.

Base Ventures, founded by Erik Moore, is a seed-stage fund investing in technology companies. Current portfolio includes InDinero, Virool, Surf Airlines, PlanGrid, StyleSeat, Mayvenn, and others. Successful exits include Socialcam (acquired by Autodesk), Crowdalbum (acquired by Spotify), Modest (Acquired by Braintree), and Appstores (acquired by InMobi). ^[1]