Atlas Venture Consolidates in Boston, Fred Destin, the Firm's High-Profile Partner and Blogger, to Leave Europe

Atlas Venture announced January 19 that during 2010 the firm will bring all operations together at a new office in the Boston area and that partner Fred Destin is relocating from Europe to Boston.  

 "My team has built great momentum from ourBoston base, and I am excited to join them in the US.  I look forward to leveraging my European digital media and internet experience across the portfolio and in helping to build some great new companies on the East Coast." Destin said in a prepared statement. 

Christopher Spray will remain in London with responsibility for managing the existing European portfolio, while Graham O'Keeffe and Regina Hodits have transitioned to Venture Partner roles.  Atlas Venture's fundamental international early stage investment strategy will not change. The partners said they will continue to add new European investments to their international portfolio.

Atlas Venture is an early-stage international venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences businesses. Since inception in 1980, its partners have helped build over 350 companies in more than 16 different countries.  Atlas Venture is currently investing from its eighth fund which closed in late 2008.