Mr. D’Amore co-founded North Bridge Venture Partners, a venture-capital firm. Mr. D’Amore pledged $30-million to Northeastern University for its school of business. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the university in 1976 and serves on the institution’s Board of Trustees. He also has an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration where he was a Baker Scholar. Rich D'Amore has been with North Bridge since the company's inception in 1994. Before co-founding North Bridge, he spent fourteen years at Hambro International Equity Partners, establishing the firm's Boston office. His investments have been split between early stage projects and special situations. Before joining Hambro in 1982, he worked as a consultant at Bain and Company and was a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Young and Company.