In remembrance: Todd Brooks

February 17, 2007 | Matt Marshall

Todd Brooks, a former venture capitalist with the Mayfield Fund, in Silicon Valley, who had been trying to raise his own fund until recently, has passed away. We never met Todd, but we’re told he was a good man, and great friend to many in the community.

Dan Primack, who spoke to Todd on several occasions, has more details here, and points to an online forum for friends and colleagues.

As Dan writes, those close to him say Todd has long suffered from depression, and struggled with this pain throughout the years. Todd ended his fight with depression by leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge late Thursday night.

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Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.