Bradley H. Lehrman Bradley H. Lehrman is 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 is also a founder and fund manager of Portage Equity Investments I, LLC and Portage Equity Investments II LP, early stage accredited venture capital seed funds. Portage Equity funds invests in software, Internet content and Internet enablers, medical device, biotech, telecommunications, wireless web, and IT technology companies. Portage Equity I preferred to invest $50,000-100,000 per transaction. Its portfolio investments include August Technologies Inc., Learning Byte International Inc., Media DVX Inc., Point Cloud Inc., Profit Solutions, Inc. and InAlysys Inc. Lehrman is also a founder, advisor or Board member for Companies such as Reliastar Investment Research, Demand Video Inc., Iconoculture Inc., Chart Industries, Visual Circuits, Inc. and Kenesis Medical, 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 dedicated a significant portion of his professional career to community issues. He serves as a Board member of The Minnesota Advocates For Human Rights 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 also serves as a Board member for The Jewish Family and Children's Service.

Lehrman has lectured extensively on business and legal issues associated with venture capital, corporate finance and business law.

Lehrman graduated from Carleton College (Northfield, MN) in 1977 with a BA in economics and received a JD from William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul, MN) in 1981.