Rebecca S. Connolly

Becky is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Tiger Iron Capital and a 25-year veteran of the venture capital industry.
Becky’s passion for the venture capital industry began at Boston College Law School when a partner from Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault was a guest lecturer in her corporate tax class.
Her innate geekiness was piqued hearing about the start-up companies and venture capitalists that the then-venerable Boston-based law firm represented.
She went on to begin her career at TH&T and served as general counsel and advisor to high growth technology companies, counseling them on a wide range of legal, business and strategic issues.
She also represented venture capitalists in their financing of start-up companies and provided them with general counsel and guidance in their fund formation and fund raising processes.
What Becky most enjoyed about her days as a lawyer, however, were her interactions with the venture capital community and watching the “sausage making” process of her start-up company clients growing from concept to public offering.
This caused her to change careers and become more involved in the investing side of the industry.
In 2004, Becky joined Fairview Capital Partners, where she was an investment partner and a member of the investment committee for the 12 years before founding Tiger Iron.
At Fairview, Becky was involved in the management of 22 multi-investor and single-investor fund-of-funds and customized separate account programs, representing a mix of institutional investors including state and municipal pension plans, corporate ERISA plans, endowments and foundations.
Becky holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School.