Managing Partner
BaseCamp Ventures
Mel Baiada is managing partner at BaseCamp Ventures, an early stage venture fund; and a partner of Grapevine Development, a smart-growth NJ based real estate development firm.
Baiada founded Bluestone, Inc. in 1989 to provide technology expertise to Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations. Under his direction, Bluestone rapidly grew to a multi-million dollar company, earning its inclusion in the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the U.S. for three straight years, from 1994 to 1996. The software arm underwent a successful IPO in 1999, and was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2000.
Through his generous contributions, Drexel University was able to add the Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship in Technology to its campus. Baiada currently serves on the Boards of BAYADA Home Health Care, Drexel University Online, and several private companies.