Reed is a General Partner at Engine Ventures. He serves as a Board Member for Anthology, Amide, Atlantic Quantum Computing, Axoft, Celestial AI, Hyperlight, Sync Computing and The Routing Company.

Reed was a founder and Managing Director at Project 11 Ventures and Techstars Boston. He attended MIT and has a background in software. Reed ran Microsoft Startup Labs in Cambridge and was VP of Technology at Idealab, Boston. Early in his career, he created Freelance Graphics which was acquired by Lotus Development Corp. He has been a lecturer at MIT Sloan and is a frequent speaker at MIT entrepreneurship courses and programs.