Howard Lee Morgan (born November 14, 1945) is an American venture capitalist, philanthropist, angel investor, author, and contributor to Business Insider.

[2][3] He also serves as the chairman, CEO, director, board member or advisor for an assortment of companies including B Capital,[4] Arca Group, Idealab, and Math for America.

As a result of this early participation in the Internet, he advised many corporate and government agencies on the uses of electronic and voice mail, implementing it throughout the Wharton School in the mid-1970s.

He has been an active consultant and speaker to users and vendors in the information systems area for more than 30 years, and has worked with many of the Fortune 100 companies and numerous government agencies.

Books Since 1989, he has been president of the Arca Group, Inc., a consulting and venture capital investment management firm specializing in the area of computer and communications technologies.

He has been involved in more than three dozen startups and was a lead investor in the formation of Bill Gross’s Idealab, a Pasadena based incubator for internet companies.

Howard Morgan served as a board member on Internet Brands until the media company was acquired in December 2010 by Hellman & Friedman for a reported $640 million.

In 2017, after retiring from First Round Capital, Morgan joined B Cap Group as chairman, where he oversees the firm's investment, product strategy, partnership and development efforts.