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Ethan Kurzweil

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Ethan Kurzweil is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in San Francisco, California, known for his expertise in venture capital and strategic partnerships. He has made significant investments in companies like TRM Labs and ForeVR Games, and serves on the boards of PagerDuty and Intercom, among others.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2008 - Current

BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.

  • Board Member

    2014

    IPO April 2019

PagerDuty is an operations performance platform that helps monitor IT infrastructure, detect issues, and resolve incidents.

Raised $523,600,000.00 from Wellington Management, Andreessen Horowitz, T. Rowe Price, Accel and Bessemer Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2014

Intercom is a software company that creates modern customer service software that redefines how businesses support their customers.

Raised $240,750,000.00 from ICONIQ Growth, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures and Vulcan Capital.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2010

    Board Observer until IPO June 2016

Twilio is a cloud communication company that enables users to use standard web languages to build voice, VoIP, and SMS apps via a web API.

Raised $614,415,525.00 from TCV.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2012

    Board Observer until IPO November 2017

SendGrid is a cloud-based customer communication platform that drives engagement and business growth.

Raised $80,368,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2018

  • Investor

    2018

  • Board Member

    2019

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows software development teams to deliver to their customers.

Raised $330,300,000.00 from Redpoint, Heavybit, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Uncork Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners, Threshold, Lead Edge Capital and Bloomberg Beta.

  • Board Member

    2018

Manychat helps businesses do marketing, sales and support through Facebook Messenger.

Raised $23,125,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners and Flint Capital.

  • Board Member

    2016

VTS is a real estate CRM software company bringing together landlords, brokers, and tenants to make deals happen.

Raised $462,360,000.00 from BentallGreenOak, AmTrust Financial Services, Insight Partners and Brookfield Growth.

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