Jeff Bussgang
General Partnerat Flybridge Capital Partners
Jeff Bussgang
General Partnerat Flybridge Capital Partners
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner and Co-Founder
2003 - Current
Seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston and New York City investing in entrepreneurs across a range of sectors who share our vision for leveraging the power of community. With over $1 billion under management across six seed funds and nine network funds, portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Bowery, Chief, Codecademy (acq: SKILL), FalconX, Firebase (acq: GOOG), Habi, Infracommerce (BVMF: IFCM3), MadeiraMadeira, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), Open English, and Splice.
Managing Partner and Founder
2016
A $10+M fund that invests in pre-seed and seed startups founded by recent Harvard graduates. Portfolio companies include Aerovect, Akooda, Aliro, Allianca Hospitalar, AllSpice, Alpha Vantage, Amartha, Arch, Banyan Infrastructure, BoldVoice, Boundless, BoxBot, Camino Financial, Candoor, Carma, Climacell, Condor, Coprata, Covalent, Dexai Robotics, EmCasa, Factor Hardware, Funding Societies, Garage, Getaway, Gryps, H2OK, Habi, Hardfin, Heirloom, Hemlane, Hey Jane, Hue, Khibra, Local Locker, LovePop, Meritic, Mosaic, Noetica, OnRamp, Osmosis, Ribbon Health, Shpyard, Stride, Syrup, TimeCredit, Toolbox, TopLine Pro, Twenty, UpEquity, Visor, X-COR, Yalla Fel Sekka, Zoba, and Zubale.
Senior Lecturer
2012
Teach three second-year MBA classes in the entrepreneurship department: (1) Launching Technology Ventures (LTV), focusing on pre-product-market fit startups; (2) Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB), focusing on the unique challenges that BIPOC entrepreneurs face as they scale; and (3) Venture Capital Journey (VCJ), focusing on building a successful VC career. Authored over 50 HBS cases and teaching notes.
Co-Founder and Board Chair
2016
Hack.Diversity tackles the underrepresentation of high-skilled, minority employees in the innovation ecosystem. We recruit Black and Latinx computer science and engineering students into the most innovative, fastest-growing companies--training, coaching, and mentoring employer and employee throughout the experience. Across our seven cohorts, we have a network of 500+ Fellows who have gained entry into the tech ecosystem, impacting the racial wealth gap for thousands of families.
Seed Investor
2021
The leading digital platform for financing international purchases and providing full visibility into your supply chain.
Seed Investor
2022
Syrup Tech is an AI-powered predictive software venture for inventory excellent in commerce, empowering merchandisers and planners at omni-channel brands and retailers to make data-driven inventory decisions.
Seed Investor
2020
AllSpice develops software tools for electrical engineering teams to accelerate the development of next-generation hardware products. The "Github of Hardware".
Seed Investor
2019
FalconX is a digital assets brokerage that provides a single account connected to global crypto liquidity pools. Asset managers can execute trades at prices smart routed across liquidity sources, and settle with a single counterparty. Announced financing led by GIC and Tiger at an $8 billion valuation in 2022.
Seed Investor
2015
Pioneer in indoor farming, creating the ideal conditions for growing the purest produce imaginable. Announced investment from Fidelity in mid-2021 at a $2.3 billion valuation.
Seed Investor
2019
Habi is a digital platform that aims to simplify the process of buying and selling real estate properties. The company announced a financing led by Home Brew and Softbank that valued the company at more than $1 billion in 2022.