JW

Jordan Welu

Partner at Battery Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2014 - Current

    Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm pursuing the most promising companies and ideas. Founded in 1983, our firm makes venture-capital and private equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel. We work hard, but humbly, and are guided by data-driven processes. We seek out extraordinary businesses and leaders who operate the same way. At Battery, I focus on growth- and late-stage investments for enterprise software companies focused on vertical applications and infrastructure, including devops, security, middleware and networking.

  • VP, Corporate Development

    2007 - 2014

    Solely responsible for the creation and execution of Rogue Wave’s acquisition strategy, including sector evaluation, target identification, transaction negotiation, due diligence, transaction financing and business integration

  • Director, Finance

    2005 - 2007

  • Research Associate, Enterprise Application Software

    2003 - 2005

    Coverage included: Ascential Software, Brio, Business Objects, Cognos, Documentum, E.piphany, FileNet, Hyperion Solutions, Informatica, JD Edwards, MapInfo, Microsoft, Microstrategy, Novell, Oracle, Palmsource, PeopleSoft, Pervasive Software, Red Hat, Siebel Systems, Sybase and salesforce.com.

  • Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions

    2000 - 2002

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