Jordan Welu
Partner at Battery Ventures
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
Education
BA
1994 - 1998
Foreign Study
1996 - 1997