Larry Cheng
Managing Partner at Volition Capital
Larry Cheng
Managing Partner at Volition Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
2010 - Current
Volition Capital is a Boston-based growth equity firm that invests in high growth, principally bootstrapped, founder-owned businesses in the software, Internet, and consumer sectors. Larry's investments include: Arteza (Director) Burst Oral Care (Director) Doing Things Media (Director) GameStop (NYSE: GME) (Director) Grove Collaborative (NYSE: GROV) (Director) Mozaic (Director) Recycle Track Systems - RTS (Director) Rounds (Director) Screenverse (Director) Sensible Care (Director) Super73 (Director) US Mobile (Director) Chewy (Nasdaq: CHWY) Connatix (acquired by Court Square Capital Partners) Cortera (acquired by Moody’s) Globaltranz (acquired by Jordan Companies) Stylesight (acquired by Top Right Group)
Partner
2005 - 2009
Fidelity Ventures was the US technology venture capital arm affiliated with Fidelity Investments. Larry's investments Included: Cortera (Director) - acquired by Moody's Mindshift Technologies (Director) - acquired by Best Buy Verid (Director) - acquired by EMC Prosper Marketplace (Director)
Senior Associate
2000 - 2005
Battery is a global, technology-focused investment firm. Larry's investments Included: OpenNetwork Technologies (Board Director, Acquired by BMC) Ximian (Board Observer, Acquired by Novell) Viewlocity (Board Director, IPO) OpenCola (Board Director, Acquired by OpenText) Ruckus Network (Board Director)
Associate
1998 - 2000
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm. The firm has over $5 billion under management and invests globally, with offices in San Francisco, Redwood City, New York City, Boston, Israel, and India. Larry's investments included: SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQST) Vistacare (Nasqaq: VSTA) Traffic.com (Nasdaq: TRFC) Virtual Growth (Acquired by Administaff)
Associate Consultant
1996 - 1998
Growth strategy consulting firm for Fortune 500 companies.
Chairman and President
1995 - 1996
A $4 million student run company comprising 11 different agency businesses.
Education
BA
1992 - 1996