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Lauren Wedell

Vice President at Battery Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Lauren Wedell is the Vice President at Battery Ventures in Boston, Massachusetts, with a background in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. She has a strong track record in financial analysis and investments, having worked at reputable firms like William Blair and Fidelity Investments. Highlights of Lauren's career include her role as Vice President at Battery Ventures and her experience as an Investment Banking Analyst at William Blair, showcasing her expertise in private equity and financial analysis.

Work Experience 

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Battery Ventures

  • Vice President

    2021 - Current

    Selected transaction experience: • Wood Resource International (WRI) (Acquired by ResourceWise, March 2022) • Farsight Security (Acquired by DomainTools, November 2021) • Questionmark (Acquired by Learnosity, July 2021) • DomainTools (November 2020) • Tecnon OrbiChem (Acquired by ResourceWise, April 2020) • Great Bay Software (Acquired by Plixer, November 2019) • Fisher International (Acquired by ResourceWise, August 2019) • Forest2Market (August 2019) Responsible for M&A sourcing and execution for the following portfolio companies: • Alogent • DomainTools • ResourceWise (formerly Forest2Market) • Learnosity • Plixer • Concurrent Real-Time (Exited April 2021 to Spectris) • Enviance (Exited January 2020 to Thoma Bravo-backed Cority) For a full list of Battery’s portfolio companies and exits, please click here: https://www.battery.com/our-companies/list/.

  • Associate

    2018

Battery Ventures is a investment firm that focuses on technology.

battery.com
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William Blair

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    Closed transactions include: • Sale of PowerPlan to Roper for $1,110M (Closed June 2018) • Sale of Viewpoint to Trimble for $1,200M (Closed April 2018) • Sale of e-Builder to Trimble for $500M (Closed February 2018)

YW

Yellow Wood Partners, LLC

  • Intern

    2017 - 2017

Yellow Wood Partners is a private equity firm that seeks to make majority investments through buyouts.

yellowwoodpartners.com
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Accomplice VC

  • VC Intern

    2016 - 2016

Accomplice is a seed-led venture capital firm that primarily invests in technology startup companies.

accomplice.co
WB

William Blair

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2016 - 2016

    Summer Analyst in the Technology Group

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Normandy Advisors, LLC

  • Research Analyst

    2015 - 2016

    Deal sourcing and origination for companies in industrial and technology industries. Created marketing materials, teasers, and one page reports for current and potential clients.

Normandy Advisors is a leading buy side advisory firm dedicated to providing targeted deal sourcing services to private equity firms.

normandyadvisors.com
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Fidelity Investments

  • Contracts Intern

    2015 - 2015

    Revisiting agreements, consulting for policy changes, critiquing training courses, and developing a social media platform

Fidelity is a privately-owned investment manager focusing on a diverse set of customers.

Raised $152,825,000.00.

fidelity.com

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