Maren Hopkins
Principal, BVP Forge at Bessemer Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal, BVP Forge
2022 - Current
BVP Forge is a purpose built global platform for significant minority and majority investments in high growth, capital efficient software, tech-enabled services and internet businesses leveraging Bessemer Venture Partners’ unique resources and network.
BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.
Principal
2022
Vice President
2019 - 2022
Investments: A Cloud Guru (Acquired by Pluralsight), Hudl, BuilderTrend, Axtria, Mixpanel, When I Work
Bain Capital is an alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.
Tech Investment Banking Associate
2018 - 2018
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
New Product Introduction PM
2014 - 2018
Managed the design, development, and build of upcoming devices by actively working with the internal dev team and contract manufacturers in Asia. Specifically supported development and launch of SurfaceBook (October 2015), HoloLens (March 2016) and Surface Laptop (June 2017). Focus on early design evaluation, risk mitigation, supply chain management, problem solving and yield improvement from initial concept prototype builds through mass production launch.
Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.
Electrification Architecture Engineer
2013 - 2013
Worked at GM's Technical Center in Warren Michigan focusing on hybrid and electric powertrains as part of the Electrification Architecture group. Performed and analyzed fuel economy estimates using vehicle simulations, applied numerical data from dynamometer tests and analyzed worst case operating points for various hybrid and electric vehicles.
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Raised $6,508,505,310.00 from US Department of Energy, US Department of Energy, Fannie Mae, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.
IRES Researcher
2012 - 2012
Researched and prototyped Dye Sensitized Solar Cells using indigenous plant species as a low cost alternative to conventional solar cells. Presented and published results at the American Chemical Society regional conference in October 2012. Work done as part of an IRES program through the National Science Foundation completed research in Botswana jointly under professors from the University of Botswana and Case Western Reserve University.
National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports research and education in the fields of science and engineering.