Password Management Goes Open-Source, and into the Enterprise: Our Investment in Bitwarden - Battery Ventures
Talks about Battery Ventures, Bitwarden and password management
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Michael Hoeksema
Vice President at Battery Ventures
Brooklyn, New York
Overview
Michael Hoeksema is a Venture Capital Investor at Battery Ventures in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in growth investing across various sectors such as Enterprise Infrastructure and SaaS. With a background as Vice President at Battery Ventures and experience at JMI Equity, he brings strong leadership and data analysis skills to his role, focusing on Series A and Seed stage investments in New York City.
Hoeksema's career highlights include his role as Vice President at Battery Ventures, where he leverages his expertise in marketing and sales to drive successful investments in sectors like IoT and Cloud Infrastructure, showcasing a track record of strategic growth investing. His educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree from Amherst College and experience at renowned institutions like JMI Equity and North Bridge Growth Equity, further solidifying his reputation as a seasoned venture capital investor.
Work Experience
Vice President
2017 - Current
Battery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, enterprise infrastructure, online marketplaces, healthcare IT and industrial technology. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from seed and early to growth and buyout, and covers technology markets from six strategic locations including Boston; Menlo Park and San Francisco, Calif.; Herzliya, Israel; London; and New York. Current Battery Investments: Array, Bitwarden, CarNow, Code Ocean, Cube, Mattermost, Obie, Usergems Past Investments: Repeat (Acq. by TSX:TINY / WeCommerce), VNDLY (Acq. by NASDAQ:WDAY) The views expressed here are my own and do not represent the views of my employer Battery Ventures; furthermore, there is no investment advice intended. For a full list of all Battery investments and exits, please visit: https://www.battery.com/our-companies/list/
Battery Ventures is a investment firm that focuses on technology.
Software Investor
2015 - 2017
Investment Experience: - automotiveMastermind Series A (2016, acquired by IHS Markit) - Classy.org Series C (2016) - Arena Solutions Buyout (2017, acquired by PTC)
JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in software companies.
Summer Analyst
2014 - 2014
Guidepost Growth Equity is a equity firm that partners with technology companies offering application software and data services.
Raised $157,200,000.00 from Nate Rosenthal.
Director of Sales and Customer Service
2011 - 2014