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Mike Droesch
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Mike Droesch is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Boston, Massachusetts, with expertise in strategy, management consulting, and renewable energy. He has made significant investments in companies like Curri and Optimal Dynamics, and serves on the boards of Tackle.io and Cypress.io.
Droesch holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and has a background in mechanical engineering, contributing to his success in the cleantech and energy sectors. He has a track record of successful investments in Series A and Series B companies, focusing on areas like cloud infrastructure and enterprise technology.
Work Experience
Partner
2017 - Current
BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.
Board Member
2020
Board Member
2019
Board Member
2021
Cloud-Native Network Defense Platform for All Your Cloud and On-Prem Traffic
Raised $47,600,000.00 from Harpoon, Mango Capital, SYN Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.
Board Member
2021
Curri is a construction materials provider that develops a last-mile delivery app that connects supply stores to customers.
Raised $48,150,000.00 from Applico Capital, Santa Barbara Venture Partners, Brick & Mortar Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Initialized Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2021
Optimal Dynamics is a SaaS company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to disrupt the logistics industry.
Raised $55,795,000.00 from Activate Capital Partners, The Westly Group and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Board Observer
2017
ACV is a full-service dealer marketplace that runs online automotive auctions.
Raised $351,000,000.00 from JBS Investment Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Durable Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Fidelity, Wellington Management and Atreides Management.
Board Observer
2018
Electric manages IT and real-time IT support for the team through a centralized SaaS app.
Raised $212,100,001.00 from Harmonic Growth Partners, Slack Fund, J.A.S Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Notable Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Two Culture Capital, Primary Venture Partners and 01 Advisors.
Board Observer
2017
High-performance attack protection for Linux production environments – whether containerized, virtualized, or bare-metal, on-prem or cloud
Raised $30,000,000.00 from Intel Capital, Rain Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and ClearSky.
Education
Investments
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