Scott Tobin. Scott joined Battery in 1997 and currently leads investments in Israel, the US and Europe. His investments include Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), Anobit Technologies (acquired by Apple), @stake (acquired by Symantec), Champions Oncology, Diablo Technologies, IDI Direct Insurance, Istra Research, ITA Software (acquired by Google), Kashya (acquired by EMC), The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE; acquired by Euronext), MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS), ProfitLogic (acquired by Oracle), Powerinbox (formerly ActivePath), Pursway, Sabre, Stratoscale, The Tennis Channel, Vayyar Imaging, Ximian (acquired by Novell), and ZeRTO.
Scott was named multiple times to the Forbes Midas List, which ranks top venture capitalists from around the world and in 2009 relocated to Battery’s Israel office to build the team there and to lead the firm’s expansion into Israel, the Middle East and Europe. Scott Tobin (sdtobin) Dave Tabors. Dave has been investing in software and services companies since joining Battery in 1995. His areas of interest span from startups, such as creating BladeLogic (IPO) with an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, through emerging companies such as SingleHop, to buyouts, such as the take-privates of Made2Manage Systems (Consona), Quovadx (resulting in Healthvision and Rogue Wave), Vero Software, and Jeeves. Dave has extensive experience with a variety of business models ranging from traditional license software to Software as a Service, as well as business services companies and exchanges. Dave’s current portfolio includes: Data Innovations, HighJump Software, IHS, Jeeves, Nova Instruments and Nova Metrix, SingleHop, and Vero Software.
Prior to Battery, Dave worked for investment consulting firm Cambridge Associates, where he conducted research on the venture capital industry and evaluated venture capital firms for clients. Dave graduated from Dartmouth College with honors in Engineering. Dave Tabors (dtabors) Roger Lee. Roger invests in great entrepreneurs building innovative companies across the software and consumer landscape. His investments include Angie’s List (IPO), Blue Jeans Network, FreeWheel, Gainsight, Groupon (IPO), Kontagent, Lotame, Narrative Science, PrimeRevenue, TrialPay and World Golf Tour.
He’s also involved with Gogobot. Roger was on the boards of BlueKai (acquired by Oracle), Insitu (acquired by Boeing), SafetyWeb (acquired by Experian), and Send the Trend (acquired by QVC). He was a board observer at Groupon prior to its IPO and at Neoteris prior to its acquisition by NetScreen. Before joining Battery, Roger spent 10 years as an entrepreneur and operator. Most recently, he was a co-founder of Corio, a leading managed service provider that was acquired by IBM.
Roger Lee (roger_lee) Ken Lawler. A 28-year veteran in the venture industry, Ken joined Battery in 1995 and currently acts as a Senior Advisor to the firm and board member at Calxeda. With a focus on enterprise infrastructure equipment and semiconductor companies, Ken led the firm’s investments in Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Advanced Analogic Technologies (NASDAQ: AATI), Amalfi Semiconductor (acquired by RF Micro Devices), Aurora Networks (acquired by a private investor), Calxeda, Lara Networks (acquired by Cypress Semiconductor), MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL), Optichron (acquired by NetLogic), Packet Engines (acquired by Alcatel), and SigmaTel (NASDAQ: SGTL).
Prior to joining Battery in 1995, Ken spent 10 years in venture capital at Patricof & Co. Ventures and Berkeley International Capital Corporation. Before starting his venture capital career in 1985, he worked in product management at Advanced Micro Devices and in engineering management at Teradyne and Fairchild Semiconductor. Ken Lawler (klawler9) Morgan Jones. Our entire investment staff works together as a single, global unit to evaluate and support potential investments. Every portfolio company — before, during and after we invest — will work with a dedicated team with the most relevant experience; experts who know your market, technology and customer dynamics nearly as well as you do. With a short learning curve, we waste no time and can add immediate value to your business. Your team is available around the clock – not just at board meetings – to help build your business.
And there are no boundaries: we can and will tap the resources, contacts and experience of the entire firm to help you build your idea into a category-defining company. We depend on nearly 30 years of experience to support you, but we recognize that no two companies are identical. Those differences require an investment partner who is knowledgeable, skilled and on the same page as management. Rick Frisbie. Rick Frisbie (GoBrowns) Sunil Dhaliwal « Mass High Tech Blog. Mar 21, 2014, 8:48am EDT Massachusetts consulting shop: Apple, Hewlett-Packard lead satisfaction ratings among computer-buyers Scores for companies factored in functional and emotional reactions to purchases. Mar 21, 2014, 8:21am EDT Harvard Business School to launch online education programs HBX is intended to expand the reach of the school's instruction and also make it available to people in more stages of their careers than current cohorts find themselves, the university says.
Mar 20, 2014, 1:47pm EDT Newton-based Desalitech announces partnership that will bring water solutions to Mexico, other countries Newton-based wastewater treatment company Desalitech has partnered with Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a Paris-based industrial and municipal water treatment technologies company, to bring advanced, cost-effective water solutions to Mexico and countries worldwide. The agreement was signed in Mexico City as part of Gov. The BBJ Newsroom @BostonBizNews. Sunil Dhaliwal (dhaliwas) Ollie Curme. Tom Crotty. After a dozen years as Managing General Partner overseeing all investment and operational aspects of Battery, Tom moved into a Senior Advisor role within the partnership.
He will act principally as an advisor on overall management and strategy of the firm, as well as stepping into portfolio board situations on an as needed basis. During his time as an investor, Tom focused on the communications and software industries, leading investments in dozens of early stage companies. Tom has been actively involved in promoting and lobbying on behalf of the Venture Capital industry, having served on the Board and Executive Committee of the National Venture Capital Association. He served on the Small Company IPO Task Force, which examined and recommended to the US Treasury and the SEC changes to existing securities regulations with the goal of increasing access to the public securities markets for small business. Tom began his Venture Capital career in 1986 when he joined Abacus Ventures. Michael Brown. Since joining Battery Ventures in 1998, Michael has made, or managed, multiple investments in the areas of financial services, enterprise software and technology-enabled business services.
Michael currently serves on the board of Bluestem Brands, Digby, ExactTarget (NYSE: ET, acquired by Salesforce.com), IDI Direct Insurance, J. Hilburn, Panjiva, Q2ebanking, and TradeKing. In addition, he has been actively involved with Battery’s investments in ChemConnect (acquired by InterContinental Exchange), The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) (acquired by Euronext), MRU Holdings, Neolane (acquired by Adobe) and OutlookSoft Corporation (acquired by SAP).
From 1996 to 1998, Michael was a member of the High Technology Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked on numerous debt and equity financings and merger and acquisition assignments. Michael Brown (MichaelDBrown) Michael Brown (m1kegbrown) Neeraj Agrawal. Neeraj joined Battery in 2000 and invests in enterprise software/SaaS, technology-enabled services and Internet companies. He was a founding investor in BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG, acquired by BMC). In addition to BladeLogic, Neeraj’s investments include Applimation (acquired by Informatica), Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV), Brightree, Consona (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Glassdoor, Guidewire Software (NASDAQ: GWRE), Internet Brands (acquired by Hellman & Friedman), LifeMed Media, Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO), Mass Relevance, Omniture (acquired by Adobe), RealPage (NASDAQ: RP), Sprinklr, Tealium, VSS Monitoring (acquired by Danaher), Wayfair (formerly CSN Stores), and Yesware.
Prior to Battery, Neeraj worked as a product manager at Real Networks, an operating executive at SkyTV, and a management consultant with Booz-Allen. Neeraj holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from Cornell University as well as an MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School. Neeraj Agrawal - LinkedIn. Neeraj Kumar Agrawal (NeerajKA)