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Ethan Kurzweil

Partner
San Francisco

Biography

Ethan is a partner in the San Francisco office and a leading investor in developer platforms, data infrastructure, digital consumer applications, and consumer-facing crypto. He’s passionate about new platforms that provide technologists and business users with democratized access to cutting-edge technical tooling and applications like gaming, entertainment, media, creator tools, and other products that have the potential to change the way we live, play, and interact.

Before joining Bessemer in 2008, he worked for Dow Jones & Co., managing the turnaround of international editions of the Wall Street Journal, and Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life. Earlier in his career, Ethan co-founded SSB-Bart Group (now known as Level-Access), a company whose mission is to make the Internet accessible to users with disabilities.

Ethan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Raised in Boston, he remains a Red Sox fan for life.

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“Developers are increasingly powerful decision makers within organizations. It’s exciting that we’ve only just begun to capture and create value for this thriving ecosystem.”

Portfolio Companies

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LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that enables software teams to build better software faster with less risk by decoupling the deployment of code from the release of features to users.

Founded

2014

Partnered

2019

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Cloud Developer Enterprise

PagerDuty

NYSE: PD
Developer Cloud Enterprise

SendGrid

NYSE: SEND / ACQUIRED BY: TWILIO
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SendGrid

SendGrid is a proven, cloud-based customer communication platform that drives engagement and business growth. In 2017, SendGrid went public (NYSE: SEND) and was then acquired by Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) in 2018.

NYSE: SEND / ACQUIRED BY: TWILIO

Investors

Byron Deeter

Founded

2009

Partnered

2012

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Investment Memo

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Twilio

NYSE: TWLO
Developer Enterprise

Twitch

ACQUIRED BY: AMAZON
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Twitch

Twitch is a social video platform for gamers where more than 100 million gather every month to broadcast, watch and talk about video games. In 2014, Twitch was acquired by Amazon for ~$1 billion.

ACQUIRED BY: AMAZON

Founded

2011

Partnered

2012

Roadmaps

Investment Memo

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