General Partners

Neerak Agrawal

Neeraj Agrawal

Boston
Neeraj joined Battery in 2000 and invests in enterprise software, technology-enabled services and Internet companies. He was a founding investor in BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG, acquired by BMC Software) and helped the founders launch the company with the acquisition of NetworkShell.

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Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Boston
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.

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Tom Crotty

Tom Crotty

Boston
Tom joined Battery in 1989 and is responsible for managing all investment and operational aspects of the firm. His primary focus has been on the communications and e-commerce sectors, with investments including @stake Inc. (acquired by Symantec), Advanced Computer Communications (acquired by Newbridge Networks), Amber Wave Systems (acquired by U.S. Robotics), AnswerSoft (acquired by Davox), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing), FaxSav Inc. (NASDAQ: FAXX), FORE Systems (NASDAQ: FORE), Primary Rate Inc. (acquired by Xircom), RADNET Ltd. (acquired by Siemens) and Witness Systems (NASDAQ: WITS).

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Ollie Curme

Ollie Curme

Boston
Ollie joined Battery in 1985 and focuses on investments in software and computing. Some of his investments include Aurum Software (acquired by Baan Company), Chordiant Software (NASDAQ: CHRD), LifeMed Media (dLife), Fingerhut, HNC Software (NASDAQ: HNCS), Infoseek (NASDAQ: SEEK), Netezza, OutlookSoft Corporation (acquired by SAP) and Pixelworks (NASDAQ: PXLW).

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Sunil Dhaliwal

Sunil Dhaliwal

Boston
Sunil joined Battery in 1998 and focuses on investments in IT infrastructure and financial services. Sunil is currently an investor in GreenBytes, Neocleus, Next Investments, Opscode, and Viridity Software. He has previously served as a director or board observer at CipherTrust, Inc. (acquired by Secure Computing), Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), Storigen Systems (acquired by EMC), @stake (acquired by Symantec) and Storability Software (acquired by StorageTek).

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Rick Frisbie

Rick Frisbie

Boston
Rick founded Battery Ventures nearly 25 years ago. In his current role, Rick acts principally as an advisor on the overall management and strategy of the firm. His current portfolio responsibilities are concentrated in the telecom sector and include MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) and Zayo Bandwidth.

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Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones

Boston
Morgan joined Battery in 1996 and focuses broadly on investments in industrial technologies, semiconductors and disruptive hardware/communications markets. His areas of interest encompass late stage private equity investments as well as early stage venture. Morgan’s major investments at Battery include Achronix, Akara (acquired by Ciena), Movius, Nova Analytics, Nova Technologies (acquired by Idex Corp.), Optium (now Finisar, NASDAQ: FNSR), Qtera (acquired by Nortel), and Veraz Networks (NASDAQ: VRAZ).

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Ken Lawler

Ken Lawler

Silicon Valley
A 20-year veteran in the venture industry, Ken joined Battery in 1995. He manages Battery's Menlo Park office and focuses on investments in communications infrastructure equipment, clean tech and advanced materials, and semiconductor companies. Since joining Battery, he has led the firm’s investments in Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Advanced Analogic Technologies (NASDAQ: AATI), Amalfi Semiconductor, Aurora Networks, Lara Networks (acquired by Cypress Semiconductor), Optichron, Packet Engines (acquired by Alcatel), SigmaTel (NASDAQ: SGTL), Smooth-Stone, and Zenverge.

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Roger Lee

Roger Lee

Silicon Valley
Roger joined Battery in 2001 and focuses on the software, consumer Internet and digital media markets. Roger is currently a board member at Angie's List, FreeWheel, Groupon (observer), Lotame, PrimeRevenue, Spot Runner, TrialPay and World Golf Tour. He was on the board of Insitu (acquired by Boeing), and he was a board observer at Neoteris prior to its acquisition by NetScreen.

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Dave Tabors

Dave Tabors

Boston
Dave has been investing in software and services companies since joining Battery in 1995. His areas of interest span from startups, such as the creation of BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG, acquired by BMC Software) with an entrepreneur-in-residence, through emerging companies such as Vastera (NASDAQ: VAST), to buyouts, such as the take-privates of HighJump Software, Made2Manage Systems, Onyx Software, Knova Software, and Quovadx (resulting in Healthvision and Rogue Wave).

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Scott Tobin

 

Scott Tobin

Israel and Boston
Scott joined Battery in 1997 and currently leads investments in Israel, the US and Europe. His investments include Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), Anobit Technologies, @stake (acquired by Symantec), ITA Software, Kashya (acquired by EMC), The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE; acquired by Euronext), MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS), ProfitLogic (acquired by Oracle), Pursway, Sabre, The Tennis Channel, Ximian (acquired by Novell), and ZeRTO.

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