Greater San Francisco isn’t overrated, just overpriced. It pays to consider starting up where necessities, from housing to talent, haven’t already been bid up to the stratosphere. In the e…
What Drives the Highest Rated Cloud Computing Companies to Work For?
Just how important is company culture and employee happiness in the current, ultra-competitive tech economy? In a word, very. That is the main takeaway from the second annual Battery Ventures/Glassdoo…
Five Questions in Five Minutes with the CEO of Entelo
Portfolio Spotlight: Jon Bischke, CEO of Entelo Each month, Battery highlights a different portfolio-company CEO with our “Five Questions in Five Minutes” feature, showcasing the diversity of the Batt…
What Cognitive Science Taught Me About Design
I graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Cognitive Science. Everytime I tell someone that, their immediate reply is, “What’s that?” Well, the University of Virginia is a 200-year old…
Beyond eBay: Lessons from the Experts in Scaling Today’s Online Marketplaces
We’ve come a long way from eBay. That famous online marketplace from the Internet 1.0 era—best known for hawking kitschy collectibles like Pez dispensers—is a far cry from the highly targeted, sophist…
Five Questions in Five Minutes with the CEO of Collibra
Portfolio Spotlight: Felix Van de Maele, CEO of Collibra Each month, Battery highlights a different portfolio-company CEO with our “Five Questions in Five Minutes” feature, showcasing the diversity o…
Good Product Team/Bad Product Team
As the vice-president of product at Amplitude, a product analytics company that helps teams rapidly build products that work better for their users and grow their businesses, I work with hundreds of d…
Radical Approaches to the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage
Every time a major security breach strikes, people are outraged by what they feel is the negligence and carelessness of the company responsible. “How could they possibly allow such incompetence? The C…
Five Questions in Five Minutes with the CEO of Mendix
Portfolio Spotlight: Derek Roos, CEO of Mendix Each month, Battery highlights a different portfolio-company CEO with our “Five Questions in Five Minutes” feature, showcasing the diversity of the Batt…
Battery Through the Years, and By the Numbers
One hundred and eleven active portfolio companies. Ten general partners—hailing from four continents—with an average tenure in the job of 12 years.* Deals done across the U.S., Canada, Israel and Euro…