Ethan Kurzweil
Director/Board Member at Intercom, Inc. (California)
Profile
Ethan is a partner in the San Francisco office and a leading investor in a variety of technology verticals, including developer platforms, the new data infrastructure stack, 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.
In addition, Ethan is particularly excited about web3 and consumer-facing crypto applications like gaming, entertainment, media, creators, 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.
Ethan Kurzweil active positions
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Intercom, Inc. (California)
 Intercom, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intercom, Inc. provides an integrated customer communications platform. It offers a simple, personal messaging service for Internet businesses and their customers. The firm also provides a single, integrated platform for the whole company to use for support, marketing, product, and sales communication. The company was founded by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, David Barrett and Ciaran Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 21/01/2014 |
SweetLabs, Inc.
 SweetLabs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SweetLabs, Inc. provides application software solutions. It offers solutions to enable device manufacturers to monetize and differentiate their products through apps. The company was founded by Darrius N. Thompson , Adrian Bourke, Mark Chweh, Blake Machado, Matt Meredith and Chester NG in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Piazza Technologies, Inc.
 Piazza Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Piazza Technologies, Inc. provides an online collaboration platform for students and teachers to communicate about complex problems in real time. The company was founded by Pooja Nath Sankar in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/11/2011 |
npm, Inc.
 npm, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services npm, Inc. provides services and support for the node.js and npm projects. It offers docusign, siriusXM, uber, and visa, to manage and deploy packages. The company was founded by Roderick Boothby, Isaac Z. Schlueter and Laurie James Voss in 2014 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/03/2015 |
View The Space, Inc.
 View The Space, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services View The Space, Inc. engages in the development of online platform for the real estate industry. It creates virtual commercial-property tours and collects leasing data for landlords, agency brokers, and tenants representatives. The company was founded by Nicholas John Romito, Jr., Karl Baum, Eric S. Yuan, Niall Smart, and Ryan Anthony Masiello in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 28/11/2016 |
Okera, Inc.
 Okera, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Okera, Inc. develops cloud infrastructure, data, and security software. The company was founded by Amandeep Khurana and Nong Li on May 2, 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/10/2017 |
Catamorphic Co.
 Catamorphic Co. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Catamorphic Co. develops a feature management platform. It offers LaunchDarkly, a software that is designed to eliminate risk, and to enable development and operations team to control the whole feature life cycle. The company was founded in Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
TSM Holdings LLC
 TSM Holdings LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance TSM Holdings LLC engages in the provision of gaming services. It creates live game content. The company was founded by Andy Dinh in 2009 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Director/Board Member | 31/01/2018 |
Manychat, Inc.
 Manychat, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Manychat, Inc. provides chat marketing platform. It helps e-commerce, marketing agencies, and businesses to engage with customers by combining facebook messenger, sms, and email. The company was founded by Anton Gorin, Mikael Yan and Aleksandra Sisakian in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/11/2018 |
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Training of Ethan Kurzweil
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
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| PAGERDUTY, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 22 |
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Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
 Dow Jones & Co., Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
Linden Research, Inc.
 Linden Research, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Linden Research, Inc. engages in the development and operation of virtual world platform Second Life. It also involves in registered money services business under the Tilia platform. The company was founded by Philip Rosedale in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Twitch Interactive, Inc.
 Twitch Interactive, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Twitch Interactive, Inc. engages in the provision of live video network services. Its products include bits, subs, turbo, prime, extensions, and sings. The company was founded by Kyle Vogt, Nathaniel Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, and Michael Seibel in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consumer Services |
Figure Eight Technologies, Inc.
 Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. operates as a crowdsourcing platform. The firm offers web date collection, Google search relevance, data collection service, open source data sets, and data scientist skills. The company was founded by Lukas Biewald and Chris Van Pelt in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
View The Space, Inc.
View The Space, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services View The Space, Inc. engages in the development of online platform for the real estate industry. It creates virtual commercial-property tours and collects leasing data for landlords, agency brokers, and tenants representatives. The company was founded by Nicholas John Romito, Jr., Karl Baum, Eric S. Yuan, Niall Smart, and Ryan Anthony Masiello in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Simply Measured, Inc.
 Simply Measured, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Simply Measured, Inc. offers social media analytics solutions. The firm provides social media, retail social and finance and insurance social analytics, travel and hospitality, telecommunications and sports social analytics. The company was founded by Adam Schoenfeld, Aviel Ginzburg, and Damon P. Cortesi in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
Deer Management Co. LLC
 Deer Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
New Leaders, Inc.
 New Leaders, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services New Leaders, Inc. operates as non-profit organization. It recruits and trains school leaders for the improvement of education for poor and minority students. Its programs include leading instruction, emerging leaders, aspiring principals, principal institute, transforming teams, and principal supervisors. The company was founded by Mike Johnston, Jonathan Schnur, and Edwin C. Cohen in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
SweetLabs, Inc.
SweetLabs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SweetLabs, Inc. provides application software solutions. It offers solutions to enable device manufacturers to monetize and differentiate their products through apps. The company was founded by Darrius N. Thompson , Adrian Bourke, Mark Chweh, Blake Machado, Matt Meredith and Chester NG in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Technology Services |
Piazza Technologies, Inc.
Piazza Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Piazza Technologies, Inc. provides an online collaboration platform for students and teachers to communicate about complex problems in real time. The company was founded by Pooja Nath Sankar in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Commercial Services |
Level Access, Inc.
 Level Access, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Level Access, Inc. designs and develops information and communication technologies (ICT) systems. The firm provides web sites, web applications, software, hardware, and information services to make them accessible to people with disabilities. It offers audit services, accessibility help desk, compliance monitor, digital accessibility maturity model audit, accessibility staffing, assistive technology scripting and PDF remediation services. The company was founded by Timothy Springer in 1997 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. | Technology Services |
Intercom, Inc. (California)
Intercom, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intercom, Inc. provides an integrated customer communications platform. It offers a simple, personal messaging service for Internet businesses and their customers. The firm also provides a single, integrated platform for the whole company to use for support, marketing, product, and sales communication. The company was founded by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, David Barrett and Ciaran Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Hightower, Inc. (New York)
 Hightower, Inc. (New York) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Hightower, Inc. provides mobile technology platform that allows landlords and their brokers to collaborate on deals in real time. The firm's platform allows brokers and owners to reach prospects, convert prospects to tenants, and manage portfolio performance aspects. The company was founded by Brandon Weber, Niall Smart and Donald DeSantis in July 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
npm, Inc.
npm, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services npm, Inc. provides services and support for the node.js and npm projects. It offers docusign, siriusXM, uber, and visa, to manage and deploy packages. The company was founded by Roderick Boothby, Isaac Z. Schlueter and Laurie James Voss in 2014 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA. | Technology Services |
Catamorphic Co.
Catamorphic Co. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Catamorphic Co. develops a feature management platform. It offers LaunchDarkly, a software that is designed to eliminate risk, and to enable development and operations team to control the whole feature life cycle. The company was founded in Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Technology Services |
| Dow Jones & Co. | |
Okera, Inc.
Okera, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Okera, Inc. develops cloud infrastructure, data, and security software. The company was founded by Amandeep Khurana and Nong Li on May 2, 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Pinpoint Software, Inc. (Texas)
 Pinpoint Software, Inc. (Texas) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pinpoint Software, Inc. develops pinpoint instruments software systems for actionable analytics. It offers software pipeline, surface team efficiency, quantify top performers, and see productivity by location. The company was founded by Jeffrey G. Haynie, Nolan Wright and John Saddington and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
TSM Holdings LLC
TSM Holdings LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance TSM Holdings LLC engages in the provision of gaming services. It creates live game content. The company was founded by Andy Dinh in 2009 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Finance |
Manychat, Inc.
Manychat, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Manychat, Inc. provides chat marketing platform. It helps e-commerce, marketing agencies, and businesses to engage with customers by combining facebook messenger, sms, and email. The company was founded by Anton Gorin, Mikael Yan and Aleksandra Sisakian in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
| Bessemer Venture Partners XII Advisors & Influencers LP | |
Sisense SF, Inc.
 Sisense SF, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Sisense SF, Inc. develops a tool that plugs into databases and enables users to run, save and share analyses over various data rows. Its products include embedded analytics and compare solutions. It offers analytics and BI, customer success, marketing, retail and product management solutions. It serves healthcare, logistics and transportation, retail, e-commerce and technology industries. The company was founded by Harry Glaser and Tom O'Neill in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
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