Flybridge Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with talented entrepreneurs to build world-class companies. They focus on investing in next generation enterprise software startups based in New York City and Boston. Flybridge provides seed or early stage investment and works closely with companies to help them succeed through guidance, resources, and business support.
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PARTNERING WITH TALENTED ENTREPRENEURS
TO BUILD WORLD-CLASS COMPANIES
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FIRM OVERVIEW
Who We Are: Flybridge Capital Partners is a venture capital firm positioned as
the preferred company-building partner for the best
entrepreneurs at the earliest stages.
Our Key Focus: Next generation enterprise software technology startups
based primarily in New York City and Boston. Team split equally
between both locations.
Our Strategy: Investing in software-driven themes across multiple industries
Lifecycle Investor with focus on capital-efficient start-ups,
$0.5-4M initial investment, $4-8M in aggregate.
Provide value-added support through collaborative, hands-
strategic guidance plus business development, marketing, and
team building.
Open, accessible, transparent culture with entrepreneurs as
customers.
Our Experience: Invested ~ $530 million in 88 companies across four funds
during our 12 year history of investing as a team.
Our Management: Prior track record at Greylock and success as entrepreneurs of
breakout Internet / software companies.
Representative
Portfolio
Companies
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INVESTMENT TEAM
David Aronoff (NYC)
Greylock Partners 1996-2005
Chipcom 1989-1995
Bell Labs 1986-1989
Harvard MBA, USC MS, UVM BS
Jeff Bussgang (BOS)
Upromise 2000-2003
Open Market 1995-2000
BCG 1991-1993
Harvard MBA, Harvard College BA
Senior Lecturer, HBS
Chip Hazard (BOS)
Greylock Partners 1994-2002
Company Assistance 1991-1992
Bain & Company 1989-1991
Harvard MBA, Stanford BA
David Galper (TLV)
TinyURL, Owner, 2011-present
Battery Ventures, EIR
Ruckus, Co-Founder, 2002-2006
MIT Sloan MBA, Brandeis BA
Victoria Song (NYC)
Google [X]
Flybridge 2010-12
Harvard MBA, Yale BA
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David Chang
COO, PayPal Media Network
Consumer Acquisition
Joe Chernov
VP Marketing, InsightSquared
Content Marketing
Daniel Hatkoff
Founder, Pitzi
Latin America
Paul Esdale
SVP BD, Open Market
Corporate Development
Adrian Kunzle
SVP Product, Salesforce
Cloud Platforms
Shereen Shermak
VP Product, Curensee
Financial
Caitlin Strandberg
Harvard Business School,
Boston Startups
WE EXTEND OUT REACH WITH A NETWORK OF
CONNECTED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE RESOURCES
Flybridge Advisor Network
Kenneth Berger
Slack, YesGraph, Adobe
Tools for Work
Sam Peterson
Open English
BtoC, Marketing, Mobile
Paul Blumenfeld
Founder, Genero Search
Boston Talent Sourcing
Bob Freier
Founder, Genero Search
New York Talent Sourcing
Greg Gomer
Founder, Streetwise Media
Boston Talent Sourcing
Sarah Hodges
Founder, Intelligent.ly
Boston Talent Sourcing
Evan Korth
CS Professor, NYU
NY Talent Sourcing
Rajat Bhargava
Co-founder, JumpCloud
Talent Sourcing
Joel Schwartz
EMC
Storage, Boston Talent
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Urban RenewalMassive Data Scale Hardware Revolution
Cloud is the New
Infrastructure
TrendThesesCompanies
Developer driven
adoption
Control plane Machine Intelligence
Full stack analytics Brand conscious
millennials
Civic tech
Platform plays
Internet of things
INVESTMENT THEMES AND EXPERTISE
N i b i
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Seed
(60%)
Series A
(30%)
Emerging Winners /
Series B
(10%)
Criteria
Strong founder(s),
attacking large
market, milestone
based
Strong founding team
with differentiated
product/market vision
Strong team and existing VC
support, GA/beta product
w/significant
pipeline/momentum
$ Invested
$500K - $1M initial,
$4-8M in aggregate
10-15% ownership
target
$1-3M initial, $4-8M in
aggregate
20-30% ownership
target
$3-6M initial, $4-8M in
aggregate
15-25% ownership target
Flybridge
Role
Lead or co-lead Lead or co-lead Lead or co-lead
INVESTMENT OVERVIEW
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• Responsible, committed, helpful board members
• Clean term sheets; fair valuations
Entrepreneurs as partners
• Transparent process: “you know where we stand”Clear, issues-driven
due-diligence
• Work with talented entrepreneurs to build exceptional
and valuable companiesDemand Excellence
OPERATING PRINCIPLES
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SUMMARY
Flybridge Capital Partners represents an experienced team that partners
with entrepreneurs and provides deep support
Flybridge Capital Partners leads or co-leads seed or early stage investment,
with a preference for capital-efficient businesses
Flybridge Capital Partners builds value through providing experience,
perspective and resources to the companies in which we invest
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We invite you to keep up to date on our firm and portfolio news
Read our Blogs
• Geek VC: David Aronoff: www.geekvc.com
• Hazard Lights: Chip Hazard: www.hazardlights.net
• Seeing Both Sides: Jeff Bussgang: www.seeingbothsides.com
Follow us on Twitter: @flybridge
Join our LinkedIn Group: http://linkd.in/17ws6Vf
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