Bessemer Venture Partners Announces New General Partners and Launches New York Investment Office; New Partners Strengthen Firm's Focus on E-Business Infrastructure.Business Editors MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000 Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , the nation's oldest venture capital firm, today announced that Joanna Strober and Robert P. Goodman have been named General Partners in the firm. Goodman is launching the firm's New York investment office, expanding the firm from its existing locations in Boston and Silicon Valley. Joanna Strober, 31, has been with the firm for four years, and is located in the firm's Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. office. Prior to joining BVP BVP bovine viral papillomatosis. , Strober worked as a corporate lawyer at Venture Law Group representing venture-backed technology companies. She holds a J.D. from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Law School and a B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . "We are delighted to announce our newest general partner, Joanna Strober, one of the true venture capital pioneers of E-commerce," said David Cowan, managing partner in Silicon Valley. "Joanna led Bessemer's early-stage investments in BabyCenter, BlueNile, eToys, Furniture.com, HotJobs.com, Gloss.com, Productopia, TrainingNet and PurchasingCenter.com." Goodman, 39, joined the firm in 1998 and invests in business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) E-commerce and telecommunications companies, including wireless, telecom software and services. His investments include Broadsoft, Metratech, Triton Network Systems, Advanced Radio Telecom, Taqua, Notara, Octave, E-Steel, Nistevo, Virtual Growth, and Circline. Previously, he was founder, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Celcore, Inc., a BVP-funded wireless equipment company in Memphis, Tennessee, which was acquired by Alcatel through the acquisition of DSC in 1997. He was also founder and CEO of the Boatphone group of cellular operating companies. Goodman holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Brown University. "We recruited Bob to launch our New York investment office, which will focus on business-to-business E-commerce," said Rob Soni, BVP's East Coast managing partner. "Not only does Bob boast a strong investment record, but his CEO experience makes him the ideal financial partner for entrepreneurs." About Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a leading venture capital management firm focused on early-stage investments in communications and E-commerce. Bessemer's recent portfolio of early-stage investments includes many of the Internet's top brands, including eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS); Flycast Communications (Nasdaq: CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) ); HotJobs.com (Nasdaq: HOTJ); Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN); Mindspring (Nasdaq: MSPG); PSI-Net (Nasdaq: PSIX); SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQST); Tumbleweed Communications (Nasdaq: TMWD); Verio (Nasdaq:VRIO); VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN); and Via Net.Works (Nasdaq: VNWI); as well as some of the hottest start-ups, including Blue Nile, E-Steel, Essential.com, net.Genesis, Register.com, Productopia, and Telocity. Established industry leaders such as Ciena, Maker, Parametric, QED, Staples and Veritas (Nasdaq: VRTS) were all BVP-funded ventures. BVP invests $200 million annually from its offices in Menlo Park, California; Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; and Larchmont, New York For the district of Los Angeles, see . Larchmontis a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 6,485 at the 2000 census. As a village, it is located within the town of Mamaroneck. . Note to Editors: (c) 2000 Bessemer Venture Partners. All marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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