The firm’s Chief Operating Officer Ed Colloton said, “We often advise our startups to just get products out there fast for market feedback, but with a venture firm’s web site, users seems to expect a certain level of quality and accuracy.” Rob Stavis disagreed: “I’ve never expected quality or accuracy from our website.”īyron Deeter commented, “It’s as done as it’ll get, let’s just get it out there already. Co-investors: Rob Stavis (Bessemer Venture Partners), Stuart Ellman (RRE Ventures), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Charles Birnbaum (Bessemer Venture Partners), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Paul Bricault (Amplify. There was some debate among the partners as to whether they should launch it now or run more user tests and performance upgrades. As the founder of the event ticketing giants StubHub and Viagogo, Eric Baker sent shockwaves across the tech industry after being ousted from StubHub, but then later acquiring it once more with a 4.05 billion cash buyout.

Rob has been actively investing in venture-backed startups for 20 years and currently serves on the board of directors of several companies including 2U, Betterment.

He focuses on investments in financial services, education and emerging software and hardware technologies. Jeremy Levine commented: “I lost at least two great associate candidates to David’s web site “test” so I’m particularly glad this thing is finally getting launched.” Read our investment roadmaps and the insights on how leaders build thriving companies. Rob Stavis is a partner in Bessemer Venture Partner’s New York office. The loser, David Cowan, conceded, “While I didn’t exactly welcome the challenge, in a partnership somebody has to do it.” Cowan solicited bids from web developers and chose a proposal from a pair of local middle school students, because “We support education, I guess?…and it was free.” Cowan then fobbed as much of the work as possible off onto analysts, administrative staff, and candidates for positions at Bessemer Venture Partners (under the guise that website design was a regular employment test at BVP). In addition to the raise, Rob Stavis, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners will join Relishs board of directors. Current Investing Position: Bessemer Venture Partners Partner Investment Range: 1M - 10.0M Sweet Spot: 6.0M Investments On Record: 39 Sector & Stage.

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