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Ethan Kurzweil is the Founder and Managing Partner of Chemistry, a $350 million early-stage venture capital firm. With over 16 years of experience, primarily as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, he has focused on early-stage VC investing across developer platforms, SaaS, infrastructure, and consumer applications. He is known for leading investments in successful companies like Twilio, PagerDuty, Intercom, and Twitch.
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Ethan Kurzweil is the Founder and Managing Partner of Chemistry, a $350 million early-stage venture capital firm with over 16 years of VC experience.
He spent over 16 years in venture capital, primarily as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners from June 2008 until November 2024.
Yes, he is known for leading investments in successful companies including Twilio, PagerDuty, Intercom, and the consumer application Twitch.
His investment focus is on early-stage VC across developer platforms, SaaS, infrastructure, and consumer applications.
He holds degrees from both Stanford University and Harvard Business School.
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Venture Capital, Enterprise Software (SaaS/DevTools), Infrastructure, Fintech, Consumer Tech
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Visionary, Strategic, Entrepreneurial, Data-Driven, Experienced Investor
Early-Stage, Technology, Future of Software, Board Governance
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