Lunch w/ Byron & Ethan from BessemerVP & Sarah of BVP port co Pinterest!

Bessemer Venture Partners

Byron Deeter, Partner, Bessemer Ventures

Investing in Adap.Tv, Bizo, Box, Cornerstone OnDemand, Involver, Playdom, Trigo, and Twilio to name a few. 

Byron is the author of “Bessemer’s 10 Laws of Cloud Computing and SaaS” and author of the cloudscape.  Byron was named one of the “power players” of venture capital by AlwaysOn in 2011 and 2012.  Prior to joining Bessemer, Byron was a successful entrepreneur, investor and consultant.  He most recently worked as an executive at IBM after the company’s 2004 acquisition of Trigo Technologies.  Byron served as founding president & Ceo of Trigo, which grew to profitability, amassed 150 employees and logged a $40+ million revenue run-rate.  Bessemer worked closely with Byron and the executive team after Trigo’s founding and invested in all institutional financing rounds

He focuses on investments in consumer web, mobile and developer platforms. Ethan has led investments for Bessemer in the consumer/social web (Playdom, Zoosk,Reputation.com, Piazza), developer platforms (Twilio, SendGrid, Crowdflower), advertising technology (adap.tv), and Skybox Imaging. He is also actively involved in Bessemer’s investments inLifelock, Smule, Truaxis, Delivery Agent, andMashLogic. He currently serves on the board of directors of Piazza, Crowdflower and Sweet Labs. @ethankurz

Sarah Tavel, of Bessemer Venture Partners port co Pinterest
She focuses on the software and Internet sectors and has been closely involved in investments with consumer internet company Pinterest, Microsoft SharePoint migration solutions provider Metalogix; leads-generator Yodle; learning-and-talent-management company Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO); e-commerce site Onestop; energy-management company CPower (acquired by Constellation Energy); SaaS online-marketing company Convertro; business-software company MindBody Solutions; and leading Russian e-commerce company KupiVIP. @sarahtavel

This is an opportunity to pitch your company, build your business contacts, and pave your future path into doing business in the Silicon Valley and around the globe. You are encouraged to bid on multiple auctions as each auction is listed independently. The winning bidders are responsible for their own transportation to the meeting, which will take place in Silicon Valley Area, California, at an undisclosed location. All proceeds from this auction, will be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Great Bay Area Chapter and are 100% tax deductible. Date of time of the meeting will be coordinated amongst the winning bidders, after the completion of the auction, occurring between May-July 2012.