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Ethan Kurzweil

Founder and Managing Partner at Chemistry

San Francisco, California

VC
Investor

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $250,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
User Experience
Digital Media
Business Development
Venture Capital
Strategic Partnerships
Product Management
Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy
SaaS
Analytics
Product Marketing
E-commerce

Education

Lists including Ethan

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Based in SF

3077 people

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All Series A Investors

14748 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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Investors who write about Longevity

18 people

Investments

TRM Labs

Series A

Total Funding: $150M

ForeVR Games

Seed

Total Funding: $19M

LaunchDarkly

Series C

Total Funding: $330M

Prefect

Series B

Total Funding: $56M

Coiled

Series A

Total Funding: $26M

DataDistillr

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Okera

Series A

Total Funding: $30M

Manychat

Series A

Total Funding: $18M

Team SoloMid

Series A

Total Funding: $37M

Intercom

Series B

Total Funding: $240M

Work Experience

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Chemistry

2024

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2024

    Chemistry is a $350M early-stage venture firm leading investments in standout software companies at Seed and Series A.

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LaunchDarkly

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

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Intercom

2014 - 2025

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2025

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Bessemer Venture Partners

2008 - 2024

  • Partner

    2008 - 2024

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Basis Theory

2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

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TRM Labs

2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

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Blitz

2019 - 2024

  • Investor and Board Member

    2019 - 2024

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ManyChat

2018 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2024

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TSM

2018 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2024

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VTS, Inc.

2016 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2024

Latest Articles

Bvp

10 product-led growth principles - Bessemer Venture Partners

product-led growth (PLG)
self-serve distribution
user experience
network effects
pricing models
Bvp

AI escape velocity: A conversation with Ray Kurzweil - Bessemer Venture Partners

Ray Kurzweil
AI escape velocity
exponential growth
future predictions
Turing test
Bvp

How Intercom navigated the AI paradigm shift - Bessemer Venture Partners

AI & ML
Intercom
large language models
GPT-3 and GPT-4
customer support automation
Bvp

Key trends and opportunities defining the next wave of BI and data analytics software - Bessemer Venture Partners

BI and data analytics software
Real-time analytics
Augmented analytics
Distributed interactive analytics
Analytics for visual data
Bvp

The antidote to cryptophobia - Bessemer Venture Partners

cryptophobia
blockchain technology
crypto regulation
developer activity in crypto
ownership concentration in crypto