General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Board Member at i4cp
- Board Member at InnerWireless
- Board Member at go2
- Board Member at BzzAgent
- Board Member at Mall Networks
- Board Member at SimpleTuition
- Board Member at Click Squared
- General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners
- Past
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- Board Member at PanGo Networks
- Board Member at Brontes Technologies
- Co-Founder, President, COO, Director at Upromise
- VP Marketing and Business Development at Open Market
- Associate at The Boston Consulting Group
- Education
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- Harvard Business School
- Harvard University
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Websites
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Summary
Former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Love helping great entrepreneurs build disruptive companies in large markets. I've seen the movie a few times as an entrepreneur (Upromise Co-founder, President/COO, Open Market VP Marketing and Business Development) and enjoy helping others avoid the many mistakes I've made.
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Specialties:
Investment interests and entrepreneurial experience are in consumer, Internet commerce, marketing services, financial services, software and wireless start-ups.
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Experience
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Board Member
DataXu
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Board Member
digitalArbor
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
outsourced production services for digital advertising and marketing
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Board Member
Transpera
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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Board Member
i4cp
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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Board Member
InnerWireless
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
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Board Member
go2
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
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Board Member
BzzAgent
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
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Board Member
Mall Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
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Board Member
SimpleTuition
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
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Board Member
Click Squared
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
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General Partner
Flybridge Capital Partners
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2003 — Present (7 years )
early-stage venture capital firm
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Board Member
PanGo Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2007 (4 years )
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Board Member
Brontes Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Medical Devices industry)
June 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 5 months)
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Co-Founder, President, COO, Director
Upromise
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Services industry)
January 2000 — December 2002 (3 years )
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VP Marketing and Business Development
Open Market
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; OMKT; Computer Software industry)
March 1995 — January 2000 (4 years 11 months)
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Associate
The Boston Consulting Group
(Management Consulting industry)
September 1991 — June 1993 (1 year 10 months)
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Education
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Harvard Business School
MBA , Business and Entrepreneurship , September 1993 — June 1995
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Harvard University
BA , Computer Science , September 1987 — June 1991
Additional Information
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Websites:
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Interests:
Baseball (Red Sox diehard since they lost the 1975 World Series), politics (free-market Democrat, PBLN co-chair), Facing History and Ourselves (educational non-profit)
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Groups:
PBLN (www.pbln.org)
Facing History and Ourselves (www.facinghistory.org)
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Flybridge Capital Partners
Jeffrey Bussgang’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
