Partner at Fidelity Ventures
Greater Boston Area
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- Partner at Fidelity Ventures
- Past
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- Senior Associate at Battery Ventures
- Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners
- Associate Consultant at Corporate Decisions Inc. / Mercer Management Consulting
- Education
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- Harvard University
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Larry Cheng’s Summary
Larry Cheng focuses on investment opportunities in Internet applications, information services, financial services and consumer technologies. Larry currently serves on the boards of Prosper Marketplace, MFG.com, Cortera, Stylesight and mindSHIFT. He is also a Board observer on Flock. Larry previously led Fidelity Ventures' investment in Verid which was acquired by EMC. Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures, Larry was a senior associate at Battery Ventures, where he was an early investor in Ruckus Network (acquired by Sony/Universal), OpenNetwork Technologies (acquired by BMC Software) and Ximian (acquired by Novell). From 1998 to 2000, he was an associate for Bessemer Venture Partners where he focused on software investments. Prior to Bessemer, Larry was an associate consultant at Corporate Decisions Inc. Larry earned a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard College. Follow Larry on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/larryvc
Larry Cheng’s Experience
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Partner
Fidelity Ventures
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Investments include:
Prosper Marketplace (Director)
MFG.com (Director)
Cortera (Director)
Stylesight (Director)
Mindshift Technologies (Director)
Verid (Director) - acquired by EMC
Flock (Board Observer) -
Senior Associate
Battery Ventures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2000 — February 2005 (5 years )
Investments Include:
Director of OpenNetwork Technologies (Acquired by BMC)
Board Observer of Ximian (Acquired by Novell)
Director of Viewlocity (IPO)
Director of OpenCola (Acquired by OpenText)
Director of Ruckus Network -
Associate
Bessemer Venture Partners
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Investments included:
SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQST)
Vistacare (Nasqaq: VSTA)
Traffic.com (Nasdaq: TRFC)
Virtual Growth (Acquired by Administaff) -
Associate Consultant
Corporate Decisions Inc. / Mercer Management Consulting
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 7 months)
Larry Cheng’s Education
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Harvard University
BA , Psychology - Organizational Behavior
- Activities and Societies:
- President and Chairman of Harvard Student Agencies, Inc.
