Alex Ferrara

Current

• Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners

Past

• Associate at Goldman Sachs
• Student at Columbia Business School
• Sr. Director Engineering at Channelspace

• Derivatives Trader at NYBOT
• Analyst at Salomon Brothers
• Student at University of Pennsylvania

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Education

• Columbia Business School
• University of Pennsylvania
• Horace Greeley High School

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Alex Ferrara’s Summary

I've been a NY-based venture capitalist with Bessemer Venture Partners for the past four years. I focus on investment opportunities at the intersection of financial services and technology including market structure-related investments and capital markets technologies. I am a former software engineer and entrepreneur, turned floor trader, banker, and now VC.

Alex Ferrara’s Specialties:

Financial services & market structure, capital markets technologies, application software, infrastructure software, internet technologies

Alex Ferrara’s Experience

• Vice President

  Bessemer Venture Partners

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Skype (eBay), SiteAdvisor (McAfee), Pure Networks (Cisco), Revver (Live Universe), Gerson Lehrman Group, Quadriserv, Yodle, Dayak, Soleil Securities, Zopa

• Associate

  Goldman Sachs

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

• Student

  Columbia Business School

  (Computer Software industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years)

• Sr. Director Engineering

  Channelspace

  (Internet industry)

  April 1999 — March 2000 (1 year)

• Derivatives Trader

  NYBOT

  (Financial Services industry)

  June 1998 — May 1999 (1 year)

• Analyst

  Salomon Brothers

  (Computer Software industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

• Student

  University of Pennsylvania

  (Computer Software industry)

  1993 — 1997 (4 years)

Alex Ferrara’s Education

• Columbia Business School

  MBA , Finance , September 2002 — May 2004

• University of Pennsylvania

  BSE , Electrical Engineering , September 1993 — May 1997

• Horace Greeley High School

Additional Information

Alex Ferrara’s Groups:

Goldman Sachs Alumni

•    InSITE
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Goldman Sachs Alumni Networking Group
•    Prepaid Professionals
•    New York Venture Community
•    Electronic Trading Group
•    Algorithmic Trading
•    Multi-Asset Class Algorithmic Trading
•    Listed Derivatives
•    Market Data and Trading Infrastructure Professionals
•    Trading Technology
•    Bessemer SaaS CEO Forum
•    FX Options
•    Game Media and Fansites