CB

Charles Birnbaum

Partner - Bessemer Venture Partners

New York, New York

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $100,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Investment Banking
Venture Capital
Strategic Partnerships
Corporate Finance
Mobile Devices
Start-ups
Equity Capital Markets
Social Media
Business Development
Corporate Development
Mobile Applications
Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Financial Modeling
Analytics
Product Management

Education

Investments

Sixfold AI

Seed

Total Funding: $22M

Incognia

Series B

Total Funding: $47M

Farther

Series A

Total Funding: $46M

Alloy

Series A

Total Funding: $210M

Oper

Series A

Total Funding: $12M

Papaya

Series B

Total Funding: $68M

WEBBOXES

Series A

Total Funding: $18M

Betterment

Series B

Total Funding: $340M

Lithic

Series B

Total Funding: $120M

Spruce Holdings

Seed

Total Funding: $110M

Work Experience

Bessemer Venture Partners

2013

  • Partner

    2013

    Focusing on investments in Fintech / Financial Services Director @ Alloy, Basis Theory, Brightwheel, Farther Finance, Incognia, Lithic, Onaroll, Oper, Papaya Pay, Shift Technology Observer / Investor @ Betterment, Carefull, Guild, Melio, Nilus, Sixfold AI, Upvest Involved w/ exits in: 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU), Bread (acq. by Alliance Data Systems), August Home (acq. by Assa Abloy), Eave (acq. by HomeLight), Fabric (acq. by Western & Southern Financial), Main Street Hub (acq. by GoDaddy), United Capital (acq. by Goldman Sachs), Yodle (acq. by Web.com)

Foursquare

2010 - 2013

  • Director of Business Development

    2010 - 2013

    Mobile & International Partnerships

Banc of America Securities

2007 - 2009

  • Vice President in Equity Capital Markets

    2007 - 2009

Jefferies & Co.

2005 - 2007

  • Associate in Investment Banking & ECM

    2005 - 2007

Deutsche Bank

2003 - 2005

  • Analyst in Corporate Finance / ECM

    2003 - 2005