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Marcus Ryu

Partner, Battery Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $60,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Director

    2024

    Hyperexponential provides an advanced insurance pricing platform enabling property-casualty insurance actuaries and data scientists to incorporate sophisticated new data management, machine-learning, and modeling techniques into their risk pricing.

2023

  • Director

    2023

    Fairmatic applies smartphone-based telematics insight to underwriting and pricing decisions for commercial auto insurance. By actively monitoring individual driving performance in real-time, the company not only taps into the most powerfully predictive signal of insurance risk but also empowers fleet managers to enforce safe driving and avoid accidents in the first place.

  • Partner

    2022

    On behalf of Battery Venture, I lead and collaborate on venture investments --- generally focusing on enterprise software, vertical SaaS, and fintech/insurtech opportunities in Series A to C rounds of financing.

  • Advisor

    2021

    Vesta Technologies builds next generation mortgage infrastructure, namely a customizable platform for mortgage origination, approval, and underwriting.

  • Director

    2022

    Bestow provides direct-to-consumer term life insurance as well as technology solutions for the life insurance industry.

  • Co-founder and ex-CEO

    2001

    I co-founded Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) in 2001 and led the company as CEO through its IPO in 2012 and up through 2019. Guidewire provides cloud-based core applications to the global property-casualty insurance industry, serving hundreds of insurers in 30+ countries in policy administration, claims management, and billing.

2021

  • Advisor

    2021

    KAV is a Direct-to-Consumer startup building 3D-printed helmets our of advanced polymers for cycling and hockey. Their helmets considerably reduce concussion risk while providing a custom fit to each user's head and personalization.

  • Director

    2018

    Checkr provides a faster and fairer way to screen employees with automated background checks. It serves many of the largest employers in the world, as well as thousands of small businesses.

  • Director

    2016

    Bloomreach is the leader in Commerce Experience™. Bloomreach Experience, the digital experience platform built for commerce, includes three pillars: Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising; Content, offering a headless CMS; and Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solution. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer, and powers over $300 billion in commerce annually.

2022 - 2023

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2023

    Informed.IQ provides instant, verifications of consumer credit, mortgage, and auto financing applications.