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Rob Stavis

Investor atBessemer Venture PartnersFirm active Oct 2New York
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Rob Stavis is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in New York, focusing on financial services, education, and emerging software and hardware technologies. He has over 20 years of venture capital experience and has served on boards of several companies.

What Rob can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Bessemer Venture Partners writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Bessemer Venture Partners.

Career

  1. Salomon Smith Barney · co-head of global arbitrage trading
  2. Bessemer Venture Partners · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

SkypeUnited CapitalOMGPOPBettermentQuantopianBread2UBrightBytes

Focus

financial serviceseducationemerging softwarehardware technologiesseed/early

Education

University of Pennsylvania, engineeringWharton School of Management, education

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Questions

Who is Rob Stavis?

Rob Stavis is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in New York, focusing on financial services, education, and emerging software and hardware technologies. He has over 20 years of venture capital experience and has served on boards of several companies.

How much does Rob Stavis invest?

Rob Stavis invests through Bessemer Venture Partners, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Rob Stavis?

A warm intro from a founder Bessemer Venture Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Rob Stavis do before Bessemer Venture Partners?

co-head of global arbitrage trading at Salomon Smith Barney.

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