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Rob Stavis

Partner
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Biography

Rob Stavis is a partner in Bessemer's New York office primarily focused on financial services and investments in emerging software and hardware technologies.

He’s been actively investing for more than 20 years and currently serves on the board of directors for fintech companies such as Betterment, Quantopian, and Bread, along with education startups including 2U and BrightBytes. He was an early investor in Skype (acquired by eBay), wealth management company United Capital (acquired by Goldman Sachs), and mobile gaming company OMGPOP (acquired by Zynga).

Rob entered venture capital after a 15-year career at Salomon Smith Barney, where he was co-head of global arbitrage trading, a member of Salomon's operating and risk-management committees and chaired the recruiting committee.

He earned his degrees in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and education from the Wharton School of Management.

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Portfolio Companies

BrightBytes

ACQUIRED BY: GOOGLE
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BrightBytes

BrightBytes uses a cloud based analytics platform to improve the way millions of students learn. Google acquired BrightBytes in 2022.

ACQUIRED BY: GOOGLE

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Rob Stavis

Founded

2012

Partnered

2014

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Cloud Enterprise

CPower, Inc.

ACQUIRED BY: CONSTELLATION
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CPower, Inc.

CPower, Inc. offers strategic energy management services that enable companies to optimize their facilities and operations to control energy expenditures. In September 2011, CPower, Inc. was acquired by Constellation.

ACQUIRED BY: CONSTELLATION

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Rob Stavis

Founded

2000

Partnered

2007

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Pure Networks

ACQUIRED BY: CISCO
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Pure Networks

Pure Networks provides equipment management, content and digital services to individuals and companies. Pure Networks was acquired by Cisco.

ACQUIRED BY: CISCO

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Rob Stavis

Founded

2002

Partnered

2005

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Spruce

ACQUIRED BY: ZILLOW
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Spruce

Spruce aims to improve title insurance assessment and issuance to reduce the time needed to close a real estate deal. Zillow Group acquired Spruce in September 2023.

ACQUIRED BY: ZILLOW

Founded

2016

Partnered

2017

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