Where does Bogomil Balkansky work?

Bogomil Balkansky is Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital and Board director at Mutiny.

What check size does Bogomil Balkansky write?

Bogomil Balkansky typically writes checks of $1M – $200M.

What boards does Bogomil Balkansky sit on?

Bogomil Balkansky holds tracked board seats at Mutiny.

Where did Bogomil Balkansky go to school?

Bogomil Balkansky studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA, General management); Cornell University (BA, Mathematics).

Bogomil Balkansky

Investor

Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital · Board director at Mutiny

Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $5M

Find your path to Bogomil

1,038 people in our graph share verified history with Bogomil — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Javier SolterounlockedBogomil: together at VMware (2009–2012)

Bogomil: together at Traversal

Bogomil: together at Temporal

×2Bogomil: together at McKinsey & Company

About

Bogomil Balkansky spent 20 years as an executive at technology companies including Siebel Systems, VMware, and Google before moving into investing. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Outside of work, he runs a cooking blog where he shares recipes, and he is also a wildlife explorer and photographer.

Contact· published on Bogomil's own website

e•••@sequoiacap.comreveal

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Invests in

Cloud ComputingConsumerDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Beyond investing

Education: Studied at Stanford GSB
Hobbies: Is a home chef who blogs about cooking, with Thanksgiving as his favorite American holiday. Is an avid wildlife explorer and photographer, sharing his work at bogiegeographic.com. Balkansky enjoys cooking and maintains a cooking blog. He enjoys entertaining. He is a diver and has gone on a trip to swim with whales. He practices wildlife photography and maintains a photography site.
Family: He lists married life among his personal interests.
More: He left communist Bulgaria on a scholarship after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which brought him to the United States.

From Bogomil's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at Mutiny YC S18

Intro paths

Mutiny went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — Bogomil sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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In turn, Bogomil can intro founders to Mutiny's investors below.

Mutiny's investors · 8

Cowboy VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $3M checks · since 2022 Earl Grey CapitalAustin GTMfundScottsdale · $500K – $1.5M checks Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2022 Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2021 Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022 Uncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks · since 2022 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Mutiny

Nikhil MathewFounder

Jaleh RezaeiFounder

Experience

Sequoia CapitalPartnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ScannerBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
TraversalBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
Zafran SecurityInvestorcurrent2023 — present
PydanticBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
Chainguard, IncBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
CyeraInvestorcurrent2022 — present
MutinyBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
BigeyeBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Temporal TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
CortexBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
Oasis SecurityBoard Member2023 — 2026
WizInvestor2020 — 2026
--Swimming with whales2018 — 2019
GoogleVice President2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
bebop.co--2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
VMwareSr Vice President, Cloud Infrastructure Products2005 — 2013Palo Alto, CA
Siebel SystemsGroup Manager2002 — 2005San Mateo, CA
CrossWeaveProduct Manager2000 — 2002Oakland, CA
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate1995 — 1998Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Sales EnablementGo-to-market StrategyPaaS32Analyst Relations13Industry Analyst Relations3Business Alliances74Enterprise SoftwareSoftware Product Management20Cloud ComputingProduct Requirements7Technology Evangelist12Product Planning16

+8 more

Product ManagementChannelProduct MarketingStorage VirtualizationDatacenter VirtualizationVirtualizationMarketing StrategyPrivate Cloud

Languages Bulgarian · Chinese · German · Russian

From Bogomil's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Mutiny

Investor

Apex BigEye Chainguard Chkk Cortex Cyera Deno FastAPI Labs Infracost MutinyOasis SecurityPydantic Salt Security Sandstone ScannerTemporal TechnologiesTraversal WizZafran

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Sequoia Capital

Aaref Hilaly

General Partner at Sequoia Capital

Abhishek Malani

Investor at Sequoia Capital

Alfred Lin

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Amira Yahyaoui

Scout at Sequoia Capital

Anas Biad

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Andrew Reed

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Anne Marie Boidock

Investor at Sequoia Capital

Bill Coughran

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Network7

Alex BardScout

Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

Ben CapellScout

Managing Director at Peterson Ventures

Bryan OffuttScout

Investor at Index Ventures

Casber WangScout

Operating Partner at Sapphire Ventures

Christina CacioppoScout

Co-Founder, Vanta at Surge

Anas Biad

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Bryan Schreier

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Investors connected to Bogomil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bogomil Balkansky?: Bogomil Balkansky spent 20 years as an executive at technology companies including Siebel Systems, VMware, and Google before moving into investing. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Outside of work, he runs a cooking blog where he shares recipes, and he is also a wildlife explorer and photographer.
Where does Bogomil Balkansky work?: Bogomil Balkansky is Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital and Board director at Mutiny.
What does Bogomil Balkansky invest in?: Bogomil Balkansky invests in Cloud Computing, Consumer, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Marketing Tech, SaaS, Sales Tech.
What check size does Bogomil Balkansky write?: Bogomil Balkansky typically writes checks of $1M – $200M.
What boards does Bogomil Balkansky sit on?: Bogomil Balkansky holds tracked board seats at Mutiny.
What companies has Bogomil Balkansky invested in?: Investments tracked here include Apex, BigEye, Chainguard, Chkk, Cortex, Cyera, Deno, FastAPI Labs, Infracost, Mutiny, Oasis Security, Pydantic, and 7 more.
Where did Bogomil Balkansky go to school?: Bogomil Balkansky studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA, General management); Cornell University (BA, Mathematics).