Bogomil Balkansky
InvestorSeed/Early at Sequoia Capital Β· Board director at Mutiny
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Writes $1M β $200M checks Β· typically $5M
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.
ContactΒ· published on Bogomil's own website
Likely emailsΒ· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
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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 β common ground for a warm intro.
Board director at MutinyYC S18
Intro paths
Bogomil went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Bogomil can intro founders to Mutiny's investors below.
Mutiny's investors Β· 7
Co-founders at Mutiny
Experience
- Sequoia CapitalPartnercurrent2020 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ScannerBoard Membercurrent2026 β present
- TraversalBoard Membercurrent2024 β present
- Oasis SecurityBoard Membercurrent2023 β present
- Zafran SecurityInvestorcurrent2023 β present
- PydanticBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- Chainguard, IncBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- CyeraInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- MutinyBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- BigeyeBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- Temporal TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- CortexBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- WizInvestor2020 β 2026
- --Swimming with whales2018 β 2019
- GoogleVice President2015 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- bebop.co--2013 β 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- VMwareSr Vice President, Cloud Infrastructure Products2005 β 2013Palo Alto, CA
- Siebel SystemsGroup Manager2002 β 2005San Mateo, CA
- CrossWeaveProduct Manager2000 β 2002Oakland, CA
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate1995 β 1998Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
+12 more
Product ManagementChannelProduct MarketingStorage VirtualizationDatacenter VirtualizationVirtualizationMarketing StrategyPrivate CloudManagementStrategic PlanningLeadershipStrategyLanguages Bulgarian Β· Chinese Β· German Β· Russian
From Bogomil's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Sources: SEC Form D filings Β· the firm's website.
Colleagues at Sequoia Capital
Network7
Investors connected to Bogomil in public investor directories β 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 β $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).
Same school
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Also worked at Traversal4
Also worked at Zafran Security8
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