Bruce Cleveland
InvestorBoard director at Amplero · Board director at Splice Machine
San Mateo, California
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Bruce: together at United States Military Academy at West Point
About
Bruce Cleveland is Chief Executive Officer at Traction Gap Partners and author of "Traversing the Traction Gap" and "Market Engineering." He held executive positions at Oracle, Apple, Siebel Systems, and C3 AI, where he contributed to the development of the CRM category and led C3 AI to a public listing on the New York Stock Exchange. As a venture investor, Cleveland was an early backer of Marketo, C3 AI, Doximity, and Vlocity, with portfolio companies achieving over $10 billion in realized value.
Board director at Amplero
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Board director at Splice Machine
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Splice Machine's investors · 8
Accenture VenturesSan FranciscoCheyenne VenturesWoodside · since 2019Correlation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M checksGreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checksMohr Davidow VenturesSan Mateo · $200K – $4M checksSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2019Wildcat Venture PartnersSan Mateo · $500K – $6M checks · since 2014
Co-founders at Splice Machine
MZ
Monte ZwebenExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Traction Gap PartnersChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — presentBend, Oregon, United States
- Innovation AlgebraAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- Parlay FinanceAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- C3 AIChief Marketing Officer2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Wildcat Venture PartnersFounding Partner2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- InterWest PartnersGeneral Partner2006 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Siebel SystemsSenior Vice President & GM - Alliances, Marketing, & Products1996 — 2006
- Apple ComputerSenior Director, Engineering1992 — 1996
- OracleSenior Director, Unix Product Line Marketing1985 — 1989
Skills & more
Management41Leadership19Strategy63Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Corporate GovernanceStrategic Marketing Management4Digital Marketing3Corporate Venture Capital2Entrepreneurship DevelopmentMarketing OperationsChannel PartnersSoftware Development1
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Deals · 2
AmpleroBoard seat
via Wildcat Venture Partners · filed Jul 2016 · $8.1M raise
Splice MachineBoard seat
via Wildcat Venture Partners · filed Nov 2015 · $23M raise
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Network6
Chemi PeresScout
Co-Founder and Head of the Investment Committee at Takwin Ventures
Liam RatcliffeScout
General Partner at New Leaf Venture Partners
Salil DeshpandeScout
General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures
Bryan Stolle
Managing Director at Wildcat Venture Partners
Gary Little
Operating Partner at Canvas Ventures
Nathaniel Krasnoff
Associate at Wildcat Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bruce Cleveland?
- Bruce Cleveland is Chief Executive Officer at Traction Gap Partners and author of "Traversing the Traction Gap" and "Market Engineering." He held executive positions at Oracle, Apple, Siebel Systems, and C3 AI, where he contributed to the development of the CRM category and led C3 AI to a public listing on the New York Stock Exchange. As a venture investor, Cleveland was an early backer of Marketo, C3 AI, Doximity, and Vlocity, with portfolio companies achieving over $10 billion in realized value.
- Where does Bruce Cleveland work?
- Bruce Cleveland is Board director at Amplero and Board director at Splice Machine.
- What boards does Bruce Cleveland sit on?
- Bruce Cleveland holds tracked board seats at Amplero, Splice Machine.
- Where did Bruce Cleveland go to school?
- Bruce Cleveland studied at United States Military Academy at West Point; California State University-Sacramento.
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Also attended California State University-Sacramento34
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Shared employers
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Also worked at C3 AI23
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Also worked at Wildcat Venture Partners13
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Also worked at InterWest Partners12
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