Where does Ethan Kurzweil work?

Ethan Kurzweil is Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and Board director at PagerDuty.

What check size does Ethan Kurzweil write?

Ethan Kurzweil typically writes checks of $3M – $25M.

What boards does Ethan Kurzweil sit on?

Ethan Kurzweil holds tracked board seats at View The Space.

Where did Ethan Kurzweil go to school?

Ethan Kurzweil studied at Stanford University (A.B., Economics); Harvard Business School (MBA, Business).

Does Ethan Kurzweil lead rounds?

Yes — Ethan Kurzweil has led 3 tracked investments.

Ethan Kurzweil

Investor

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners · Managing Partner at Chemistry · Board director at PagerDuty

San Francisco, California

Writes $3M – $25M checks · typically $10M

Find your path to Ethan

1,329 people in our graph share verified history with Ethan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kyle DohertyunlockedEthan: together at Harvard Business School (2008)

×2Ethan: together at Stanford University

×3Ethan: together at Bessemer Venture Partners

Ethan: together at Chemistry

About

Ethan Kurzweil, co‑founder and managing partner, makes 5–10 concentrated, pure early‑stage bets annually on non‑consensus founders and monopolistic AI/developer plays, evidenced by early investments in Twilio, PagerDuty, Intercom, and LaunchDarkly.

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

e•••@chemistry.vcreveal75% confident

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechGamingHealthtechSaaS

Beyond investing

Founded: Ethan Kurzweil founded Chemistry VC, an early-stage venture firm focused on Series A investments.

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at PagerDuty YC S10

Intro paths

PagerDuty went through Y Combinator (Summer 2010) — Ethan 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, Ethan can intro founders to PagerDuty's investors below.

PagerDuty's investors · 21

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks AurumMenlo Park Baseline VenturesJackson · $100K – $1M checks Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks Bling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checks ChemistrySan Francisco Corazon CapitalChicago · $150K – $500K checks Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Lumia CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $30M checks New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Night CapitalCapitola Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checks Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks S28 CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2017 Spider CapitalSan Francisco · $500K checks SV AngelSan Francisco Tandem CapitalMenlo Park · $500K checks Webb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2010

Co-founders at PagerDuty

Alex SolomonFounder/CTO

Dan Alexandru SolomonDirector

Experience

ChemistryFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
LaunchDarklyBoard Member2019 — 2025
IntercomBoard Member2014 — 2025
Bessemer Venture PartnersPartner2008 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
Basis TheoryBoard Member2021 — 2024
TRM LabsBoard Member2021 — 2024
BlitzInvestor and Board Member2019 — 2024
ManyChatBoard Member2018 — 2024
TSMBoard Member2018 — 2024
HashiCorpInvestor2018 — 2021
PagerDutyBoard Member2014 — 2020
npm, Inc.Board Member2015 — 2020
Life360Investor2011 — 2019
SendGridInvestor and Board Observer2012 — 2017
New LeadersAdvisory Board Member, Bay Area2009 — 2016
Twilio Inc.Investor and Board Observer2010 — 2016
TwitchBoard Member2012 — 2014
Skybox ImagingInvestor and Board Observer2010 — 2014
Linden LabCEO's Office and Marketing/Community2007 — 2008
Dow Jones & Co.Senior Manager, Office of the CEO2004 — 2006

Skills & more

Start-ups48User Experience16Digital Media24Business Development12Venture Capital8Strategic Partnerships12Product Management2Entrepreneurship8Business StrategySaaSAnalyticsProduct Marketing

+1 more

E-commerce

From Ethan's professional profile.

Deals · 1

View The SpaceBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Jan 2017

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Led

IntercomPagerDuty SendGrid

Investor

Adap.tvCoiledDataDistillrFathom TherapeuticsFigure EightFinForeVR GamesHightowerLaunchDarkly Manychat MeticulousnpmOkeraPeriscope DataPiazza Prefect SendGridSimply MeasuredSTRATIM SystemsSweetLabsTeam SoloMidTerra BellaTRM Labs TwilioTwitch

Sources: curated public sources · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Bessemer Venture Partners

Adam Fisher

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Aditya Nidmarti

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Aia Sarycheva

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alex Ferrara

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alex Yuditski

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alexandra Sukin

Senior Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners

Amit Karp

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Network9

Andrew McLoughlinScout

Brit in San Francisco; seed-stage venture capital investor

Emmett ShearScout

Angel

John CurtiusScout

Partner at Tiger Global Management

Mark PincusScout

Founder at Workplay Ventures

Scott BelskyScout

Investor at capitalB

Buddy Arnheim

Investment Partner at August Capital

Gary Kremen

Investor at Sand Hill Angels

Mark Goldberg

Investor at Index Ventures

Sam Englebardt

General Partner at Galaxy Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ethan Kurzweil?: Ethan Kurzweil, co‑founder and managing partner, makes 5–10 concentrated, pure early‑stage bets annually on non‑consensus founders and monopolistic AI/developer plays, evidenced by early investments in Twilio, PagerDuty, Intercom, and LaunchDarkly.
Where does Ethan Kurzweil work?: Ethan Kurzweil is Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and Board director at PagerDuty.
What does Ethan Kurzweil invest in?: Ethan Kurzweil invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Ethan Kurzweil write?: Ethan Kurzweil typically writes checks of $3M – $25M.
What boards does Ethan Kurzweil sit on?: Ethan Kurzweil holds tracked board seats at View The Space.
What companies has Ethan Kurzweil invested in?: Investments tracked here include Intercom, PagerDuty, SendGrid, Adap.tv, Coiled, DataDistillr, Fathom Therapeutics, Figure Eight, Fin, ForeVR Games, Hightower, LaunchDarkly, and 16 more.
Where did Ethan Kurzweil go to school?: Ethan Kurzweil studied at Stanford University (A.B., Economics); Harvard Business School (MBA, Business).
Does Ethan Kurzweil lead rounds?: Yes — Ethan Kurzweil has led 3 tracked investments.