Karen Schiff Bommart

Experience

1. Partner, Head of Ir

   Battery Ventures

   Jun 2005 — Present

   Battery is a global, multi-stage Venture Capital and Private Equity firm focused on technology. I am the head of Investor Relations, working with our Limited Partners who are a diverse set of sophisticated institutional investors in the US and abroad. I created the first-ever IR position at the firm and am responsible for: 1/ fostering relationships with existing and new investors 2/ spearheading fundraising; most recent accomplishments - BV XIV totaling $3.245B in capital (Q2 2022) and Select Fund II ($530M, Q2 2022). Prior fundraises totaled $400M (2021),$2.0B (2020),$1.25B (2018) and $950.0M (2016); 3/ timely, transparent and compliant communications. I am an Executive Committee member of the NVCA’s Strategic Communications Group, an Advisory Board member and frequent panelist at PEI’s NYC IR & Marketing Forum, and the organizer of a quarterly IR MeetUp in the Boston area. For the first 8 years of my tenure at Battery, I ran the marketing, branding, events and PR effort for the firm, as well as provided hands-on support to portfolio companies. I spent my career in high tech marketing and PR before migrating to financial services, holding increasingly senior positions with some of the industry’s most respected communications agencies.

Education

• Tufts University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, Developmental Psychology

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Marketing Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Saas
• Strategic Planning
• Venture Capital
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Valuation
• Business Development
• M&a Experience
• Private Equity
• Thought Leadership
• Marketing
• Go-to-Market Strategy