Larry Cheng

About Larry Cheng

Larry Cheng focuses on investment opportunities in growth-stage scalable Internet applications and services. He currently serves on the boards of Burst Oral Care, GameStop ($GME), Grove Collaborative ($GROV), Levanta, Recycle Track Systems, Rounds, Screenverse, Sensible Care, Statusphere, Super73, and US Mobile. He also was on the Board of Chewy (CHWY), Connatix (acquired by Court Square), Cortera (acquired by Moody\'s), Globaltranz (acquired by Jordan Companies), 10-4 (acquired by Trimble), mindSHIFT Technologies (acquired by BestBuy), Stylesight (acquired by Top Right Group), and Prosper Marketplace. Prior to helping found Volition Capital in 2010, Larry was a partner at Fidelity Ventures, where he led investments in Verid (acquired by EMC) and Flock (acquired by Zynga). From to 2005, Larry was a senior associate at Battery Ventures where he was actively involved in OpenNetwork Technologies (acquired by BMC Software), Ximian (acquired by Novell), and Ruckus Network (acquired by TotalMusic). From 1998 to he was an associate for Bessemer Venture Partners where he focused on software investments. Prior to Bessemer, Larry was an associate consultant at Corporate Decisions Inc. Larry earned his BA in Psychology at Harvard College.

Experience

1. Managing Partner and Co-founder

   Volition Capital

   Jan 2010 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Volition Capital is a Boston-based growth equity firm that invests in high growth, principally bootstrapped, founder-owned businesses in the software, Internet, and consumer sectors. Larry\'s investments include:Burst Oral Care (Director)GameStop (NYSE: GME)(Director)Grove Collaborative (NYSE: GROV)(Director)Mozaic Payments (Director)Recycle Track Systems - RTS (Director)Rounds (Director)Screenverse (Director)Sensible Care (Director)Super73 (Director)US Mobile (Director)Chewy (Nasdaq: CHWY)Connatix (acquired by Court Square Capital Partners)Cortera (acquired by Moody’s)Globaltranz (acquired by Jordan Companies)Stylesight (acquired by Top Right Group)

Education

• Harvard College

  BA

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Due Diligence
• Executive Management
• Growth Capital
• Strategic Partnerships
• Growth Equity
• Internet
• Ipo
• Online Services
• Board of Directors
• Management
• Start-Ups
• Investments
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital
• Angel Investing
• Private Equity
• Strategy
• Social Media
• Digital Media