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Blake Bartlett

Partner

Joined

2013

Education

University of Southern California
Bachelor of Business Administration

Portfolio

Calendly
Expensify
Highspot
Logikcull
Pantheon
Zipwhip

Past

Catchpoint Systems
Glassdoor
Optimizely
Q2eBanking (NYSE: QTWO)
Sprinklr
Tealium
VSS Monitoring (acq. by Danaher)
Wayfair (NYSE: W)

BLAKE BARTLETT
Partner

Blake focuses on application software, and has led the firm’s investments in Expensify, Pantheon and Logikcull. Prior to OpenView, he was an investor at Battery Ventures, where he helped lead investments in companies like Optimizely, Glassdoor, Sprinklr, Wayfair (NYSE:W) and Q2 Holdings (NYSE:QTWO).

Years working with software companies has taught me that focus matters. You can’t be all things to all people.

Blake was born and raised in San Diego, which means he left America’s best weather for some of America’s worst weather in Boston.

News Articles

What is Product Led Growth? How to Build a Software Company in the End User Era

What is product led growth? Blake Bartlett explains the latest to-go-market strategy, how we got here and why the end user is now the most

Building & Growing Free SaaS Products People Love with Serial Entrepreneur, Hiten Shah [Podcast]

Hiten Shah is the mastermind behind Crazy Egg, Product Habits & FYI. He and his team pioneered heat maps

Shopify’s CMO on the Science of Data-Driven Marketing [Podcast]

Jeff Weiser hasn’t exactly followed a traditional path to get to CMO, but his background in strategy and analytics

Kelly Watkins on Slack & The State of Marketing in a PLG Company [Podcast]

Kelly Watkins has consistently been at the heart of marketing within PLG companies – first at GitHub as the

Appcues’ Jonathan Kim on the Art of Onboarding [Podcast]

This may sound strange, but more often than not, Appcues’ biggest competition is actually nothing. Most companies don’t have

Shopify’s CMO on the Science of Data-Driven Marketing [Podcast]

Kelly Watkins on Slack & The State of Marketing in a PLG Company [Podcast]

Appcues’ Jonathan Kim on the Art of Onboarding [Podcast]

People

Our people, here to help yours.

We are a team purpose-built to help you scale. No matter what you’re facing, we’ve seen it before. Let’s solve your challenges together.

Investment

Blake Bartlett

Partner

Caitlin Bolnick

Associate

Liz Cain

Partner

Brian Carthas

Vice President

Mackey Craven

Partner

Daniel Demmer

Partner

Dan Heck

Vice President

Kaitlyn Henry

Associate

Tom Holahan

Vice President

Dan Knight

Associate

Scott Maxwell

Founder, Partner

Devon McDonald

Partner

Kate Murdock

Associate

Ricky Pelletier

Partner

Anastasiya Prokhorenko

Associate

Brendan Rempel

Associate

George Roberts

Venture Partner

Ashley Smith

Venture Partner

Ariel Winton

Vice President

Expansion

Jeff Curran

Director of Business Operations

Ellie D’Amelio

Talent Manager

Bayley Dietz

Marketing Manager

Sarah Duffy

Director of Talent

Sean Fanning

Director of Corporate Development

Veronica Gage

Head of Marketing

Lauren Hall

Marketing Associate

John McCullough

Partner

Ned O’Leary

Growth Analyst

Issy Pelletier

Recruiting Sourcer

Kyle Poyar

VP, Market Strategy

Casey Renner

Executive Network Director

Sam Richard

Director of Growth

Anna Smith

Graphic Design Intern

Amanda Walker

Senior Talent Manager

Operations

Allie Banks

Executive Coordinator

Gildas Dousset

Experience Manager

Rufus King

Chief Legal Officer

Chelsea Kunin

Executive Coordinator

Alex Lau

Senior Director, FP&A

Allie Letourneau

Controller

Bonnie Lewis

Executive Finance and Audit Chair

Taylor Magnone

Senior Accountant

Shannon Maguire

Accountant

Liz Moertel

Accounting Manager

Molly Niland

Executive Assistant & Experience Manager

Kate Ramirez

Chief Financial Officer

Danielle Tedesco

Director, Operations