Mitchell Kertzman is a Managing Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners with over 30 years of experience as a CEO. See sector focus and contact routes.
Mitchell Kertzman is a Managing Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners with over 30 years of experience as a CEO of public and private software companies, having previously led Sybase, Powersoft, and Liberate Technologies. His investment thesis focuses exclusively on enterprise software, with a primary sweet spot in enterprise infrastructure software that serves as the underpinning or “glue” for enterprise systems. The firm invests only in startup companies, specifically targeting first-of-their-kind opportunities in this sector since 1989. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior for Kertzman individually are not publicly detailed, Hummer Winblad’s focus remains tightly on enterprise infrastructure. Notable portfolio companies include NuoDB, a database software firm where Kertzman serves on the board, as well as Sybase (later acquired by SAP) and Liberate Technologies, both of which he previously led as CEO. Kertzman does not appear to have distinctive public writing or a unique published point of view beyond his operational focus on enterprise infrastructure software.
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