Jeff Bussgang

Co-founder & General Partner at Flybridge · Joined 2002

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Biography

Jeff Bussgang co-founded Flybridge and is a General Partner focused on agentic business applications, vertical SaaS and fintech. He is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches Launching Technology Ventures. Before venture capital he co-founded Upromise, serving as President and COO until its acquisition by Sallie Mae, and was an executive at Open Market, which went public in 1996. He began his career at The Boston Consulting Group. He leads Flybridge's Graduate Syndicate pre-seed fund for Harvard Business School graduates.

Education

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

1996
Open Market, where he was an executive, goes public.
2002
Co-founds Flybridge Capital Partners.
2010
Publishes 'Mastering the VC Game'.
2017
Publishes 'Entering StartUpLand'.
2025
Publishes 'The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product-Market Fit in the Age of AI'.

Sources & References

Flybridge - Investment Team ↗Flybridge - Next Wave ↗Harvard Business School faculty - Jeffrey J. Bussgang ↗