Ethan Kurzweil is a co-founder and managing partner at Chemistry, backing early technology companies. Across 16 years at Bessemer and earlier work at Linden Lab and The Wall Street Journal, he has followed tools that let more people create: developer platforms, data infrastructure and games. His investing centers on conviction in unconventional founders and products that expand what knowledge workers can build.
Ethan Kurzweil is a co-founder and managing partner at Chemistry, backing early technology companies. Across 16 years at Bessemer and earlier work at Linden Lab and The Wall Street Journal, he has followed tools that let more people create: developer platforms, data infrastructure and games. His investing centers on conviction in unconventional founders and products that expand what knowledge workers can build.
Career
Ethan Kurzweil studied at Stanford University (AB, Economics) and Harvard University (MBA).
Founder and Managing Partner at ChemistryVC from 2024 to PresentBVManaging Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners from 2008 to 2024
LLCEO’s Office and Marketing / Community at Linden Lab from 2007 to 2008
DJSenior Manager, Office of the CEO at Dow Jones & Co. from 2004 to 2006
NYAssociate, Chancellor’s Strategic Initiatives Group at New York City Department of Education from 2002 to 2004
M&Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company from 2001 to 2003
LAFounder and Director of Business Development at Level Access from 1999 to 2001