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Bruce Cleveland
general partner at two venture capital firms
· Bend, Oregon
Check size
Undisclosed
Lead stage
Seed
Deals tracked
17
Leads rounds
Often
Investment thesis
Bruce Cleveland combines 30+ years of operating experience, venture investing, and startup founding to help companies design categories, build repeatable go-to-market motions, and scale into market leaders. Through the Traction Gap Framework and Market Engineering methodologies, he advises startups, enterprise teams, and venture firms on navigating the critical gap between product development and achieving repeatable revenue, with particular focus on category design, positioning, messaging, and thought leadership across enterprise software, SaaS, AI, and B2B markets
Recent activity
Live platform data · proprietary, citable layer
Notable portfolio
Marketo
Appmesh
Aria Systems
Biba
Damballa
Get Satisfaction
Splice Machine
Totango
GreenFig (Ziplines Education)
Boardwave
Frequently asked
Does Bruce Cleveland invest at Seed stage?
Yes. They invest at Seed, Early stage stage.
What is their typical check size?
Check size is not publicly disclosed.
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