North Bridge Venture Partners

northbridge.com North Bridge Venture Partners one of Boston's most storied venture capital firms, founded in 1994 by Bill Geary, Doug Kingsley, Ed Anderson, Mike Pehl, and Richard D'Amore — ~$3.5B under management across 8 funds, ~200+ investments, 100+ exits, and 14 unicorns. Legendary portfolio: Demandware (sold to Salesforce for $2.8B), Starent Networks ($2.9B to Cisco), Proto Labs (IPO), Couchbase ($1.5B to Haveli, 2025), Quora, Salsify, Acquia ($1B to Vista), Actifio (to Google), Paydiant (to PayPal). Its growth-equity arm split off in 2018 as Guidepost Growth Equity ($1.1B+ AUM). Today the fund is in harvest mode — no new deals since 2021–2022, small remaining team, minimal website. May 2026: ransomware group DragonForce claimed to have stolen 22.9GB of internal files (unconfirmed by the firm). For startups seeking capital it's not an active option; for portfolio/LP diligence or the breach, it remains relevant.