George Bischof

George Bischof joined Meritech as a Managing Director in 2008. He focuses primarily on SaaS and cloud infrastructure software, data center and enterprise infrastructure and storage companies. George has led or oversees the firm's investments in BigFix (IBM), Box (BOX), Coupa, ExtraHop, Fusion-io (FIO), Hybris (SAP), Model N (MODN), SimpliVity, Springsource (VMW) and Yapstone. Prior to Meritech, George spent eight years as a General Partner with Focus Ventures where his investments included: Barracuda Networks (CUDA), EqualLogic (DELL), Extricity (PRGN), G-Log (ORCL), Isilon Systems (ISLN/EMC), QuinStreet (QNST) and Wily Technology (CA). Previously, George worked in Robertson Stephens’ technology investment banking group for nine years where he led portions of the firm’s e-commerce, software, and hardware/systems banking practices. George helped more than 60 companies raise over $4.5 billion in public equity offerings and private placement transactions. Notable clients included: BEA Systems, Bindview, Broadvision, Concur Technologies, Epiphany, Genesys Labs, i2 Technologies, JD Edwards, Peregrine Systems, Portal Software, QAD and Siebel Systems.