Board & Observer Seats
George Bischof
Managing Director
George Bischof joined Meritech as a Managing Director in 2008 and focuses primarily on enterprise infrastructure, digital media, and technology-enabled services companies. George is involved with Meritech’s current investments in BigFix, Model N, and Vantage Oncology and led the firm's investment in Springsource.
Prior to Meritech, George spent eight years as a General Partner with Focus Ventures where his investments included: Acta Technology, Crossbeam Systems, EqualLogic, Extricity, G-Log, Isilon Systems, QuinStreet and Wily Technology. He also co-led Focus’ investment in Barracuda Networks and LogLogic.
Previously, George worked in Robertson Stephens’ technology investment banking group for nine years where he led portions of the firm’s eCommerce, 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.
George holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.