Jeff Bussgang

Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner and Co-Founder at Flybridge Capital Partners[1], a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston and New York[5]. His investment focus areas include agentic business applications, vertical SaaS, and fintech[2]. Bussgang has held his position at Flybridge since January 2003[6] and has been a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School since January 2012, where he teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital[7]. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Harvard University[15] and an MBA in Business and Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School[14]. Beyond his roles at Flybridge and Harvard, Bussgang founded and serves as Managing Partner of The Graduate Syndicate[8] and has made seed investments in companies including FalconX[10], Blitzy[11], and OpenFX[12]. He is also the author of multiple books on entrepreneurship and venture capital[5].

Experience

1. General Partner and Co-Founder

   Flybridge Capital PartnersJan 2003 to Present
2. Senior Lecturer

   Harvard Business SchoolJan 2012 to Present
3. Managing Partner and Founder

   The Graduate SyndicateJun 2016 to Present
4. Author

   Damn Gravity MediaFeb 2025 to Present
5. Seed Investor

   FalconXMar 2019 to Present
6. Seed Investor

   BlitzyJun 2024 to Present
7. Seed Investor

   OpenFXJul 2024 to Present
8. Board Member

   Limy AIDec 2025 to Present

Education

• Harvard Business School · MBA, Business and EntrepreneurshipSep 1993 - Jun 1995
• Harvard University · BA, Computer ScienceSep 1987 - Jun 1991

Media & appearances

• Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge - The VentureFizz PodcastVentureFizz

  Jeff Bussgang discusses his new book 'The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product Market Fit in the Age of AI,' which focuses on how founders can leverage modern AI tools to become 10x founders. He explains the book emerged organically from his work teaching at Harvard Business School and investing in AI-native companies at Flybridge, where he observes founders using AI tools to run experiments more efficiently and effectively to find product-market fit.

• How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? – Jeff Bussgang and Michael SeibelY Combinator

  Jeff Bussgang discusses his observations about how business schools prepare MBA students for startups, contrasting YC's core tenets with traditional MBA education. He explains that MBA students often spend too much time on research rather than building MVPs, and that successful startup founders need to identify transformational opportunities in large markets rather than incremental business improvements.

• 20VC: Jeff Bussgang, Co-Founder @ Flybridge CapitalThe Twenty Minute VC

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