Beezer Clarkson
Verified
Beezer is responsible for the worldwide operations of SAP Ventures and leads investment activities for the SAP Hana Real Time Fund. Most recently she was a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. There she managed the DFJ Global Network, which consisted of 16 venture funds around the world representing some $7B of capital under management and over 400 active portfolio companies. Prior to this, she was an Investment Manager at Omidyar Network where she focused on investments (both direct and fund investments) in the financial services and technology sectors in emerging markets such as CellBazaar (Acq. by Telnor) and the Global Microfinance Consortium. At Hewlett Packard, Beezer led business development negotiations with leading Internet services companies for placement on desktop and notebooks world-wide. Beezer began her investment career 18 years ago in Morgan Stanley's Global Infrastructure Group. Beezer has a BA in Government from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Wesleyan University, the Advisory Board of InVenture and the Investor Advisory Council of Astia.