Biography
Marcus is a veteran entrepreneur and now General Partner at Battery Ventures. He was co-founder and CEO of Guidewire Software, which serves the global P&C insurance industry with a cloud-based core system suite for underwriting, policy administration, billing, and claims. He co-founded the company in 2001 and served as the company’s CEO through its IPO in 2012 (NYSE:GWRE) until transitioning to chairman in 2019. Today Guidewire has revenue over $1.3 billion and a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion.
Marcus joined Battery’s partnership in 2022, with an emphasis on vertical SaaS and AI, insurtech, and hardware-enabled software. His investments at Battery include Coram, hyperexponential, Descartes Underwriting, Liberate, Maybern, and GenLogs. Marcus also currently serves as an independent director of Checkr and Bloomreach and advises several privately held technology companies. Previously, he served on the boards of technology companies MuleSoft, Opower, Procore, Clearwater Analytics, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Bestow.
