Bruce K. Taragin

Bruce is a managing director at Blumberg Capital with more than 30 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney.

Prior to joining Blumberg Capital, Bruce co-founded and held several senior management positions within technology companies including Charles River Computers. Bruce also structured and managed early-stage technology transactions at Hambrecht & Quist, Mayer Brown & Platt and Bankers Trust Company.

A native of New York, Bruce earned his B.A. in finance and communications, cum laude, from Yeshiva University, and his MBA and J.D. from Fordham University.

Bruce serves as a member or observer on the board of directors of Angle Health, BioCatch, FundGuard, Joshu, Nexla, Prescient, SAM, SeaLights, Shabodi, WorkJam, Yotpo. He also chairs the VC Circle for the UJA-Federation of New York and is an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University Sy Syms School of Business and the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Past Investments Include:

Arcadia Data – Acquired by Cloudera
Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE) – IPO
Bringit – Acquired by International Gaming Technology
CaseStack – Acquired by Hub Group
Correlix – Acquired by TS-Associates
Coverhound – Acquired by Brown & Brown
Cyvera – Acquired by Palo Alto Networks
Databand – Acquired by IBM 
DoubleVerify (NYSE: DV) – IPO
eVoice – Acquired by AOL
Finaro – Acquired by Shift4
GO Networks – Acquired by NextWave Wireless
IP Infusion – Acquired by ACCESS CO., LTD
Katapult (Nasdaq: KPLT) – IPO
Mertado – Acquired by Groupon
Medigate – Acquired by Claroty 
Mobsmith – Acquired by Rubicon
Nolio – Acquired by CA Technologies
Nutanix – IPO
Passage.ai – Acquired by ServiceNow
PureSight – Acquired by Boston Communications Group
Siperian – Acquired by Informatica
Vista Research – Acquired by McGraw Hill
ZipZapPlay – Acquired by Electronic Arts