Larry A. Bettino

Larry A. Bettino, General Partner

Larry Bettino has 23 years of private equity and venture capital investment experience.  He is currently a Partner at StarVest Partners, a New York – based venture capital firm focused on technology–enabled business services that take advantage of next–generation internet and information technologies.  He was a Partner and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus, joining the firm in September 2001 to lead the firm’s investment activities in telecommunications and information technology, and a member of the firm’s executive management group.  Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he was a founding partner at Baker Capital.  From 1989 to 1996 he was a partner with Dillon Read Venture Capital where he focused on technology and data communications investments. An experienced engineer, he held a series of technical and management positions at IBM.

Mr. Bettino has been a member of the Board of Directors of several public and private companies: IRON Solutions (Data-as-a-Service provider: The largest farm equipment transaction information database), Accept Software (a solution for Innovation Process Management), Switchfly (a leading loyalty redemption platform and payments engine for travel);  Transactis (a leading provider of electronic bill presentment and payment [EBPP] solutions), Travora Media, (a leading next-generation travel platform. 

Mr. Bettino received his B.S. (1982) in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (1989).