Bowery Capital Reviews

Pros

As an undergraduate student at Columbia, I interned at Bowery Capital for Spring and early Summer 2018. - Collaborative and fun culture. Great mix of a challenging yet supportive environment. The team is very understanding in terms of giving a manageable workload. - Mike, Nic, Loren, Alex, and Andrew are extremely approachable, give great feedback, cater projects based on your interests, and care about your professional development. - Many opportunities to take on new initiatives/projects that interns lead entirely, such as drafting idea briefs, investment memos, etc. Projects often contain quantitative work for exposure to financial statements. - Direct chance to sit in on pitches from incoming companies. - Opportunities to interact with portfolio companies, for example, meeting founders at the Annual General Meeting and visiting several offices out in San Francisco.

Cons

There was an extensive weekly lunch and learn session that taught the interns about the VC sphere. Could have extended it for a longer period of time.

Pros

- Bowery was a great forum for learning and a stepping stone for my career in growth-stage SaaS Marketing. - Mike & Nic always listened to and heard my opinions and suggestions—acting on them when appropriate. - The team is experts in the early-stage B2B SaaS space and I was always a fan of how detailed they (we) were in evaluating potential investments. - Generally positive work environment with an emphasis on working hard without taking yourself too seriously. - Mike was really helpful in the next steps of my career path.

Cons

- Was with the team for just under 4 years from AOLV to Bowery so it wasn't all smooth sailing, but I can honestly say it was an overall incredible work experience. Wouldn't trade my time at Bowery for anything else.

Pros

- For such a young firm, Bowery has clearly established itself as one of the go-to players in the enterprise tech space - Mike & Nic's focused vision on their specific space and goal to instill certain values in Bowery has clearly paid off - The team is wicked smart, highly efficient, and very well connected. You're able to speak with some of the brightest minds available in their respective space and are able to help craft a thesis and conviction around deals - Bowery is an extremely lean organization (as are most VC funds) and as other reviews have suggested, the team gives you plenty of room to run to help add value, get smarter, and work on cool projects. As long as you get your work done, you have the freedom to work on a wide variety of projects. - Bowery is also an incredible platform to learn from. Mike & Nic really go the extra mile in helping to educate team members about the venture process and look forward to mentoring you and keeping in touch even if you leave the firm - The Bowery Alumni network is an incredible resource and is very tight knit. I continue to rely on this group at my current fund - I personally owe the Bowery team with putting me in a position to obtain not one, but two VC jobs post my time with Bowery. The firm is very well run and is set up to provide an outstanding experience to all team members.

Cons

None. Overly positive experience.

Pros

- Bowery Capital is one of the up and coming NYC-based early stage venture capital shops with a well defined investment thesis (B2B Enterprise Software) and a strong leadership team - Great mentorship culture in which junior investment professionals are given a lot of responsibility / see all aspects of the investment process - Lean process organization, very much into test and learn - Alumni + entrepreneur network is incredibly strong / supportive, I leaned on this network in subsequent roles at other firms even years after leaving Bowery - Team is tight-knit outside of work with monthly outtings and drink events

Cons

- Second what was said it being a self-starter culture, a lot of runway for personal / professional growth but not a hyper structured environment where people are going to be micromanaging; as is often the case in VC often you have to craft your own schedule and try to add value rather than wait for inbound assignments