Murat Bicer
General Partner·CRV
Bio
Professional summary
Murat Bicer is a General Partner at CRV who invests in early-stage technology businesses. Based on his official CRV profile, he is drawn to founding teams with strong conviction, complementary skills, and the ability to create category-defining products. His profile highlights Datadog as a defining investment: he invested before CRV co-led the company's Series A and describes the product as standing out in systems monitoring and application performance management. The profile also references Iterable, Signal Sciences, Emotive, Gorgias, and Arena as examples of companies aligned with his interest in developer-first, customer engagement, security, and commerce-related software opportunities.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize a technically strong founding team, early customer love, and a large market where product quality can create a breakout category.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his Datadog investment and interest in developer-led buying behavior.
- 2Connect product-led traction or unusually passionate early customers to examples like Iterable.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official profile references CRV partnering with Emotive in 2021 and Arena in 2022.
Official profile references Forbes Midas List recognition in 2023.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- CRV (Charles River Ventures)General PartnerCurrent
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