{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"112667","rtpr_id":"nBw8cHfbNa","ticker":"AMPL","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["AMPL","CFLT"],"title":"Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-08-07T11:00:00.127Z","article_body":"Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner\n\nGleklen, who invests in AI-application companies, joins new principal Jason\nMendel and eight other investors globally promoted to new roles\n\nInvestment firm Battery Ventures\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=Battery+Ventures&index=1&md5=0e888b0889d53019f42239e2c59982c0)\nannounced it has promoted Brandon Gleklen to partner, continuing its strategy\nof backing the most innovative tech companies worldwide, including at the\nearliest stages.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/)\n\nBrandon Gleklen, who has been promoted to partner at global investment firm\nBattery Ventures.\n\nGleklen, who joined Battery in 2015 and is based in New York, focuses on\nearly- and growth-stage AI investments and also has a strong focus on\nhealthcare. He currently serves as a board director for healthcare AI\ncompanies AssistIQ and Triomics as well as HR-tech company Compt; sales and\ngo-to-market AI provider Letter AI; Procurement Sciences, whose AI technology\nhelps companies more efficiently apply for government contracts; and Nobl9,\nwhich makes developer tools for measuring and managing application\nreliability.\n\nGleklen is also involved with Battery’s investments in 1mind, Braze,\nCohesity, Dataiku, Front, Harness, Kustomer, Level AI, Lindy, Redox, Reify\nHealth, Shortcut, Workato, Wunderkind and seed investment Bench IQ. He was\npreviously involved in Battery’s investments in Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL),\nBonfire (merged into GTY Technology Holdings), InVision, Niantic (acquired by\nScopely) and Yesware (acquired by Vendasta). Prior to joining Battery after\ncollege, Brandon held internships at Bessemer Venture Partners and Bank of\nAmerica Merrill Lynch. In 2024, Brandon was named to Venture Capital\nJournal’s Rising Stars List\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.venturecapitaljournal.com%2Fventure-capitals-2024-rising-stars-2-of-4%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=Rising+Stars+List&index=2&md5=bf2ad1ffb6a4aa669615666a432eb91a)\n. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in\nscience, technology and society.\n\nGleklen’s new role comes as Battery announces several other key promotions\nacross its venture-capital and private-equity businesses.\n\nJason Mendel, an enterprise-AI specialist who joined Battery six years ago and\nis based in San Francisco, was promoted to principal. Mendel has worked with,\nor sourced, several of Battery’s prominent, AI-infrastructure investments,\nincluding Aegis AI, Arize AI, Baseten, ClickHouse, Gong and Reflection AI. He\nhas also been involved with current Battery investments Cypress.io, Postman,\nTheta Lake, Unify and Weaviate, as well as exited investments Confluent\n(NASDAQ: CFLT) and Galileo (acquired by Cisco).\n\nBefore joining Battery, Jason worked in corporate development at Cisco Systems\non strategic acquisitions and investments. Prior to that, he was an associate\nat Industry Ventures and an analyst at Deutsche Bank. Jason graduated from\nSanta Clara University.\n\n“Brandon’s elevation to partner, and Jason’s to principal, recognizes\nthe success both have demonstrated mapping new markets, finding the most\ninnovative players and, post-investment, offering incisive operational and\nstrategic counsel to founders and CEOs,” said Neeraj Agrawal, a Battery\ngeneral partner who works closely with Gleklen. “Brandon has also played a\nkey role internally in the last few years helping Battery fully understand the\npower of AI and its potential uses across industries and workflows. We wish\nboth Brandon and Jason continued success in their new roles.”\n\nBattery also announced that Jack Mattei, based in New York, and Lucas Maiman,\nbased in San Francisco, were promoted to vice president. Six investors were\npromoted to associate: Abhi Agrawal and Caroline Culmo in San Francisco; Matt\nDailey and Erin Ku in New York; Thomas Marchioni in London; and Page Wolfenden\nin Boston.\n\nFor a full list of all Battery investments and exits, click here.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com%2Flist-of-all-companies%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=here.&index=3&md5=2bfb24fc9af3ee4cfff9449f3063d1aa)\n\nAbout Battery Ventures\n\nBattery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing\ncategory-defining businesses in markets including software and services,\nenterprise infrastructure/AI, and industrial technology and life-science\ntools. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from\nseed and early to growth and buyout, and invests globally from offices in\nBoston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London and Tel Aviv. Follow the\nfirm on X @BatteryVentures, visit our website at www.battery.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=www.battery.com&index=4&md5=95ec62063bc39c60705a1481cd2425ec)\nand find a full list of Battery's portfolio companies here.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com%2Four-companies%2Flist%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=here.&index=5&md5=9591b8684b9ed50f9fa8ba3bde482363)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/)\n\nRebecca Buckman\n\nMarketing Partner\n\nbecky@battery.com \n(mailto:becky@battery.com) \n650-292-2077\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw8cHfbNa","title":"Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"AMPL","created":"2026-08-07T11:00:00.127Z","tickers":["AMPL","CFLT"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner\n\nGleklen, who invests in AI-application companies, joins new principal Jason\nMendel and eight other investors globally promoted to new roles\n\nInvestment firm Battery Ventures\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=Battery+Ventures&index=1&md5=0e888b0889d53019f42239e2c59982c0)\nannounced it has promoted Brandon Gleklen to partner, continuing its strategy\nof backing the most innovative tech companies worldwide, including at the\nearliest stages.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/)\n\nBrandon Gleklen, who has been promoted to partner at global investment firm\nBattery Ventures.\n\nGleklen, who joined Battery in 2015 and is based in New York, focuses on\nearly- and growth-stage AI investments and also has a strong focus on\nhealthcare. He currently serves as a board director for healthcare AI\ncompanies AssistIQ and Triomics as well as HR-tech company Compt; sales and\ngo-to-market AI provider Letter AI; Procurement Sciences, whose AI technology\nhelps companies more efficiently apply for government contracts; and Nobl9,\nwhich makes developer tools for measuring and managing application\nreliability.\n\nGleklen is also involved with Battery’s investments in 1mind, Braze,\nCohesity, Dataiku, Front, Harness, Kustomer, Level AI, Lindy, Redox, Reify\nHealth, Shortcut, Workato, Wunderkind and seed investment Bench IQ. He was\npreviously involved in Battery’s investments in Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL),\nBonfire (merged into GTY Technology Holdings), InVision, Niantic (acquired by\nScopely) and Yesware (acquired by Vendasta). Prior to joining Battery after\ncollege, Brandon held internships at Bessemer Venture Partners and Bank of\nAmerica Merrill Lynch. In 2024, Brandon was named to Venture Capital\nJournal’s Rising Stars List\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.venturecapitaljournal.com%2Fventure-capitals-2024-rising-stars-2-of-4%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=Rising+Stars+List&index=2&md5=bf2ad1ffb6a4aa669615666a432eb91a)\n. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in\nscience, technology and society.\n\nGleklen’s new role comes as Battery announces several other key promotions\nacross its venture-capital and private-equity businesses.\n\nJason Mendel, an enterprise-AI specialist who joined Battery six years ago and\nis based in San Francisco, was promoted to principal. Mendel has worked with,\nor sourced, several of Battery’s prominent, AI-infrastructure investments,\nincluding Aegis AI, Arize AI, Baseten, ClickHouse, Gong and Reflection AI. He\nhas also been involved with current Battery investments Cypress.io, Postman,\nTheta Lake, Unify and Weaviate, as well as exited investments Confluent\n(NASDAQ: CFLT) and Galileo (acquired by Cisco).\n\nBefore joining Battery, Jason worked in corporate development at Cisco Systems\non strategic acquisitions and investments. Prior to that, he was an associate\nat Industry Ventures and an analyst at Deutsche Bank. Jason graduated from\nSanta Clara University.\n\n“Brandon’s elevation to partner, and Jason’s to principal, recognizes\nthe success both have demonstrated mapping new markets, finding the most\ninnovative players and, post-investment, offering incisive operational and\nstrategic counsel to founders and CEOs,” said Neeraj Agrawal, a Battery\ngeneral partner who works closely with Gleklen. “Brandon has also played a\nkey role internally in the last few years helping Battery fully understand the\npower of AI and its potential uses across industries and workflows. We wish\nboth Brandon and Jason continued success in their new roles.”\n\nBattery also announced that Jack Mattei, based in New York, and Lucas Maiman,\nbased in San Francisco, were promoted to vice president. Six investors were\npromoted to associate: Abhi Agrawal and Caroline Culmo in San Francisco; Matt\nDailey and Erin Ku in New York; Thomas Marchioni in London; and Page Wolfenden\nin Boston.\n\nFor a full list of all Battery investments and exits, click here.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com%2Flist-of-all-companies%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=here.&index=3&md5=2bfb24fc9af3ee4cfff9449f3063d1aa)\n\nAbout Battery Ventures\n\nBattery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing\ncategory-defining businesses in markets including software and services,\nenterprise infrastructure/AI, and industrial technology and life-science\ntools. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from\nseed and early to growth and buyout, and invests globally from offices in\nBoston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London and Tel Aviv. Follow the\nfirm on X @BatteryVentures, visit our website at www.battery.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=www.battery.com&index=4&md5=95ec62063bc39c60705a1481cd2425ec)\nand find a full list of Battery's portfolio companies here.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battery.com%2Four-companies%2Flist%2F&esheet=54585474&newsitemid=20260807593584&lan=en-US&anchor=here.&index=5&md5=9591b8684b9ed50f9fa8ba3bde482363)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/)\n\nRebecca Buckman\n\nMarketing Partner\n\nbecky@battery.com \n(mailto:becky@battery.com) \n650-292-2077\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-08-07T11:00:00.339790832Z","server_sent_at_ms":1786100400339},"received_at":"2026-08-07T11:00:00.864Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260807593584/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"101670","press_release_id":"112667","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Software","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"other","narrative":"Battery Ventures announced the promotion of Brandon Gleklen to partner and Jason Mendel to principal, highlighting their focus on AI investments.\n\nThe release notes that Gleklen was previously involved with Battery's investment in Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL) among other technology firms.\n\nThis announcement concerns internal personnel changes at the venture capital firm and does not constitute a material event for Amplitude.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"VC internal promotion with incidental bio mention of AMPL; non-material."},"keyFigures":null,"quotedText":"","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Brandon Gleklen","role":"Partner (promoted)"},{"name":"Jason Mendel","role":"Principal (promoted)"},{"name":"Neeraj Agrawal","role":"General Partner"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Battery Ventures","relationship":"Investor / Issuer of release"},{"name":"Amplitude","ticker":"AMPL","relationship":"Portfolio company (mentioned in bio)"},{"name":"AssistIQ","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Triomics","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Compt","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Letter AI","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Procurement Sciences","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Nobl9","relationship":"Board directorship"},{"name":"Braze","relationship":"Investment"},{"name":"Cohesity","relationship":"Investment"},{"name":"Dataiku","relationship":"Investment"},{"name":"Workato","relationship":"Investment"},{"name":"Confluent","ticker":"CFLT","relationship":"Exited investment"},{"name":"Niantic","relationship":"Acquired investment"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"The press release is issued by Battery Ventures regarding internal personnel promotions. 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