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Axel Bichara is a Partner in the technology sector. He joined Atlas Venture in 1993 and focuses on software and services technology.
Before coming to Atlas Venture, he was Vice President of Product Development at Premise, a venture-backed software company which he co-founded in 1987. Premise was acquired by Computervision in 1991.
Axel was lead investor in SolidWorks, a mechanical design automation software company that was acquired in 1997 by Dassault Systemes. Axel also participated as a first round lead investor in SpeechWorks. As a Board Member, Axel helped build the company through an IPO in 2000 and its later sale to ScanSoft in 2003. He continues to serve on the Board of Phase Forward (IPO in July 2004) where he was also the first round lead investor.
Between 1997 and 1999 Axel spent 18 months in Munich to build up Atlas Venture's business activity in Germany.
Axel holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master of Science degree from MIT and a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University in Berlin.
Investment Sector : Technology
Boards :
BlueShift, Bluespec, CLK Design Automation, Liquid Machines, Marathon Technologies, NaviMedix, Phase Forward
Featured Past Investments:
Bintec, FirstSense Software, SolidWorks, SpeechWorks
In the News:
CIGNA to Offer Online Precertification this Fall
Atlas Venture Goes Spinout Route for Investing
Fundtech Partners with Marathon Technologies to Enhance Business Continuity
Marathon Technologies Launches Major Initiative to Deliver Continuity of Operations Availability Software to Federal Market
Biotech Firm co.don AG Relies on Marathon’s High Availability Offering
Phase Forward Announces New Hosted Submission Checking Service Offering to Help Customers Submit CDISC Standards-Compliant Data to FDA
Phase Forward to Host Analyst Day
Liquid Machines to Co-Sponsor "Demystifying Trade Secret Protection Strategies" With Pro-Tec Data
Marathon Technologies and SOFTEK Team to Deliver Automated Availability Solutions to Pharmaceutical Industry
Jeannie Vineyard Joins Liquid Machines as Vice President of Engineering
Charlie Hauck Assumes CEO Role at Bluespec
Phase Forward Executives to Present at DIA Annual Meeting, June 17-21
Phase Forward Introduces Next-Generation Clinical Study Design Environment
Cognos Recognizes Phase Forward for Excellence in Life Sciences Innovation
NaviMedix Offers Free Allscripts Electronic Prescribing to 190,000 U.S. Physicians
German Lottery Hits Jackpot with Marathon
PAREXEL Extends Phase Forward Alliance, Inks New Multi-Year Contract
Liquid Machines Announces Availability of FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography for Public Sector Organizations
Drug Safety Alliance Adopts Phase Forward's Newest Web-Based Clintrace Solution
Bluespec Liberates Synthesizeable Testbenches at DAC
Marty Petraitis Joins BlueShift Technologies as Vice President of Sales and Marketing in Response to Growing Global Demand for Its "QuickLink(TM)" Wafer Processing Platform
Phase Forward Prices Public Offering of Common Stock and Expects to Raise Approximately $78 Million
Marathon Technologies & Transpara Partnership Delivers 24/7 Access To Operations Data Throughout Organization
Multiprocessing Used To Break EDA Timing Bottleneck
CLK Design Automation Boosts Timing Analysis Performance By 10-100x With Debut of Amber Analyzer
Health Net Federal Services Selects NaviMedix Web-Based Payer-Provider Network to Enable Real Time Communications with Physicians
Marathon Technologies and Johnson Controls Announce Alliance
45 Percent of Employees Take Data When They Change Jobs; Information Security Survey Shows Vulnerability Of Corporate Information and the Use of Inefficient Business Processes
NetJapan and Marathon Technologies Partner to Protect Japanese Companies from Downtime
Phase Forward Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
Bluespec, EVE Create Platform for ESL Verification, Modeling, Architectural Design
Bluespec Adds System-Level Building Blocks to AzureIP Foundation Library | 