Enterprise Partners Venture Capital promoted Erik Nierenberg, who joined the California-based firm in 2004, to Principal with the firm. He will work with entrepreneurs and portfolio companies on business strategy, operations, and capital structuring.
“Erik is a talented and extremely important member of the Enterprise investment team, working closely with our portfolio companies,” said Carl Eibl, managing director at Enterprise Partners. “In particular, he has been instrumental in from the very beginning with some of our new investments including companies such as Sky MobileMedia (wireless software), Expresso Fitness (interactive content), Identrus (identity management), and Tarari (semiconductors).”
Prior to joining Enterprise Partners, Nierenberg spent five years with Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, where he led growth strategy, operations and marketing initiatives across industries including technology (telecom, software, hardware, content, services), media, consumer products, and retail.
Nierenberg spent time as a product manager at Netscape and was one of the first hires at The Bridgespan Group.
He studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.