Mike Droesch
Partner / Seed/Early
Boston, US

About Mike
Mike Droesch is a partner in the Boston office primarily focusing on AI applications, cybersecurity, supply chain software, and B2B marketplaces. He currently serves on the board of directors for Tackle, Curri, Raft, Cypress, Netography, Optimal Dynamics, and VendorPM.
Previously, Mike worked with a few venture-backed startups in Boston, including two Bessemer portfolio companies, Fuze and InsightSquared, where he supported sales operations and analytics efforts. He started his career as a systems engineer and then spent nearly three years in management consulting at Navigant, where he helped companies build new businesses around emerging energy and infrastructure technologies in the U.S. and Middle East.
He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master’s Degree in naval architecture and engineering from the University of Michigan, and a degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts University.
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Neo: securing AI agents at the endpoint
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Neo Security's $100M Series A to build AI security for the endpoint, giving enterprises real visibility and control over their agents.

Article
Securing AI agents: the defining cybersecurity challenge of 2026
The rise of the agentic workforce is pushing CISOs to reimagine the security stack—and rethink the questions they need to ask—as they navigate an evolving threat landscape.

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Lessons from building an AI-powered ‘star system’ ERP with Lensing (fka Everest Systems)
Lensing (fka Everest Systems) co-founder and co-CEO Sandeep Chopra is working with former SAP veterans to disrupt that iconic ERP company.

Roadmap
The State of AI 2025
Three years after the AI Big Bang early galaxies are forming in the Cloud AI universe, with plenty of “dark matter” still swirling.

Article
Lessons from Doss on building an ‘anti-ERP ERP’ platform
Doss co-founder and CEO Wiley Jones shares how reversing the traditional ERP model — making software fit the business, not the other way around — solves real customer problems, in this episode of Systems of Action.

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Lessons from Day.ai’s journey to becoming ‘the Waymo of CRM’
Day.ai co-founder and CEO Christopher O’Donnell explains how to nail “magic” moments across different customer profiles in this episode of “Systems of Action.”











