Battery Ventures Names Max Schireson and Roland Anderson as Investment Partners
AI / Machine Learning | 4 min read
Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm, has announced two new investing partners: Max Schireson, the former CEO of MongoDB who has been serving as an operating partner at Battery, and Roland Anderson, a veteran Battery investor focused on growth and later-stage enterprise technology companies. Both partners will invest from Battery Ventures XV — the firm's latest fund, which closed earlier in 2026 at US$3.25 billion. The appointments reflect Battery's strategic priorities at a moment when AI, quantum computing, and robotics are reshaping the enterprise technology landscape it has focused on for over four decades.
Max Schireson: From Operating Partner to AI Investor
Schireson's appointment formalises a decade-long relationship with Battery, during which he first joined as executive-in-residence before transitioning to operating partner. In his new investing role, he will leverage his decades of enterprise technology operating experience to make investments in emerging AI models, quantum-computing, and robotics/physical intelligence technology — three of the most consequential frontier technology categories of the current cycle. Over the past decade as operating partner, he has advised portfolio companies including ClickHouse, Databricks, Cypress, InfluxData, LogRocket, Mattermost, Orkes, Quantum Art, Quantum Machines, Machinify, Fundamental, and Reflection, as well as exited investments Scuba and StreamSets.
Schireson's operating background is deeply rooted in enterprise data infrastructure. He served as CEO of MongoDB, where during his tenure the open-source database was ranked the fastest-growing database-management system for two consecutive years by DB-Engines. Before MongoDB, he served as EVP and COO at MarkLogic — which ranked as the fourth fastest-growing software company in Silicon Valley in Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 50 under his leadership — and spent nine years at Oracle, including as Chief Applications Architect. He studied mathematics at UC Berkeley.
Roland Anderson: Growth and Later-Stage Enterprise Technology
Anderson's promotion to investment partner recognises a career built inside Battery since joining as an associate in 2014. He focuses on late-stage buyout and growth equity investments in the software, information services, and enterprise technology sectors. His current Battery portfolio includes MadCap, RetailNext, ServiceTitan, Signiant, StoneEagle, Vidyard, and Workwell Technologies. Before Battery, Anderson worked at Symmetric Capital, a growth equity firm focused on software, technology-enabled services, and healthcare investing across North America.
About Battery Ventures
Founded in 1983 and with more than 450 portfolio companies backed across its four-decade history, Battery Ventures operates as a global technology-focused investment firm across software and services, enterprise infrastructure and AI, and industrial technology and life science tools. The firm backs companies at all stages — seed and early, growth, and buyout — and invests globally from offices in Boston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London, and Tel Aviv. Battery Ventures XV, the firm's latest fund, closed at US$3.25 billion earlier in 2026 and is the vehicle from which both Schireson and Anderson will deploy capital.
Key Takeaways
- • Battery Ventures has named Max Schireson and Roland Anderson as investment partners, both deploying from the firm's US$3.25 billion Battery Ventures XV fund, which closed in 2026.
- • Schireson transitions from a decade-long operating partner role (advising portfolio companies including ClickHouse, Databricks, Quantum Machines, and Mattermost) to an investing focus on emerging AI models, quantum-computing, and robotics/physical intelligence technology.
- • Schireson's operating background spans CEO of MongoDB (fastest-growing DBMS for two consecutive years by DB-Engines), EVP and COO at MarkLogic, and nine years at Oracle as Chief Applications Architect — deep enterprise data infrastructure credibility for AI and quantum investments.
- • Anderson's promotion follows twelve years at Battery (joining as associate in 2014), with a portfolio spanning MadCap, RetailNext, ServiceTitan, Signiant, StoneEagle, Vidyard, and Workwell Technologies — focused on late-stage buyout and growth equity in software, information services, and enterprise tech.
- • Battery Ventures, founded in 1983 with 450+ portfolio companies, operates globally from six offices — and the appointment of Schireson specifically to invest in AI models, quantum, and robotics signals the firm's strategic positioning at the frontier of the current enterprise technology cycle.