Role at Deer Management
- Title on Schedule A
- Managing Member
- Control
- David Cowan is a control person of Deer Management.
- Ownership
- The filed direct ownership band is 10% to 25%.
- Tenure
- David Cowan has held the filed role since January 2002.
The firm
Form ADV filed 13 May 2026
Career on record
The IAPD individual lookup on 18 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.
Registrations and exams
Individual registration and examination information for David Cowan is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.
Officer record
- Full name
- David Cowan
- CRD
- 6012860
- Record basis
- Form ADV officer listing
- Firm bio
- bvp.com
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Background
David Cowan is a Bessemer partner based in Silicon Valley. The firm describes practices he launched and companies he co-founded and lists his Harvard degrees. Official firm biography
Education
- Harvard University — AB in Computer Science/MathematicsOfficial firm biography
- Harvard University — MBAOfficial firm biography
Common questions
Where does David Cowan work?
David Cowan has been Managing Member of Deer Management Co. LLC since January 2002, and is a control person of the firm.
Leadership at Deer Management
- Sara ByrneChief Financial Officer
- Sandra GrippoChief Operating Officer and Managing Member
- Jacob BukhsbaumChief Compliance Officer and Counsel
- Richard BennettManaging Member
- Byron DeeterManaging Member
- Brian FeinsteinManaging Member
- Alex FerraraManaging Member
- Adam FisherManaging Member
- Robert GoodmanManaging Member
- Stephen KrausManaging Member
- Jeremy LevineManaging Member
- Scott RingGeneral Counsel, Chief Strategy Officer, and Managing Member