Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner

BOSTON & NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 7, 2026--

Investment firm Battery Ventures announced it has promoted Brandon Gleklen to partner, continuing its strategy of backing the most innovative tech companies worldwide, including at the earliest stages.

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Gleklen, who joined Battery in 2015 and is based in New York, focuses on early- and growth-stage AI investments and also has a strong focus on healthcare. He currently serves as a board director for healthcare AI companies AssistIQ and Triomics as well as HR-tech company Compt; sales and go-to-market AI provider Letter AI; Procurement Sciences, whose AI technology helps companies more efficiently apply for government contracts; and Nobl9, which makes developer tools for measuring and managing application reliability.

Gleklen is also involved with Battery’s investments in 1mind, Braze, Cohesity, Dataiku, Front, Harness, Kustomer, Level AI, Lindy, Redox, Reify Health, Shortcut, Workato, Wunderkind and seed investment Bench IQ. He was previously involved in Battery’s investments in Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL), Bonfire (merged into GTY Technology Holdings), InVision, Niantic (acquired by Scopely) and Yesware (acquired by Vendasta). Prior to joining Battery after college, Brandon held internships at Bessemer Venture Partners and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In 2024, Brandon was named to Venture Capital Journal’s Rising Stars List. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in science, technology and society.

Gleklen’s new role comes as Battery announces several other key promotions across its venture-capital and private-equity businesses.

Jason Mendel, an enterprise-AI specialist who joined Battery six years ago and is based in San Francisco, was promoted to principal. Mendel has worked with, or sourced, several of Battery’s prominent, AI-infrastructure investments, including Aegis AI, Arize AI, Baseten, ClickHouse, Gong and Reflection AI. He has also been involved with current Battery investments Cypress.io, Postman, Theta Lake, Unify and Weaviate, as well as exited investments Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) and Galileo (acquired by Cisco).

Before joining Battery, Jason worked in corporate development at Cisco Systems on strategic acquisitions and investments. Prior to that, he was an associate at Industry Ventures and an analyst at Deutsche Bank. Jason graduated from Santa Clara University.

“Brandon’s elevation to partner, and Jason’s to principal, recognizes the success both have demonstrated mapping new markets, finding the most innovative players and, post-investment, offering incisive operational and strategic counsel to founders and CEOs,” said Neeraj Agrawal, a Battery general partner who works closely with Gleklen. “Brandon has also played a key role internally in the last few years helping Battery fully understand the power of AI and its potential uses across industries and workflows. We wish both Brandon and Jason continued success in their new roles.”

Battery also announced that Jack Mattei, based in New York, and Lucas Maiman, based in San Francisco, were promoted to vice president. Six investors were promoted to associate: Abhi Agrawal and Caroline Culmo in San Francisco; Matt Dailey and Erin Ku in New York; Thomas Marchioni in London; and Page Wolfenden in Boston.

For a full list of all Battery investments and exits, clickhere.

About Battery Ventures

Battery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, enterprise infrastructure/AI, and industrial technology and life-science tools. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from seed and early to growth and buyout, and invests globally from offices in Boston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London and Tel Aviv. Follow the firm on X @BatteryVentures, visit our website at www.battery.com and find a full list of Battery's portfolio companies here.

Brandon Gleklen, who has been promoted to partner at global investment firm Battery Ventures.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said, deepening cooperation between the three regional powers at a time of growing security concerns.

The agreement was signed in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all," the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“It further provides for the enhancement of all aspects of defense cooperation among the three States,” the statement said of the agreement, which brings oil-rich Saudi Arabia together with nuclear power Pakistan as well as Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and a rapidly growing defense industry.

Earlier, Turkey’s Haberturk television and other media said it is likely to allow joint military exercises and training, technology transfers and the sharing of intelligence.

Saudi Arabia, whose critical infrastructure and oil facilities have come under attack as part of the war in Iran, has been looking to diversity its defense partnerships.

In September, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both.

The agreement also comes amid rising tensions between Turkey and Israel over Gaza and other regional conflicts, including the war in Iran and Lebanon.

Sharif arrived on Thursday for a three-day visit accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.

In addition to discussing ways to help defuse tensions between the United States and Iran, the three leaders are expected to explore expanding trade, economic ties and broader security cooperation, the officials said.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that while Sharif’s visit took place against the backdrop of heightened tensions in the Gulf, it extends beyond the immediate crisis and is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and boosting coordination on regional and international issues.

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Ahmed reported from Islamabad.

FILE - This handout photograph released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency shows Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, embracing Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after signing a joint defense pact in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, file)

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shake hands during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)