# Evan Witte

> Evan Witte is vice president of business development at Battery Ventures and is based in Bend, Oregon. He joined the firm in 2020 after roles at Intel, Active Network, InVision and Contentful, and co-founded Cursive Labs and Spoutable. He leads community initiatives including the Battery Collective and co-authors research on enterprise technology spending and AI adoption.

- **Role:** Vice President of Business Development at Battery Ventures
- **Organizations:** Battery Ventures, Battery Collective, Contentful, InVision, Active Network, Intel, Cursive Labs, Spoutable
- **Education:** BS in finance and entrepreneurship, University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cursive Labs and Spoutable., Promoted to vice president at Battery Ventures., Leads Battery Collective community initiatives.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2005** — Studied at the University of Arizona.
- **—** — Held engineering and business development roles at Intel and product management roles at Active Network.
- **2014** — Co-founded Cursive Labs and Spoutable.
- **—** — Worked in enterprise sales at InVision, followed by strategic partnerships at Contentful.
- **2020** — Joined Battery Ventures as director of business development.
- **2021** — Delivered a Central Oregon PubTalk keynote on remote startups.
- **2024** — Listed as a speaker at SaaS Metrics Palooza; co-authored enterprise AI implementation analysis and technology-spending research.
- **2025** — Battery announced his promotion to vice president.
- **2026** — Co-authored enterprise AI spending, workforce and return-on-investment research; listed on the VC Platform Summit agenda.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cursive Labs and Spoutable.
- Promoted to vice president at Battery Ventures.
- Leads Battery Collective community initiatives.
- Co-authored Battery’s 2026 enterprise technology spending survey covering 100 senior technology leaders representing more than $66 billion in annual technology spending.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Co-authored articles with Scott Goering and Nick Elsner on measuring enterprise AI returns and AI-related workforce changes, both published July 17.
- **2026-06** — Co-authored the June 30 enterprise technology spending survey examining agentic AI deployment and return-on-investment measurement.
- **2026-04** — Listed with Sean Dazet on the VC Platform Summit agenda for a discussion of partnerships and networks as repeatable business-development and dealflow channels.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanwitte

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Last updated: 2026-10-14