Bruce Dahlgren

Chief Executive Officer, Blackboard / Board Member / Global Technology Executive

📍 Austin, Texas, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026
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Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Aug 2023
This account is now closed and is no longer monitored. To keep up with the latest updates, follow: → @Blackboard for Blackboard LMS, Ally, Evaluate, and Institutional Effectiveness news → @Encoura for Reach, Lifecycle Engagement, and Student Success → @Ellucian for Student and Enterprise Operations
Board Member
Apr 2019
Altizon accelerates the digital journey of enterprises through Industrial AI. Our software-as-a-service platform, applications and solutions synthesize industrial data into actionable insights, driving enhanced productivity, optimized processes and efficient operations. We drive measurable outcomes by leveraging advanced analytics, deep-learning and conversational AI. Altizon’s customer relationships span over a decade across Automotive, F&B, CPG and Energy verticals. Altizon is headquartered in Princeton, NJ (USA) and Pune (India).
Board Member
2019
Scienaptic is on a mission to increase credit availability by transforming technology used in credit decisioning. Over 150 years of credit experience is embedded in Scienaptic's AI native credit decision platform. Our clients across banks, credit unions, fintech, and other lenders use the platform to constantly improve the quality of underwriting decisions. This enables them to say ‘yes’ to borrowers more often and faster.
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2026
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Mar 2026
Blackboard delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industrys most AI-advanced LMS, Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. Were an education company that builds technology.
2023
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Aug 2023
This account is now closed and is no longer monitored. To keep up with the latest updates, follow: → @Blackboard for Blackboard LMS, Ally, Evaluate, and Institutional Effectiveness news → @Encoura for Reach, Lifecycle Engagement, and Student Success → @Ellucian for Student and Enterprise Operations
2020
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Jul 2020
MetricStream simplifies Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) with purpose-built AI-first Risk, Compliance, Audit, CyberGRC, Third-party Risk, and Resilience products on a single low-code / no-code GRC cloud platform. Trusted by over 1 million GRC professionals across 35+ countries, our industry-specific products and AI agents help businesses successfully manage audits, avoid compliance violations and fines, reduce risk exposure, and strengthen resilience. MetricStream is headquartered in San Jose, California, with operations and offices around the globe. More information is available at www.metricstream.com
2019
Chief Executive Officer, Xpress Retail
Aug 2019
Headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida and founded in 1981, Trivest is one of the oldest private investment firms in the Southeastern U.S. For more than 40 years, Trivest has invested exclusively in founder-led and family-owned businesses in the lower middle market. Current AUM is approximately $5.6 billion. While private equity plays a critical role in the global M&A marketplace, our industry often has a negative perception in the minds of founders. Unfortunately, sometimes this perception is reality. As a result, we have built our entire business around providing ownership transitions specifically designed to fit the needs of founders, entrepreneurs, and family businesses; and Trivest works hard to ensure their ideals and philosophies are not compromised. The Trivest Promise: Our company-first approach brings highly differentiated and flexible options to business owners. We provide a fair, transparent process that eliminates the usual pain points that arise when dealing with private equity firms and strategic acquirers. We call this "Just Say No!" As a testament to our relationship focus, more than 60 founders who have previously partnered with Trivest have invested their own capital in our funds. Trivest has four distinct investment approaches. Trivest Recognition Fund ($1.3 billion) and Trivest Mid-Market Fund VII ($950 million) for control investments; our dedicated non-control fund, Trivest Growth Investment Fund II (TGIF), with $435 million of committed capital, provides minority growth equity (10-49% stakes) to fast-growing businesses; and Trivest Discovery Fund II is a $600 million fund supporting small, profitable companies in highly-fragmented industries. Trivest is well positioned to partner with your business for its next stage of growth and development. Reach us at 305-858-2200 or info@trivest.com with investment opportunities.
Board Member
Apr 2019
Altizon accelerates the digital journey of enterprises through Industrial AI. Our software-as-a-service platform, applications and solutions synthesize industrial data into actionable insights, driving enhanced productivity, optimized processes and efficient operations. We drive measurable outcomes by leveraging advanced analytics, deep-learning and conversational AI. Altizon’s customer relationships span over a decade across Automotive, F&B, CPG and Energy verticals. Altizon is headquartered in Princeton, NJ (USA) and Pune (India).
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