About
Betsy Atkins has served as Chief Executive Officer of Baja Ventures, a technology, life sciences and renewable energy early stage venture capital fund, since 1994. She served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Standards, Inc., which developed SaaS enterprise level software monitoring/calculating carbon emissions, from 2008 to 2009 until its sale to SAP. She previously served as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of NCI, Inc., a neutraceutical functional food company, from 1991 through 1993. Betsy co-founded Ascend Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment, in 1989, where she was also a member of the board of directors until its acquisition by Lucent Technologies, a telecommunications systems, software and products company, in 1999. Betsy currently serves on the board of directors of Polycom, Inc., Darden Restaurants, Inc., HD Supply, Inc.,Schneider Electric, Inc., and SL Green Realty Corp. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 3,360 investors hold the CEO role in VCSift. Betsy Atkins is one of them.
- • 41 investors are based in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
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- Coral Gables, US
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