Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

San Francisco, California 175,584 followers

For the entrepreneurs who want to build revolutions of their own.

About us

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 145 IPOs and 300 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer’s global portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, and Toast and has more than $18 billion of assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong, Boston, and Bangalore. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).

Website
http://www.bvp.com
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Type
Partnership
Founded
1911
Specialties
Seed Stage, Early Stage, Growth Stage, Venture Capital, Consumer, Enterprise, Healthcare, and SaaS

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    𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 serves as both a eulogy for the legacy cloud and a celebration of the current AI Cloud moment. ☁️ In this report, we focus entirely on the 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 deemed most relevant to the AI Cloud by our global team of investors and the implications for the thrilling years we predict are headed our way. 𝐖𝐡𝐲? AI is all we can think about. In 2023, our enthusiasm for AI was underscored by our committed $1 billion in funding. A year later, we have total conviction in the promise of AI — we’ve backed multiple new investments in AI startups and the broad adoption of LLM technology in nearly every portfolio company roadmap. It’s rare to find a cloud company these days that isn’t, at some level, an AI company. Dive into this year's report, where we share our deep dive analysis, top predictions, spicy takes, and behind-the-scenes conversations with our investors. ☁️ 📈 🎥 https://lnkd.in/gTS4-kKX

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    India's SaaS market has reached a critical juncture—already a rapidly digitizing economy, it's now set to benefit from advancements in generative AI. 🇮🇳 In our annual report on the country's software landscape, we cover trends such as: 📈 The rise of AI-enabled enterprise software 🤖 AI's transformation of the global services market 🔐 Domestic cybersecurity tailwinds 💳 A growing wealth tech ecosystem 🏭 Digitization in the industrial sector Dive into The Rise of Cloud AI in India 2024: https://lnkd.in/gWXRH-ZH

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    🥇 Today, we celebrate Kristen Faulkner, a former analyst at Bessemer Venture Partners, on her Olympic Gold in Paris! 🥇 "𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤-𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨? 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧." Forge ahead! ESPN reports: https://lnkd.in/gHBJWstE #Olympics2024

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    As part of our Operating Advisor spotlight series, we’re highlighting some of the incredible advisors within our network. With that in mind, please meet our newest advisor – Allyson Letteri.✨    Allyson is a marketing executive whose career has focused on building strong marketing functions at B2B and B2C SaaS and marketplace companies. She has scaled marketing teams from scratch at fast-growing Silicon Valley companies and now advises early and growth-stage tech startups on go-to-market and demand generation strategies. Her advice is strategic and tactical, and helps leaders move quickly to build and launch.   Most recently, Allyson served as VP of Marketing at Handshake, the leading talent recruitment platform for college students. During her tenure, she led Student and Corporate Marketing, spearheaded a brand overhaul, scaled brand awareness, and significantly increased student usage of the platform. Other career highlights include her time at Thumbtack, where her team scaled pro acquisition and retention and launched a popular pro loyalty program. Additionally, Allyson led product marketing teams at Intuit, and led go-to-market for new products in India, launched mobile payments in Canada and the UK, and managed global retention globally for QuickBooks.   As part of our Operating Advisors team, Allyson dedicates a portion of her time each month to offer guidance and support to leaders within Bessemer portfolio companies. We’re thrilled to partner with Allyson and welcome her to the Bessemer team. ✨ https://lnkd.in/g-6GNksM

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    Today, we launched 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, a free reader benefits program for founders and CEOs. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐄𝐎𝐬/𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭: ✔️ All content emailed to you first ✔️ Featured founder perspectives ✔️ Expert Q&As 𝐂𝐄𝐎𝐬/𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 — Click here if you’re interested in being accepted in our next Atlas Unlimited cohort ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gycG8aPb

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    Join us in celebrating our newest Vice President, Anurag Begwani! 🌟 "What excites me most about being an investor is the opportunity to work with bold and passionate entrepreneurs," says Anurag. "The best advice I share with founders is to always remain customer-centric. Maintain close connections with your customers, communicate transparently with them, deeply understand their needs, capture their feedback, and rigorously analyze customer data." Since joining Bessemer's India team in 2022, Anurag has played a key role in expanding our presence in the region and partnering with founders to build enduring businesses. 🇮🇳 https://lnkd.in/gWvi2GDV

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    Every week, the plot thickens in the AI model layer market. 📈 Days ago, META shared its manifesto on the case for open-source AI models and demonstrated how Llama 3.1 405B closes the gap with closed-source leaders like Anthropic and Open AI, which remain at the front of the pack. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕? Like the Cloud Wars, a handful of notable new model companies, heavily supported by Big Tech strategics or corporate VCs, will own the foundational model ecosystem and become giants. Each of these winners will find a differentiated wedge to pair with technological differentiation, whether that’s via distribution, price/cost efficiencies, regulatory impact, etc. There could still be a long tail of different players (especially open-source), but the value will accrue to the top handful of model players. It’s not only the superior technology but also their established distribution that will determine tomorrow’s AI Giants. Janelle Teng, Sameer Dholakia, and Kent Bennett explore the Open vs. Closed Source debate and discuss the unique dynamics playing into this battle of the century for Big Tech and emergent players. Watch the full investor conversation ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gK_g99Ux Recommending reading in the comments ⤵️

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    New The Heart of Healthcare Podcast episode! Steve Kraus interviews Andy Slavitt about his career-long mission to fix American healthcare's biggest challenges, encompassing roles in insurance, government, startups, and now VC at Town Hall Ventures. They discuss: - The high-stakes mission to rescue Healthcare. gov and implement the Affordable Care Act - Andy’s unexpected transition from entrepreneur to executive at UnitedHealth Group - Andy’s tenure as the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - The promise and hurdles of value-based care - Why healthcare is slow to adopt technological innovations - Navigating healthcare policy across changing political landscapes Listen today: https://spoti.fi/3LFifYW

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