Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage venture firm that backs founders from pre-seed through growth with a strong bias toward enduring, public-scale technology companies. The firm is especially identified with cloud/SaaS, developer platforms, vertical software, and AI application-layer investing, using deep sector roadmaps and ARR-centric operating benchmarks to underwrite category leaders.

Evaluation weights

How much weight this firm places on each dimension. Totals 100%.

Market-led · 32%

Metrics

22%

Revenue, growth, and unit economics

Market

32%

Size, timing, and competitive landscape

Team

26%

Founder experience and execution ability

Product

20%

Differentiation and technical quality

Favors thesis-aligned category leaders over opportunistic trend chasing
Prefers businesses that can plausibly become standalone public companies
Comfortable with early risk if product insight is exceptional, but expects metric discipline as companies scale
Responds well to contrarian, deeply reasoned opportunities championed by a conviction-led partner

Pitch difficulty

How hard it is to get a meeting and close funding from this firm.

Funded / yr

119

Deals closed in a typical year.

Led / yr

Rounds led in the last 12 months.

Pitches / yr

~49920

Decks reviewed in a typical year.

Acceptance rate

0.2%

Share of pitches that get funded.

Estimated — public data is not fully disclosed.

Why it's hard

Targets enduring, public-scale outcomes rather than solid but subscale businesses
Uses detailed SaaS and growth benchmarks to pressure-test quality
Partners invest on conviction, so a company must strongly match a specific partner's roadmap
Competes for and wins access to top founders, allowing a high selectivity bar

BVP is open across stages and sectors within technology, but it underwrites against a high bar: category leadership, public-scale potential, and strong operating metrics or product evidence relative to stage. Its brand, deep sector expertise, and ability to lead large rounds mean it can be highly choosy and tends to back companies that fit a specific roadmap with exceptional founder and market quality.

Green flags

What drives a yes for this firm.

A partner has high personal conviction based on long-developed roadmap work
Evidence the company can become a standalone category leader or public-scale platform
Strong recurring-revenue characteristics such as retention, efficient growth, and expanding ACVs
Clear product differentiation with defensibility from day one
A founder/team that shows autonomy, intellectual honesty, and the ability to scale with the business

Red flags

What kills deals and gets a fast no.

A business that cannot credibly scale to a public-company sized outcome
Weak retention, poor unit economics, or hand-wavy recurring revenue quality
Undifferentiated product in an overcrowded market with no clear moat
AI thesis that depends on hype while lacking durable application-layer value capture
Founders who cannot defend assumptions rigorously or who lack roadmap-level market insight

How to win

Patterns that lead to successful pitches.

Pitch the company as a roadmap-fit category leader, not just a fast-growing startup
Show crisp ARR, retention, efficiency, and GTM progression with stage-appropriate benchmarks
Demonstrate clear product differentiation and why incumbents will not easily subsume the wedge
Articulate a path from initial beachhead to platform or system-of-record status
Bring a founder narrative grounded in intellectual honesty, ambition, and non-consensus insight

Fund strategy & identity

Who they are and how they operate.

Invest from pre-seed to growth and often continue supporting winners across multiple rounds
Organize sourcing and diligence around deep sector roadmaps in major technology domains
Lead conviction rounds, including sizeable growth financings, when a company fits a long-studied thesis
Evaluate software and AI businesses with strong emphasis on recurring revenue, efficiency, and retention metrics
Back companies globally with meaningful activity across the U.S., Israel, Europe, and India

Firm identity

Global, multi-stage technology investorRoadmap-driven and thesis-led rather than momentum-drivenDecentralized partnership that rewards individual convictionHistorically strong in cloud/SaaS and developer ecosystemsPublic-company oriented underwriter focused on durable platform outcomes

Investment focus

Industries, themes, and typical ARR expectations.

Industries

AI/MLCloud InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareData InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCybersecurityFintechHealthcareBiotech & Life SciencesMarketplacesConsumer InternetVertical SaaSDefense & Aerospace

Investment themes

AI application-layer software with attractive unit economics and enterprise value captureCloud infrastructure, SaaS, and data platformsDeveloper tools, APIs, and technical workflow platformsCybersecurity and identity platformsVertical software systems of record with expansion potentialFintech and healthcare/biotech technology platformsMarketplace, network-effect, and consumer-enterprise crossover businesses

Typical check by stage

Seed$0.25M-$2M

Series A$8M-$20M

Series B$15M-$35M

Growth$25M-$75M+

Typical ARR by stage

Pre Seedpre-revenue

Seed$0-$1M

Series A~$1M

Series B~$10M

Series C$25M-$50M

Growth$10M-$100M+

Investment thesis

Core beliefs and strategy behind their investing approach.

BVP pursues enduring, platform‑scale outcomes by backing founders from the earliest conception through late‑stage growth, across a global footprint. The firm organizes around roadmaps in core technology domains—AI/ML, cloud/SaaS, data and developer platforms, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare/biotech, marketplaces/consumer, vertical software, and deep tech/defense—reflecting a belief that deep sector study and long‑term conviction outperform momentum investing. They are especially known for cloud/SaaS leadership (Cloud Index/Cloud 100) and, more recently, for a focused thesis on AI application‑layer value capture. In State of the Cloud 2024, BVP shares portfolio data suggesting vertical AI applications already command attractive ACVs, rapid growth, and healthy gross margins with model costs as a modest share of revenue—supporting the view that, as with prior infra waves, the application layer will capture the lion’s share of enterprise value. BVP’s playbooks (10 Laws of Cloud, Scaling to $100M, ARR‑centric benchmarking) underscore a core belief: recurring‑revenue businesses that compound efficiently can become durable public companies. Their growth analyses show how growth rates, round sizes, efficiency, and pricing/multiples evolve across ARR scales, and their “Public Playbook” makes explicit that they underwrite with IPO potential in mind. Geographically, BVP invests wherever great companies are built, with decades of activity in Israel, deep roots in the U.S., and active coverage across Europe and India. While the firm rarely publishes explicit “avoid” lists, partners emphasize autonomy, intellectual honesty, and contrarian conviction—favoring thesis‑led bets over consensus trends. In short, BVP’s thesis marries roadmap‑driven, sector‑deep investing with an operator’s understanding of metrics and milestones that correlate with enduring, public‑scale outcomes in software and AI‑enabled markets.

Decision patterns

How they evaluate and make investment decisions.

BVP runs a decentralized, autonomy‑first decision model: there is no central investment committee; any partner can lead a deal based on deep roadmap work. Partnership meetings are used for rigorous, candid feedback rather than permission. Culturally, the firm “champions conviction, not consensus,” encouraging partners to pursue non‑obvious theses. In practice, partners study themes over months/years, develop investment roadmaps, and then evaluate founders/companies against a metrics‑aware playbook centered on ARR growth, efficiency, and category‑leadership potential. The firm’s cloud playbooks (Scaling from $1‑$10M ARR; Scaling to $100M) reveal what they look for by stage: evolving from product/ICP fit to scalable GTM, strong net/gross retention, improving efficiency (e.g., CAC payback, BVP efficiency ratio), and path to becoming a public‑scale platform. Partner perspectives show stylistic diversity but recurring emphases: product differentiation from day one (early stage), “wild capital efficiency,” and credible moats/defensibility with a route to market leadership (especially in vertical software and AI). For growth, BVP typically engages ≥$10 M ARR and often leads multiple rounds to IPO readiness. Collectively, the pattern is thesis‑first, metric‑aware, autonomy‑enabled investing, with a long‑view target of standalone public companies.

Risk appetite

BVP’s risk posture is conviction‑driven and stage‑flexible: the firm routinely invests at pre‑revenue seed while also leading large growth rounds. The partnership’s decentralized model empowers individual partners to champion non‑consensus theses and move with speed, and the growth team is comfortable building positions over multiple rounds. Public materials emphasize leading and supporting sizeable financings (e.g., growth checks averaging ~$30‑$40 M with the ability to scale larger, and portfolio round sizes north of $75 M at $50‑$100 M ARR). At the same time, BVP’s frameworks emphasize efficiency, durability, and paths to public‑company scale, suggesting disciplined underwriting even when pursuing aggressive category‑leadership opportunities. In short, BVP can be an assertive lead investor with the capacity to pre‑empt and to anchor significant rounds; its autonomous model and roadmap research encourage bold, contrarian bets, but always tied to clear operating benchmarks and the belief in standalone, public outcomes.

Notable investments

Key portfolio companies and why they fit the thesis.

TwilioLead
Fits BVP's developer-platform thesis by providing API-first communications infrastructure for developers.
PagerDutyLead
Core cloud/DevOps operations platform with strong SaaS metrics, aligning with BVP's infrastructure and reliability focus.
ServiceTitanLead
Vertical SaaS for home services; Byron Deeter at BVP led the $18M Series A in 2015, matching BVP's long-standing vertical software thesis.
ToastLead
Vertical SaaS + fintech for restaurants, fitting BVP's vertical software and payments theses.
PinterestLead
Early consumer network with commerce potential, consistent with BVP's early-stage consumer and marketplace focus.
AxoniusLead
Cybersecurity data platform that aligns with BVP's security and infrastructure investment themes; Amit Karp led the Series A in 2019.
EvenUpLead
AI-native vertical SaaS for legal services, fitting BVP's vertical software and AI roadmaps.
Auth0Lead
Developer-first identity platform, supporting BVP's developer and security theses.
ShopifyLead
Cloud commerce platform; Jeremy Levine led BVP's Series A investment, aligning with BVP's SaaS and marketplace focus.
LinkedInLead
Iconic network effects and SaaS monetization; Jeremy Levine led BVP's Series C (2006), matching BVP's cloud and growth investment themes.

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Partners

Full firm roster — key partners, partners, and the wider team.

Key partners

Alex Ferrara

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Alex Ferrara is a London-based Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners leading the firm's European efforts with a focus on B2B SaaS, fintech, and cybersecurity.

B2B SaaSCybersecurityFintech

Charles Birnbaum

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Charles Birnbaum is a New York-based Partner at Bessemer investing in early-stage financial services, consumer, and education companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Consumer & educationEmbedded financial servicesFintech infrastructure

Adam Fisher

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Adam Fisher is a Partner at Bessemer and a long-time early-stage investor in Israel across application and deep-tech sectors.

ApplicationsDeep techSeed/Series A in Israel

Partners

Bob Goodman

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer partner backing enterprise software, mobile and B2B marketplace companies.

B2B marketplacesCloudCybersecurityDeveloper toolsEnterprise softwareMobile

Michael Droesch

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Partner investing in AI apps, cybersecurity, supply chain software, and B2B marketplaces.

AI applicationsB2B marketplacesCybersecurityEnterprise softwareSupply chain softwareVertical software

Sofia Guerra

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Healthcare and life sciences investor at Bessemer.

AI in healthcareBiotechHealth techHealthcareLife sciences

Jeremy Levine

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Software and internet investor behind LinkedIn, Pinterest, Shopify, Yelp, and MindBody.

ConsumerFintechGrowthInternetMarketplacesSoftware

Steve Kraus

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Healthcare investor and Heart of Healthcare podcast co-host.

BiotechHealth techHealthcareHealthcare servicesMedical devices

Byron Deeter

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer cloud and AI partner, former founder, and longtime Midas List investor.

AICloudEnterpriseFrontier technologyGrowthVertical software

Rob Stavis

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer partner focused on fintech, education, and emerging software and hardware.

CloudConsumerEducation technologyEmerging hardwareEnterprise softwareFintech

Janelle Teng Wade

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Early-stage investor in AI, data infrastructure, developer platforms, and defense tech.

AI & MLCybersecurityData infrastructureDefense techDeveloper platformsEnterprise software

Rob Arditi

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge partner focused on growth buyouts in software and tech-enabled services.

Capital-efficient businessesGrowth buyoutsOperational scalingPrivate equitySoftwareTechnology-enabled services

Amit Karp

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Israel partner focused on cybersecurity, developer and enterprise startups.

AI & MLCybersecurityDeveloper toolsEnterpriseEuropeIsrael

Kameron Hypolite

Director

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge director focused on software and technology-enabled services.

EdTechFinTechGrowth buyoutsHealthcareSoftwareTechnology-enabled services

Lauri J. Moore

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Early-stage investor in data, AI, developer tools, and infrastructure.

AIData infrastructureDeveloper toolsEarly-stageEnterprise softwareInfrastructure

Nithin Kaimal

Partner & BVP India Chief Operating Officer

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India partner and COO supporting India investments and portfolio companies.

AI servicesHealthcareIndiaIT servicesPortfolio supportPrivate equity

Pankaj Mitra

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

India partner focused on enterprise tech, AI, and cybersecurity.

AICorporate developmentCybersecurityEnterprise techIndiaM&A

Andrew Hedin

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer healthcare partner investing in biotech, digital health and vertical software.

AI & MLBiotechDeep techHealthcareVertical software

Vishal Gupta

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

India-focused investor in consumer, fintech, and health tech.

Consumer internetFintechHealthcare technologyIndiaMarketplaces

Sameer Dholakia

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Growth investor in cloud and AI; former SendGrid CEO.

AICloudEnterprise softwareGrowth investingVertical software

Navid Oreizy

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge partner focused on self-sustaining software and tech-enabled services companies.

Education technologyGrowth buyoutsHealthcare technologyPaymentsSoftwareTechnology-enabled services

Talia Goldberg

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Software and consumer investor focused on AI-enabled categories.

AIConsumer internetEnterprise softwareMarketplacesSoftware

Elliott Robinson

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Growth partner focused on cloud software and later-stage technology companies.

AI & MLCloud softwareDeveloper toolsEnterprise softwareGrowth equityHealthcare

Ariel Sterman

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Israel partner focused on data infrastructure, fintech and Vertical AI.

Data infrastructureEuropeFintechGamingIsraelVertical AI

Brian Feinstein

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer partner focused on enterprise and vertical software investments.

AI & MLEnterprise softwareFintechGrowthMarketplacesVertical software

Team

Ryan Simon

Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor relations senior associate focused on fundraising and LP relationships.

FundraisingInvestor relationsLimited partner relationshipsLive entertainmentMediaTMT investment banking

Suman Sourabh

Community & Marketing Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India community and marketing associate supporting platform and marketing.

CommunityDealflowMarketingPlatformValuation

Emma Donahue

Office Assistant & Receptionist

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer office assistant and receptionist based in the Boston office.

Business administrationCoachingMarketingOffice administrationReception

Parth Rajwade

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

London-based Bessemer investor focused on European AI, infrastructure, and deep tech startups.

AI and MLAI infrastructureDeep techDefenseRoboticsSpace

Maha Malik

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP investing in early-stage application-layer AI across B2B, consumer, and prosumer platforms.

AI and MLapplication-layer AIconsumerenterprisemarketplacesvertical software

John D.

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on consumer internet, vertical software and marketplaces.

Consumer internetMarketplacesNew YorkSaaSVertical software

Yael Schiff

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Israel VP focused on early-stage B2B SaaS, AI, cyber, data, and fintech.

AIB2B SaaSCloud infrastructureCybersecurityDataDeveloper toolsFintech

Adam Dulsky

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge vice president focused on enterprise software investments.

BVP ForgeEnterprise softwareGrowth equitySoftware-enabled businesses

Andrew Ren

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer growth investor focused on AI and cloud software.

AI & MLCloud softwareConsumerGrowth investmentsMediaRetail

Yash Jain

Analyst

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer analyst focused on investment evaluation, market research, and portfolio support.

Financial analysisIndiaInvestment evaluationMarket researchPortfolio support

Maren Hopkins

Principal

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge principal focused on growth buyouts in software and technology-enabled services.

B2B softwareBVP Forgegrowth buyoutssoftware investmentstechnology-enabled services

Eric Kaplan

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP investing in fintech, developer tooling, and enterprise SaaS.

ConsumerDeveloper toolingEnterprise SaaSFintechVertical software

Mira Amin

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

New York-based Bessemer investor focused on enterprise software, deep tech, and healthcare.

Deep techEnterprise softwareGrowth equityHealthcare

Mehul Gupta

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor in Bangalore focused on sourcing and investment roadmaps.

HealthcareIndiaInvestment roadmapsPrivate equitySourcingTMT

Sanya Jayee

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India investor focused on sourcing new investments.

ConsumerEarly-stage investingIndiaIndustrialsSourcing

anand sridharan

Bessemer Venture Partners

Former Bessemer India private-equity investor, later with Nalanda Capital.

IndiaPrivate equityPublic marketsTechnologyVenture capital

Hannah Kim

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge vice president with growth equity experience at Blackstone and Norwest.

Consumer technologyEnterprise softwareGrowth equityPrivate equitySoftware-enabled businesses

Grace Ma

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer growth investor focused on AI and software investments.

AICloud softwareFintechGrowth equityInternet platformsSoftware

Anurag Begwani

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India VP focused on consumer internet, fintech, health tech, and SaaS.

Consumer internetFintechHealth techIndiaSaaS

Justina Chung

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

London-based Bessemer VP focused on SaaS, cloud infrastructure, consumer internet and marketplaces.

Cloud infrastructureConsumer internetEuropeGrowthMarketplacesSaaS

Shrey Agarwal

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India investor focused on AI services, SaaS, marketplaces, and gaming.

AI servicesGamingIndiaMarketplacesSaaS

Kavish Narang

Sr. Accounting Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Senior accounting associate supporting LP accounting and reporting for Bessemer's India operations team.

Client reportingFund operationsLimited partner accountingPrivate equity accountingReporting

Megan Meadows

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge vice president focused on growth investments in software and technology-enabled services.

BVP Forgegrowth buyoutshealthcaresoftwaresupply chaintechnology-enabled services

Kent Bennett

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer partner focused on B2B application software and consumer companies.

AI & MLB2B application softwareConsumerEnterpriseMarketplacesVertical software

Emily Cahill

Vice President, Investor Relations

Bessemer Venture Partners

Investor relations VP focused on fundraising and product specialist materials.

FundraisingInvestor materialsInvestor relationsProduct specialist materialsProject finance

Bhavik N.

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on enterprise software and data systems.

AI & MLData systemsDeep techDeveloper toolsEnterprise software

Bhawna Arora

Senior Global Accounting Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Senior global accounting associate on Bessemer's India remote operations team.

AccountingAccounts payableAccounts receivableAuditFinanceOperations

Caty Rea

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP focused on vertical AI, fintech, and the business of sports.

Business of sportsEnterprise softwareFintechGrowthVertical AI

Aia Sarycheva

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Early-stage AI and B2B cloud software investor at Bessemer.

Application-layer AIArtificial intelligenceB2B cloud softwareEarly-stage investingVertical software

Christopher Wan

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP investing in AI/ML, developer tools, and hardware-enabled software.

AI/ML applicationsCybersecurityDeep techDeveloper toolsHardware-enabled software

Alex Yuditski

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Growth investor focused on AI and cloud software.

AICloud softwareEnterprise softwareGrowth investingVertical software

Rayouf Alhumedhi

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

New York-based Bessemer investor focused on consumer, developer tools, and creative AI.

ConsumerCreative AIDesignDeveloper toolsTechnology

Maggie Jackson

Portfolio Monitoring Senior Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Portfolio monitoring senior associate focused on valuations, operations, and portfolio data.

data analysisoperationsportfolio infrastructureportfolio monitoringvaluation modeling

Lindsey Li

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP investing in early-stage software across gaming, consumer, developer platforms, and crypto.

AI and MLconsumercryptodeveloper platformsenterprise softwaregaming

Nick Ahwai-Chang

Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge associate with prior CPP Investments and Round13 Capital investing experience.

BVP ForgeCapital solutionsPrivate equitySoftwareTechnology-enabled servicesVenture growth

Brandon Nydick

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor in New York with prior roles at Draper Associates, Corvex, and NFX.

Early-stage investingFounder communitiesStartupsVenture capital

Josh Power

Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge associate and former TMT investment banking analyst at Perella Weinberg Partners.

Growth companiesPrivate equitySoftware-enabled businessesTechnology-enabled servicesTMT

Lauren Dingle

Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Associate at BVP Forge with prior capital advisory experience at Lincoln International.

BVP Forgecapital advisorygrowth buyoutstechnology-enabled services

Aparna Chaganty

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer VP investing in early-stage cloud software, marketplaces, and ML platforms.

AI & MLCloud softwareDeveloper toolsIndiaMarketplacesML platforms

Marla Jalbut, MD, MBA

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer biotech and healthcare investor, physician at Mass General, and Harvard Medical School faculty member.

biotechclinical-stage biotechcompany creationhealthcarelife sciences

Kathryn Scott

Senior Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge senior associate with Morgan Stanley banking and Anorak Ventures experience.

Growth companiesM&APrivate equitySoftware-enabled businessesTechnology-enabled services

Brielee Lu

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on vertical software and artificial intelligence.

AIArtificial intelligenceEarly-stage startupsRoboticsVertical software

Grace Dai

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor in New York with a computational biology background.

ClimateComputational biologyEconomic mobilityHealthcareStartups

Joshua Hechtman

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on enterprise software, defense technology and emerging technologies.

Defense technologyEmerging technologiesEnterprise softwareNew York

Libbie Frost

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on vertical software, fintech, healthcare, AI, and cloud software.

AIcloud softwarefintechhealthcarevertical software

Vatsalya Tandon

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer India investor focused on enterprise software, cybersecurity, and fintech.

AICybersecurityEnterprise softwareFintechVertical SaaS

Darsh Patel

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on enterprise software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and vertical SaaS.

CryptoCybersecurityEnterprise softwareFintechInfrastructureVertical SaaS

Lawson Pisani

Senior Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge senior associate with technology investment banking experience at Jefferies and Needham.

BVP Forgecapital raisesgrowth buyoutstechnology M&A

Sam Bondy

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

San Francisco-based Bessemer vice president focused on early and growth-stage cloud and AI.

AI and MLCloudDeveloper toolsEnterprise softwareGrowth equityVertical software

Ibrahim Faruqi

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bangalore-based Bessemer investor focused on cloud software, marketplaces, fintech and health tech.

Enterprise cloud softwareFintechHealth techIndiaInternet marketplaces

Min Zhong

Senior Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

Senior associate at BVP Forge with prior Forter, Moelis, and Susquehanna Growth Equity experience.

BVP ForgeGrowth equityM&ASoftwareTechnology-enabled services

Roei Haviv

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Israel-based Bessemer investor focused on early-stage AI, agentic enterprise software, and B2B SaaS.

Agentic AIAI and MLB2B SaaSEnterprise softwareIsraelVertical AI

Ben Gallagher

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer investor focused on vertical software, AI applications, and deep tech.

AI applicationsDeep techVenture capitalVertical software

Jason Scheller

Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners

New York-based Bessemer investor focused on enterprise software and defense tech.

AIDeep techDefense techEnterprise softwareRobotics

Madhushree S D

LP Accounting Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

LP accounting associate at Bessemer and qualified Chartered Accountant.

auditfinancial managementfinancial reportingLP accountingtaxation

Alexandra Sukin

Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners

Consumer tech and SMB software investor in Bessemer's New York office.

AIConsumer techMarketplacesSMB softwareVertical software

Riya Malik

Associate

Bessemer Venture Partners

BVP Forge associate with McKinsey diligence and strategy experience across software and climate tech.

BVP ForgeClimate technologyPortfolio strategyPrivate equity diligenceSoftware

Public voice

Notable statements and public positions.

“We champion conviction, not consensus.” — BVP Team page.
“We work in a highly disaggregated, empowered manner where any partner who puts in the time, effort, and capital can make investments in what they believe will become the next great technological invention, business, or trend.” — Jeremy Levine, “Inside Bessemer’s operating model.”
“Our average check size out of the gate is 30 to 40 million… we’ve gone as small as 17 and as large as 175… we like to build a position over time… we’ve led multiple rounds.” — Elliott Robinson (BVP Growth), Upfront Summit 2022 interview.

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