Charles Birnbaum

Charles Birnbaum is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners based in New York City. His official Bessemer profile says he invests in early-stage and promising financial services, consumer, and education companies in the U.S. and Europe, and has strong interest in fintech infrastructure and embedded financial services. Before Bessemer, Birnbaum was an early team member at Foursquare, where he worked on merchant-facing tools and later mobile and international business development. Earlier in his career, he spent six years in investment banking and equity capital markets focused on technology, media, and telecom. He holds an MBA from Wharton, an MA in international studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in history from Northwestern University.