Investments
1794Portfolio Exits
433Funds
32Partners & Customers
5Service Providers
3About Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Parters (BVP) is a venture capital firm with offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Mumbai and Herzliya. Bessemer primarily invests in early-stage opportunities but also participates in late-stage financings and occasionally makes seed-stage investments as well. The firm invests in the following areas: cleantech, data security, financial services, healthcare, online retail, and SaaS. Bessemer Venture Partners typically makes investments in the range of $4M-$10M. The firm was founded in 1911 and is based in Redwood City, California.
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Latest Bessemer Venture Partners News
Sep 28, 2023
Bessemer Venture Partners works with audacious founders at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, and the firm invests worldwide, wherever great founders are building. The firm recently welcomed Justina Chung to focus on expansion and growth stage European SaaS investments. Chung joins as a Vice President and bolsters the London-based investment team along with investor Aditya Nidmarti and partner Alex Ferrara. Chung expands the London team’s focus to include later-stage investments. Bessemer will continue to invest at the seed and Series A stages, building on the firm’s long-running tradition of backing early-stage European companies that are reshaping industries across sectors, including companies like ANYbotics, Apron, Choco, Eye Security, Peptone, Upvest, Skype, Teamviewer, Pipedrive, Vertice, NewVoiceMedia, and Zopa. Chung was a Vice President at SoftBank Vision Fund, focusing on technology investments in Europe and Israel, where she served on the board of Jobandtalent, Vestiaire Collective, and Atom Learning and invested in companies like Trendyol, CMR Surgical and Sorare. And she was also an investment banker at Goldman Sachs (London and Hong Kong) and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) and began her career as an analyst at Kabouter Management LLC. KEY QUOTES: “We made our first investment in Europe in 2004, and today 13 of our partners—half the partnership—who have backed companies in the region, with more than 50 investments made across Europe. In the fall of 2021, I relocated my family from New York to officially open our first office in London and be closer to European founders and tech hubs. Most recently, we expanded our space and settled into a new office in London’s Marylebone neighborhood, where we will continue to anchor investments in our core “roadmaps” or theses within areas of European Cloud, Fintech, Cybersecurity, and Gaming, as well as emergent areas like Autonomous Robots and AI.” — Bessemer Venture Partners partner Alex Ferrara “With over 20 companies from the 2023 Cloud 100 list hailing from Europe, it’s evident that the region is a powerhouse of innovation, and I’m looking forward to partnering with entrepreneurs in Europe who are building enduring businesses. Cloud software and AI will continue to play a pivotal role in transforming global productivity, and we are as optimistic as ever to back the evolving global cloud economy.” — Justina Chung
Bessemer Venture Partners Investments
1,794 Investments
Bessemer Venture Partners has made 1,794 investments. Their latest investment was in Apron as part of their Series A on September 9, 2023.
Bessemer Venture Partners Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/28/2023 | Series A | Apron | $15M | No | 2 | |
9/27/2023 | Series B | Farther | $31M | No | 2 | |
9/26/2023 | Seed VC - II | Crediverso | $3.5M | No | 3 | |
9/20/2023 | Series B | |||||
9/19/2023 | Seed VC |
Date | 9/28/2023 | 9/27/2023 | 9/26/2023 | 9/20/2023 | 9/19/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Series B | Seed VC - II | Series B | Seed VC |
Company | Apron | Farther | Crediverso | ||
Amount | $15M | $31M | $3.5M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Bessemer Venture Partners Portfolio Exits
433 Portfolio Exits
Bessemer Venture Partners has 433 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Daylight on September 18, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/18/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
8/10/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
7/12/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Bessemer Venture Partners Acquisitions
12 Acquisitions
Bessemer Venture Partners acquired 12 companies. Their latest acquisition was Litify on February 09, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/9/2023 | Series A | $58.72M | Acq - Fin | 1 | ||
6/6/2008 | Acq - Fin | 1 | ||||
6/5/2008 | Acq - Fin | 1 | ||||
3/26/2008 | Other Venture Capital | |||||
2/29/2008 |
Date | 2/9/2023 | 6/6/2008 | 6/5/2008 | 3/26/2008 | 2/29/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series A | Other Venture Capital | |||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $58.72M | ||||
Note | Acq - Fin | Acq - Fin | Acq - Fin | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bessemer Venture Partners Fund History
32 Fund Histories
Bessemer Venture Partners has 32 funds, including BVP Forge Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/12/2022 | BVP Forge Fund | $780M | 1 | ||
9/12/2022 | BVP XII | $3,850M | 1 | ||
11/30/2021 | BVP India | $220M | 2 | ||
2/26/2021 | BVP XI | ||||
2/26/2021 | BVP Century II |
Closing Date | 9/12/2022 | 9/12/2022 | 11/30/2021 | 2/26/2021 | 2/26/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | BVP Forge Fund | BVP XII | BVP India | BVP XI | BVP Century II |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $780M | $3,850M | $220M | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bessemer Venture Partners Partners & Customers
5 Partners and customers
Bessemer Venture Partners has 5 strategic partners and customers. Bessemer Venture Partners recently partnered with Forbes, and Salesforce Ventures on August 8, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/8/2023 | Partner | United States | 10:05 ET OneSchema Named One of the 20 Rising Stars as Part of Forbes' Cloud 100 List OneSchema is named one of the 20 Rising Stars as part of the eighth annual Forbes 2023 Cloud 100 list , the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world , published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures . | 1 | |
10/2/2018 | Partner | ||||
9/9/2016 | Partner | ||||
9/7/2016 | Partner | ||||
7/9/2016 | Partner |
Date | 8/8/2023 | 10/2/2018 | 9/9/2016 | 9/7/2016 | 7/9/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | ||||
News Snippet | 10:05 ET OneSchema Named One of the 20 Rising Stars as Part of Forbes' Cloud 100 List OneSchema is named one of the 20 Rising Stars as part of the eighth annual Forbes 2023 Cloud 100 list , the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world , published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures . | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Bessemer Venture Partners Service Providers
4 Service Providers
Bessemer Venture Partners has 4 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Counsel | General Counsel | ||
Service Provider | |||
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Associated Rounds | |||
Provider Type | Counsel | ||
Service Type | General Counsel |
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Bessemer Venture Partners Team
14 Team Members
Bessemer Venture Partners has 14 team members, including current Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Sandy Grippo.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Sandy Grippo | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Ernst & Young | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Current |
Name | Sandy Grippo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Ernst & Young | ||||
Title | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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