Bessemer Venture Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital company with investments in companies ranging from seed-stage to growth. The company has over $4 billion invested in the companies in its portfolio. It has other offices in places such as New York City, Boston, Israel, and India.
Product
As of 2019, the company has raised ten venture capital funds, four of which were over $1 billion. It is known for backing seed-stage, Series A, and Series B companies. Bessemer Venture Partners state that they intentionally invest early in a company so that they can see it through its growth stage.
Notable investments that the company have made include Pinterest, LinkedIn, Blue Apron, Shopify, and Fiverr.
Community Involvement
The company has created a fellowship program for college students. The Bessemer Fellowship Program places qualified college students with growing technology companies in the Bay Area. The students work at said company for eight to 12 weeks where they can learn skills and the operations that take place in start-up companies.
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Funded Companies
Symantec is a Mountain View, California-based cybersecurity company providing security, storage, and systems management solutions for consumers and enterprises.
A software company offering a suite of business intelligence and analytics products and services.
A cloud communications platform for building SMS, Voice & Messaging applications on an API built for a global scale that was founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
A company operating an online marketplace for products such as mobile devices, electronics, apparel and accessories.
A software company offering a platform for data analysts and data engineers to transform data into actionable business insights.
Shopify is an Ottawa-based cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses, founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke.
A cloud content management company. It was founded in 2005 and has headquarters located in Redwood City, California.
Canva is a company operating as an online graphic design platform. It provides users with a drag-and-drop design tool and a library of stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts.
ScaleFactor is an Austin, Texas-based SaaS company offering services in bookkeeping and accounting.
Spire Global Inc. is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.
Distil Networks is an American cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Fabric Insurance is a Brooklyn-based digital insurance broker.
K Health is an AI-powered health app that empowers consumers with health information based on the experiences of others.
Auth0 is an authentication and authorization service for application developers.
Pinterest is a photo sharing, publishing website, social media web and mobile application company.
Decibel Therapeutics conducts inner ear research to deliver medicines for hearing and balance.
A company that has developed an automated data-driven pricing solution for Airbnb and vacation rental options.
Zapier is an American for-profit corporation and a web-based service that allows end users to integrate the web applications they use.
Fiverr is an online freelance marketplace for creative and professional services.
Zopa is a Peer-to-Peer lending platform, designed to connect peers willing to invest in individual borrowers.
A technology company offering a software-as-a-service risk and vulnerability intelligence platform for measuring rick and prioritizing remediation efforts.
A New York City-based educational technology and artificial intelligence company founded in 2008 by Jose Ferreira.
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People
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Anna Khan
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Ashley Elsner
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Babak Nivi
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Ben Donald
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Ben Mathews
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Brian Feinstein
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Brian Truong
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Byron Deeter
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Chris Farmer
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Christopher Perusse
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David Cowan
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David Wehrs
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Ethan Kurzweil
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Fred Shilmover
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Gabrielle Preiser
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Jason Putorti
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Jeff Epstein
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Jeremy Levine
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Justin Label
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Kent Bennett
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