# Bessemer Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Bessemer Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 1,034 investments on record, 139 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors)

# Bessemer Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 1034 cheques on record.

Email

Deploying now New fund, Oct 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A B2b2c Wellbeing Digital-health

Follow Bessemer Venture Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fbessemer-venture-partners)

Deploying now

**95%** of best year **139** **cheques in 12 months**, 1,034 on record

Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$29M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $100M** Rounds led **50 of 1,034** Sole investor **78 rounds** Exits **83 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 67%**

Pitch Bessemer Venture Partners

## Bessemer Venture Partners highlights

- 01 139 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 46% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 78 rounds, median $8.0M
- 04 83 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Global in reach and decentralized by design, Bessemer Venture Partners backs founders in any sector, from seed to growth and beyond, with any check size. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $100M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** B2b2c Wellbeing Digital-health
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1,034 appearances**

- **2026** 115 rounds
- **Oct** **[Upwind](https://millionrounds.com/company/upwind)** Series C · US · Google News search **$400M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Bedrock Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bedrock-robotics)** Series C · US · Google News search **$600M** With 12 others
- **Oct** **[Chapter Homes](https://millionrounds.com/company/chapter-homes)** IN · Entrackr **$6.6M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Mach9](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach9)** Series A · US · Wowtale **$34M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Legora](https://millionrounds.com/company/legora)** Series E · SE · Google News search **$550M** With 17 others
- **Oct** **[Soufflé Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/souffle-therapeutics)** Series B · US · Google News search **$135M** With 16 others
- **Oct** **Zenzap** Series A · IL · Lightspeed Venture Partners **$44M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Miter](https://millionrounds.com/company/miter)** Series B · US · Google News search **$40M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[EliseAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliseai)** Growth · US · TechCrunch **$350M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[UniUni](https://millionrounds.com/company/uniuni)** CA · BetaKit **$55M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Pipedrive](https://millionrounds.com/company/pipedrive)** EE · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Archy](https://millionrounds.com/company/archy)** Series C · US · JMI Equity **$50M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Graph AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/graph-ai)** Series A · IN · Inc42 **$13M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[The Exploration Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-exploration-company)** Series C · DE · Firms' own news pages **$450M** *Led*
- **Sept** **Wonderful** Series C · IL · TechCrunch **$550M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[HiBob](https://millionrounds.com/company/hibob)** Growth · US **$166M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Harmoni Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmoni-solutions)** Series A · US **$10M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Sorare](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorare)** Venture · FR **$680M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Herdr](https://millionrounds.com/company/herdr)** Seed · TR **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Upwind Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/upwind-security)** Series C · US **$300M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[StarSling](https://millionrounds.com/company/starsling)** Pre-seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Thyme Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/thyme-care)** Series E · US · Echo Health Ventures **$125M** With 12 others
- **Aug** **[Twin1 AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/twin1-ai)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$20M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Rundoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/rundoo)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$30M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Flagler Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/flagler-health)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$50M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Sila](https://millionrounds.com/company/sila)** Debt · US · TechCrunch **$1.4B** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Malachyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/malachyte)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$10M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Neo](https://millionrounds.com/company/neo)** US · Ventureburn **$100M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Unrivaled](https://millionrounds.com/company/unrivaled)** Series C · US **$106M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Onyx Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/onyx-security)** Series B · Ventureburn **$113M** *Led*
- **Jul** **Act Security** Seed · IL · TechStartups **$60M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[Genius AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/genius-ai)** Growth · US · Ventureburn **$44M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Sila](https://millionrounds.com/company/sila)** Growth · US · TechCrunch **$300M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[30 Sundays](https://millionrounds.com/company/30-sundays)** Series A · IN · Inc42 **$6.3M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Fireworks AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/fireworks-ai)** Series D · US · Menlo Ventures **$1.5B** With 12 others
- **Jul** **[ChipAgents](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipagents)** Series A · US **$60M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Neo Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/neo-security)** Series A · US **$75M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Rewind](https://millionrounds.com/company/rewind)** Growth · CA **$65M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Picogrid](https://millionrounds.com/company/picogrid)** Grant · US **$114K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[QIZ Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/qiz-security)** Seed · US **$17M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **18 named**

AR **Adam Ralph Fisher** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

AR **Alex Robert Ferrara** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

BR **Brian R. Feinstein** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

BB **Byron Bauer Deeter** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

BB **Byron Beeter** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

DJ **David Jordan Cowan** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

EF **Ethan F. Kurzweil** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

JB **Jacob Bukhsbaum** Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel i Form ADV

JS **Jeremy Seth Levine** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

RK **Richard Kent Bennett** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

RK **Richard Kent Bennett Jr.** Director of the general partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RP **Robert Paul Goodman** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

SR **Sameer R. Dholakia** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

S(**Sandra (nmn) Grippo** Director and Chief Operating Officer of the general partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SF **Sandy F. Grippo** CFO of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

SB **Sara Byrne** Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SS **Scott Sherman Ring** General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer of the general partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SH **Stephen H.C. Kraus** Director of the general partner of the General Partner. i Filing they signed

We also hold **76** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$20B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**8+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** DEER Management Co. LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 159279

Funds on its Form ADV

**30** private funds, **$18B** in gross assets · filed Jun 2024

Venture **26** Private equity **4**

- Bessemer Venture Partners XII Institutional L.P. *Venture* 144 investors $2.8B
- Bessemer Venture Partners IX L.P. *Venture* 77 investors $1.9B
- Bessemer Venture Partners VIII Institutional L.P. *Venture* 43 investors $1.7B
- Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. *Venture* 40 investors $1.6B
- Bessemer Venture Partners XI Institutional L.P. *Venture* 137 investors $1.4B
- Bessemer Venture Partners VIII L.P. *Venture* 81 investors $1.4B
- Bessemer Venture Partners X L.P. *Venture* 62 investors $1.4B
- Bessemer Venture Partners X Institutional L.P. *Venture* 51 investors $1.3B
- Bessemer Venture Partners XI L.P. *Venture* 62 investors $917M
- Bessemer Venture Partners XII L.P. *Venture* 1 investor $876M

And 20 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 2 LPs on record in Bessemer Venture Partners's funds

- **Committed:** $200M
- **Funds:** 3
- **Vintages:** 2023 to 2024

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.

- [**California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)** 2 funds *$150M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Bessemer Venture Partners XII Institutional 2024 $115M BVP Forge Institutional 2023 $35M
- [**California State Teachers Retirement System** 2 funds *$50M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-state-teachers-retirement-system) Fund Vintage Committed Bessemer Venture Partners XII 2024 $30M BVP Forge Institutional 2023 $20M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 2 we have independently watched raise

BVP Forge Cloud Index

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **83 in all**

**[Affirmed Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/affirmed-networks)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **$1.4B** Mar 2020

**[Glint](https://millionrounds.com/company/glint)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **$400M** Oct 2018

**[LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/company/linkedin)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **$26B** Dec 2016

**[BillGuard](https://millionrounds.com/company/billguard)** Bought by [Prosper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosper) **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Millennial Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/millennial-media)** Bought by [AOL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aol) **$238M** Sept 2015

**[TaxiForSure.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/taxiforsure-com)** Bought by [Ola](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ola) **$200M** Mar 2015

**[Tripwire](https://millionrounds.com/company/tripwire)** Bought by [Belden](https://millionrounds.com/fund/belden) **$710M** Dec 2014

**[Xtime](https://millionrounds.com/company/xtime)** Bought by [Cox Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive) **$325M** Nov 2014

**[Silversky](https://millionrounds.com/company/silversky)** Bought by BAE Systems **$233M** Oct 2014

**[Mojave Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/mojave-networks)** Bought by Sophos **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**[Twitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/twitch)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **$970M** Aug 2014

**[Bizo](https://millionrounds.com/company/bizo)** Bought by [LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linkedin) **$175M** Jul 2014

**[Hadapt](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadapt)** Bought by Teradata **Undisclosed** Jul 2014

**[Tilera](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilera)** Bought by EZChip **$130M** Jul 2014

**[Grow Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/grow-mobile)** Bought by Perion **$42M** Jun 2014

**[Dropcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/dropcam)** Bought by Nest Labs **$555M** Jun 2014

**[Summit Microelectronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/summit-microelectronics)** Bought by [Qualcomm Incorporated](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-incorporated) **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**[Votizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/votizen)** Bought by Brigade **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**[Skybox Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/skybox-imaging)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$500M** Jun 2014

**[Defense.Net](https://millionrounds.com/company/defense-net)** Bought by F5 Networks **Undisclosed** May 2014

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Oct 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$29M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$8.0M**

Led 50 of 1,034 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $100M
- **Sole investor:** 78 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 83 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *202*
- Series A said *199*
- Series C *137*
- Venture *133*
- Seed said *118*
- Series D *86*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 56
- [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 42
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 37
- [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) 36
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) 36
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 35

**Pitching Bessemer Venture Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque.

Add to your CRM *→*

## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Bessemer Venture Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **56** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **42** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **37** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Insight Partners** VC firm **36** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **36** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **35** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **32** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Redpoint** VC firm **32** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **30** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Accel** VC firm **29** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **29** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**SV Angel** VC firm **27** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Bessemer Venture Partners put money into.

[**Bedrock Robotics** $600M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bedrock-robotics)[**Chapter Homes** $6.6M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/chapter-homes)[**Mach9** $34M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach9)[**Legora** $550M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/legora)[**Miter** $40M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/miter)[**EliseAI** $350M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliseai)

## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Bessemer Venture Partners in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 11 Oct 2024 · 33 min SaaStr 764: State of the Cloud 2024: The Cloud AI Era with Bessemer Venture Partners, Anthropic, Jasper, Abridge and EvenUp Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[Rami Karabibar](https://millionrounds.com/person/rami-karabibar)[Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 25 Sept 2023 · 27 min SaaStr 688: The State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[Caty Rea](https://millionrounds.com/person/caty-rea)[Janelle Teng](https://millionrounds.com/person/janelle-teng) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 31 May 2023 · 21 min SaaStr 664: What You Need to Change at $10M to Scale to $100M with Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners With [Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) 2 May 2023 · 1h 19m Bessemer Venture Partners - Building a VC Firm that Lasts Centuries - [Invest Like the Best, EP.327] Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[Brian Feinstein](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-feinstein)[Jeremy Levine](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeremy-levine) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 23 Sept 2022 · 28 min SaaStr 593: State of the Cloud 2022: The Centaur Report with Bessemer Venture Partners Sameer Dholakia, Mary D'Onofrio, and Elliott Robinson With [Elliott Robinson](https://millionrounds.com/person/elliott-robinson)[Mary D'Onofrio](https://millionrounds.com/person/mary-d-onofrio)[Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Alt Goes Mainstream](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/alt-goes-mainstream) 10 Apr 2022 · 55 min Bessemer Venture Partners' Ethan Kurzweil on bridging Web2 and Web3: A conversation on private markets, crypto, & the BessemerDAO With [Ethan Kurzweil](https://millionrounds.com/person/ethan-kurzweil) Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 23 Sept 2026 · 1h 50m Jensen vs NYT, New Model Reactions, "You Can See Everything" Trailer, Saudi EVs | Cristiano Amon, Talia Goldberg, John & Louis Antonelli, Max Levchin, Sam Ross Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 6 Jun 2026 · 55 min 20Product: Inside Legora's Tech Stack: Why Token Maxing is Failing Enterprise Startups with Jacob Lauritzen, CTO @ Legora Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 16 May 2026 · 1h 5m 20VC: Lessons from Jensen Huang on "Founder Mode" | How to Know if OpenAI or Anthropic Will Kill your Company | How USV Liking Music Made Them $1BN on an Investment | The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao @ Abridge Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 16 Apr 2026 · 37 min Why CEOs need to think more like athletes, with investor Byron Deeter Apple Podcasts

## Quick answers about Bessemer Venture Partners

### What does Bessemer Venture Partners invest in?

Bessemer Venture Partners invests most often at Series B and Series A (46% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2b2c, Wellbeing and Digital-health.

### How active is Bessemer Venture Partners?

1,034 investments on record, 139 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 50. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Bessemer Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Upwind (Series C, Oct 2026), Bedrock Robotics (Series C, Oct 2026) and Chapter Homes (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026).

### How big are Bessemer Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $29M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $100M.

### Does Bessemer Venture Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 50 of its 1,034 investments on record (5%).

### Where does Bessemer Venture Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%), India (8%) and Israel (8%).

### Is Bessemer Venture Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 139 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Bessemer Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (56 rounds together), General Catalyst (42 rounds together) and Andreessen Horowitz (37 rounds together).

## Raising now?

Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board.

Find similar investorsOpen your CRM

Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bessemer-venture-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=bessemer-venture-partners)