# Sameer Dholakia at Bessemer Venture Partners

> Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

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San Francisco, US · Partner

# Sameer Dholakia

Partner at [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 4 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 5 +3 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Bessemer Venture Partners
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Bessemer Venture Partners** VC firm · US **138** cheques in 12 months **1032** all time **49** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer)** Executive Officer, Promoter on 6 filings · since 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)** Executive Officer, Promoter on 7 filings · since 2026
- SEC Form D · Company raising **ServiceTitan, Inc.** Director since 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raising **SendGrid, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 7 filings · since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Bessemer Venture Partners

- [**Jeff Epstein** Operating Partner *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-epstein)
- [**Jeff Lawson** Chief Executive Officer *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-lawson)
- [**Rob Soni** Managing Partner/lp *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-soni)
- [**Rob Stavis** Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-stavis)
- [**Jeff Blackburn** Member Board of Directors *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-blackburn)
- [**Jeremy Levine** Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeremy-levine)
- [**Josh Reznick** Entrepreneur in Residence / Operating Advisor *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-reznick)
- [**Vishal Gupta** Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/vishal-gupta-2)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 19 Oct 2026 · 1h 15m 20VC: You Need $1BN To Do Seed Today: The Untold Truths of Venture | Who Wins and Who Loses in the Next Decade of VC | Why Margin and Price Matter Less in a World of AI with Sameer Dholakia, Bessemer With [Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) About this episode Sameer Dholakia is a Partner @ Bessemer, the first that has just raised $5.75BN across a $1.75BN seed fund and $4BN growth fund. Sameer has led investments into the likes of Anthropic, Fireworks and Legora to name a few. Prior to venture, Sameer was the CEO of SendGrid, taking it from $30M in ARR… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Give First](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/give-first) · 28 Oct 2025 · 38 min How Sameer Dholakia Led SendGrid to IPO and Exit With [Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) Mentions [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) About this episode In this episode of the Give First podcast, Brad Feld sits down with Sameer Dholakia, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and former CEO of SendGrid, the first Techstars company to go public. When Sameer joined SendGrid, growth was slowing and the company was losing money. Under his leadership, it… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's 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) About this episode Building a company for $0-$1M in revenue differs wildly from $1-10M ARR. And scaling from $10M to $100M is wildly different still. Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners with decades of operational experience, shares what you need to change as you scale from $10M to $100M ARR.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's 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) About this episode Bessemer Venture Partners unpacks the most important trends of the cloud economy, and explores the new milestone entrepreneurs need to value above all else, reaching Centaur status, or $100M in ARR, and the paths to get there. Releasing insights for founders with big ambitions, Sameer Dholakia,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 18 Mar 2019 · 38 min SaaStr 218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software & Why With Software Innovation Costs Being Lower Than Ever, Operators Must Maximise The Number of "At Bat" Oppor With [Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) Mentions [Jeff Lawson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-lawson)[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) About this episode Jeff Lawson is the Founder & CEO @ Twilio, the company building the future of communications allowing you to engage customers like never before on voice, SMS, WhatsApp or Video. Prior to their IPO in 2016, Twilio had raised over $250m in VC funding from some of the best in venture including USV,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Sameer Dholakia in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Give First](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/give-first) · 11 Nov 2025 · 23 min How Pledge 1% Sparked a Global Movement for Startup Philanthropy Mentions [Brad Feld](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-feld)[Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) About this episode In this special episode of the Give First podcast, Brad Feld and Sameer Dholakia revisit the origins of Pledge 1%, the global movement helping startups build philanthropy into their business from the start. What began as a simple conversation in Boulder between Brad and Rally Software co-founder… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [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) About this episode SaaStr 764: State of the Cloud 2024: The Cloud AI Era with Bessemer Venture Partners, Anthropic, Jasper, Abridge and EvenUp Bessemer Venture Partners is committing $1 billion in capital to back AI-native companies and founders at the bleeding edge. Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 16 Oct 2021 · 34 min SaaStr 485: Hyperscaling Post-IPO with PagerDuty's CEO, Jennifer Tejada With [Jennifer Tejada](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-tejada) Mentions [Sameer Dholakia](https://millionrounds.com/person/sameer-dholakia) About this episode PagerDuty's CEO, Jennifer Tejada, and Sameer Dholakia, former CEO of SendGrid and current PagerDuty Board Member share what fellow founders can learn from PagerDuty's post-IPO reality, and the realities of operating as a public company, two years later. Blog post and video:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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