Bessemer Venture Partners

Quick read

Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 1911, headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York, Boston, London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. It's one of the oldest and most active VC firms globally, with more than 150 IPOs and 420+ portfolio companies across enterprise software, healthcare, and consumer. BVP is known for its published investment memos, the annual State of the Cloud Report, and its self-deprecating 'Anti-Portfolio' of missed investments.

Key facts

Founded

1911

Founders

Henry Phipps Jr.

Employees

401

Sectors

saas, enterprise, healthcare, ai, consumer, biotech, generalist

Website

www.bvp.com

Investment thesis

Bessemer backs founders from seed through late stage across enterprise software, vertical SaaS, cloud infrastructure, healthcare, and consumer — writing checks independently without a central investment committee. The firm concentrates on companies it believes can reach $100M+ ARR ('Centaurs') and beyond, with particular conviction in AI-native applications, security, health AI, and developer platforms.

Recent activity

• May 2026investment
  Bessemer co-invested in Vapi's $50M Series B alongside Peak XV Partners, M12, and Kleiner Perkins. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Bessemer led HockeyStack's $50M raise to build AI-powered revenue agents for enterprise go-to-market teams. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026press
  BVP published 'Building Biology-Native Data Infrastructure for the AI Era,' a research piece by partners Andrew Hedin, Marla Jalbut MD, and Grace Dai. x.com
• Apr 2026press
  Bessemer published its State of Health AI 2026 report, outlining investment themes in healthcare AI. linkedin.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Bessemer led Converge Bio's $25M Series A, backing biology data infrastructure for the AI era. linkedin.com
• Feb 2026press
  Bessemer released its 2026 Defense Tech Roadmap, outlining five frontiers for venture investment in defense technology. linkedin.com
• Feb 2026leadership
  BVP opened its 2026 Summer Analyst Program for college students graduating Winter 2026 or Summer 2027, based in New York City. x.com
• Jan 2026press
  Bessemer portfolio company Hatch was acquired by Yelp; MCP Manager was acquired by Usercentrics — both exits closed in January 2026. bvp.com

Notable investments

• HockeyStackSeries B ($50M)Apr 2026tracxn.com
• VapiSeries B ($50M)May 2026tracxn.com
• Converge BioSeries A ($25M)Mar 2026linkedin.com
• SixfoldSeries B ($30M)2025linkedin.com
• RenderSeries C ($100M)2025linkedin.com
• ZenskarUndisclosed2025linkedin.com
• CanvaGrowthUndisclosedbvp.com
• Hinge HealthGrowthUndisclosedbvp.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Byron Deeter · Partner
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• Elliott Robinson · Partner
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• Brian Feinstein · Partner
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• Sameer Dholakia · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Charles Birnbaum · Partner
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• Anurag Begwani · Vice President (India)
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• Eric Kaplan · Vice President
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• Jeremy Levine · Partner
• Talia Goldberg · Partner
• Ethan Kurzweil · Partner
• Anna Khan · Partner
• Mary D'Onofrio · Partner

Sources

• Bessemer Venture Partners — Home
• Bessemer Venture Partners — Portfolio Companies
• Elliott Robinson — Bessemer Venture Partners
• Bessemer Venture Partners — LinkedIn
• Bessemer Venture Partners — Tracxn 2026 Profile
• Why Bessemer Venture Partners — Growth Equity Interview Guide
• Bessemer 2026 Summer Analyst Program — X
• BVP Biology-Native Data Infrastructure paper — X

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