# Bessemer Venture Partners

> Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment firm that backs technology companies from seed through growth and, through BVP Forge, established software and technology-enabled businesses. Its roots reach from Henry Phipps's Carnegie Steel wealth to a modern platform with approximately $20 billion under management, more than 450 portfolio companies and over 155 IPOs. Beyond capital, Bessemer offers operating advisers, founder education, research and a candid Anti-Portfolio that turns passed deals into institutional memory.

- **Founded:** 1911
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Henry Phipps Jr. (Originator of the predecessor family office)
- **Team size:** 201-500 employees; third-party company data lists approximately 430
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investing, Growth investing, BVP Forge, Atlas, Operating Advisor network
- **Notable:** Built a portfolio of more than 450 companies with over 155 IPOs, according to the firm's LinkedIn profile., Backed category-defining companies including Shopify, Twilio, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Toast, ServiceTitan, Canva, Anthropic and Abridge., Grew to approximately $20 billion in assets under management.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investing** — Seed and early-stage capital, including pre-revenue investments, plus company-building guidance.
- **Growth investing** — Expansion-stage capital and support for technology companies scaling revenue, teams and market reach.
- **BVP Forge** — Private-equity capital for self-sustaining software and technology-enabled services businesses, paired with the ForgeEdge operating program.
- **Atlas** — Public research, sector roadmaps, benchmarks and practical courses covering pricing, go-to-market, product-market fit and scale.
- **Operating Advisor network** — Functional counsel across leadership, talent, marketing, sales, product, finance and other scaling challenges.
- **STRIVE** — A holistic wellness program designed for high-performance leadership among portfolio executives.

## Achievements

- Built a portfolio of more than 450 companies with over 155 IPOs, according to the firm's LinkedIn profile.
- Backed category-defining companies including Shopify, Twilio, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Toast, ServiceTitan, Canva, Anthropic and Abridge.
- Grew to approximately $20 billion in assets under management.
- Created the Cloud 100 with Forbes and Salesforce Ventures; the 2025 cohort surpassed $1.1 trillion in aggregate value.
- Expanded its investment platform from seed and early stage into growth investing and BVP Forge private equity.
- Maintains a global investment presence with teams in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, London, Bangalore and Tel Aviv.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published its investment thesis for DriveNets and the networking fabric needed for heterogeneous AI infrastructure.
- **2026-05** — Announced its backing of Illoca, a company re-architecting building design workflows.
- **2026-04** — Published investments in Amperos for healthcare denial management and Dome Systems for agentic-enterprise operations.
- **2026-03** — Promoted Aparna Chaganty and Aditya Nidmarti to vice president.
- **2026-01** — Promoted Sofia Guerra to partner and announced investments spanning autonomous mobility, cloud security, healthcare and defense.
- **2025-11** — Closed the $1 billion BVP Forge II fund for growth-oriented, self-sustaining technology businesses.
- **2025-09** — The tenth Cloud 100 benchmark report recorded more than $1.1 trillion in aggregate value across the cohort.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bvp.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bessemer-venture-partners
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BessemerVP
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BessemerVenturePartners
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bessemer.venture.partners/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bessemer-Venture-Partners/339567512813726

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Last updated: 2026-08-16