Firms

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners

Menlo Park, California, US

Global venture investor with separate seed/early and growth practices and dedicated regional/strategy vehicles. Verified scientific investments include quantum computing, space hardware, advanced manufacturing and fusion. Neuroscience therapeutics and mental-health services are adjacent exposure; direct neural-interface investment not verified in scoped research.

Founded
1911
Type
Venture capital

Funds6

  • BVP XIII—

    Named in reporting on Bessemer's USD5.75bn combined September 2026 close. Legal-vehicle size remains blank: the official early/growth strategy allocations do not establish individual legal fund sizes.

  • Century Fund III—

    Growth fund named in reporting on the September 2026 combined USD5.75bn close. Legal-vehicle size is undisclosed in the official announcement; no size derived by subtraction.

  • BVP Forge II$1B

    Oversubscribed private-equity close; buyouts/significant minority stakes, not seedventure vehicle.

  • India Fund II$350M

    Announced regional India fund; reporting calls closed.

  • BVP XII$3.85B

    Historical global early-stage fund announced raised.

  • BVP Forge I$780M

    Official Forge II announcement confirms USD 780 million predecessor private-equity fund.

Team

$50M$50K – $100MNew York, New York · San Francisco Bay Area
$25M$50K – $100MAtherton
$25M$1M – $250MBoston, Massachusetts
$25M$50K – $100MBoston, Massachusetts
$25M$1M – $250MBoston, Massachusetts
$25M$1M – $250MCambridge, Massachusetts
$25M$50K – $100MCambridge, Massachusetts
$25M$50K – $100MHong Kong
$25M$50K – $100MIndia
$25M$1M – $250MIndia

Co-investing

Accel
Lightspeed
Y Combinator
General Catalyst
Khosla Ventures

Investments

$30B2026-02AnthropicGIC Private Limited, Coatue, Founders Fund, MGX, ICONIQ, Dragoneer Investment Group, D.E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Sebastian Duesterhoeft, Hemant Taneja, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackstone, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Insight Partners, Jane Street, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Temasek, XN, Baillie Gifford, Altimeter Capital, Alpha Wave Global, AMP PBC, Appaloosa, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, Morgan Stanley, NX1 Capital, Sands Capital, TowerBrook, TPG, Whale Rock Capital Management, Microsoft, NVIDIA
$3.5B2025-03AnthropicLightspeed Venture Partners, Sebastian Duesterhoeft, Hemant Taneja, Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, D1 Capital Partners, Jane Street, Cisco, Fidelity Management & Research Company
$—2025-02-07AnthropicGeneral Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, GV, MGX, Bessemer Venture Partners
$10M2026-08-06MalachyteBessemer Venture Partners, Gradient Ventures
$—2026-07-29OnyxBessemer Venture Partners
$1.5B2026-07-23Fireworks AIIndex Ventures, Lightspeed, TCV, Atreides Management, Menlo Ventures, 20VC, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners
$—2026-07-2130 SundaysBessemer Venture Partners
$—2026-07-09QizBessemer Venture Partners
$98M2026-06-30Dominion DynamicsBessemer Venture Partners, Expeditions, Lakestar, Janelle Teng, Klaus Hommels, Jackson Moses, Byron Deeter
$234M2026-06-15SarvamKhosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia, Peak XV Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners