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At a glance
Bessemer Venture Partners appears in 22 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2025, leading 12. Its most frequent sectors in these rounds are Enterprise Software and AI & Infrastructure, and its most recent tracked deal was doubleAI's $200M Series A round (Oct 19, 2026). It co-invests most often with Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Insight Partners. ValueAddVC also tracks 2 funds managed by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AIBiotechCloudConsumerCryptoCybersecurityDataDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechHealthcareMarketplaces
Geographies
USALarchmont, New York, USA
Check size
$1M-$100MOpen Roles
1Recent changes
- Oct 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026Invested in doubleAI (Series A, $200M) SiliconANGLE
- Oct 14, 2026Oct 14, 2026Invested in Zenzap (Series A, $33M) TechCrunch
- Oct 13, 2026Oct 13, 2026Invested in Souffle Therapeutics (Series B, $135M) FinancialContent
- Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026Invested in AlgoX2 (Extension, $10M) Pulse 2.0
- Oct 7, 2026Oct 7, 2026Invested in Ampersand (Series A, $15M) The SaaS News
Earlier changes (15)
- Oct 1, 2026Oct 1, 2026Invested in Miter (Series B, $40M) The SaaS News
- Sep 29, 2026Sep 29, 2026Invested in EliseAI ($350M) TechCrunch
- Sep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Bessemer Raises $5.75B Across Two New AI Funds Pulse story
- Sep 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026New fund: Bessemer Venture Partners Fund XIII SEC EDGAR Form D
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026Invested in The Exploration Company (Series C, $450M) TechCrunch
- Sep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: AI, Biotech, Cloud, Consumer, Crypto, Cybersecurity, Data, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Fintech, Health… bvp.com
- Sep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Invested in Upwind (Series C, $300M) Bloomberg
- Sep 2, 2026Sep 2, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series C, $550M) TechCrunch
- Aug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026Invested in Twin1 AI (Seed, $20M) SiliconANGLE
- Aug 11, 2026Aug 11, 2026Invested in Flagler Health (Series B, $50M) HIT Consultant
- Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026Invested in Onyx Security (Series B, $113M) SecurityWeek
- Jul 29, 2026Jul 29, 2026Onyx Security Raises $113M Series B With Bessemer Pulse story
- Jul 28, 2026Jul 28, 2026Invested in Act Security (Seed, $20M) SiliconANGLE
- Jul 27, 2026Jul 27, 2026Invested in Genius AI (Series D, $44M) Fortune
- Jul 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026Invested in Sila (Growth, $300M) Sila
Funds
2| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Venture Associates XIII | 2026 | — | Side vehicleSide vehicle (parallel, feeder, affiliate or SPV) — not the flagship close | As of Sep 14, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D |
| Bessemer Venture Partners Fund XIII | 2026 | — | Flagship | As of Sep 14, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D |
Portfolio
22 totalRecent Investment Activity
20Track record: led 12 and participated in 10 of 22 tracked venture rounds · 21 in the last 12 months · led 4 Series A, 2 Series C, 2 Seed, 2 Series B
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | doubleAI | Series A | Led | $200M | $1B+ | Lightspeed Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedBessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedNvidiaunverifiedDell Technologies CapitalunverifiedPitangoBRMMonday | SiliconANGLE |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Zenzap | Series A | Led | $33M | — | TechCrunch | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Souffle Therapeutics | Series B | Participated | $135M | — | Fidelity InvestmentsunverifiedARCH Venture PartnersunverifiedBessemer Venture PartnersunverifiedJanus Henderson InvestorsunverifiedLeaps by BayerunverifiedPolaris PartnersunverifiedTemasekunverifiedVida VenturesunverifiedJuvia GroupTCG Crossover ManagementBB BiotechBalyasny Asset Management+5 more | FinancialContent |
| Oct 12, 2026 | AlgoX2 | Extension | Led | $10M | — | Bessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedAlumni VenturesunverifiedSomersault VenturesunverifiedOctaveMotivate VCAAL VC | Pulse story |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Ampersand | Series A | Led | $15M | — | Bessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedMatrix PartnersunverifiedFlex CapitalYelpTenacity CapitalCTO Fund+1 more | The SaaS News |
| Oct 2026 | Miter | Series B | Participated | $40M | — | The SaaS News | |
| Sep 29, 2026 | EliseAI | funding round | Led | $350M | $4B | Andreessen HorowitzLeadunverifiedBessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedSapphire VenturesunverifiedOTPP (Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan)unverifiedNavitas Capital | Pulse story |
| Sep 8, 2026 | The Exploration Company | Series C | Led | $450M | — | AtomicoLeadScaleup Europe FundLeadBessemer Venture PartnersLeadBalderton CapitalunverifiedPluralunverifiedCherryRed River West | TechCrunch |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Upwind | Series C | Led | $300M | $3.8B | Bessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedTCVLeadunverified | Pulse story |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Wonderful | Series C | Participated | $550M | $5B | TechCrunch | |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Twin1 AI | Seed | Led | $20M | — | Bessemer Venture PartnersLeadTribeca Venture PartnersLeadAramco VenturesLeadEJF VenturesTin Alley VenturesF-Prime CapitalLakestarNotion CapitalAGI House VenturesNeo | SiliconANGLE |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Flagler Health | Series B | Led | $50M | — | Pulse story | |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Onyx Security | Series B | Led | $113M | ~$640M | SecurityWeek | |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Act Security | Seed | Led | $20M | — | SiliconANGLE | |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Genius AI | Series D | Participated | $44M | $1.15B | Pulse story | |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Sila | Growth | Participated | $300M | — | Sila | |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Neo | Series A | Led | $100M | — | Andreessen HorowitzLeadunverifiedBessemer Venture PartnersLeadunverifiedCraft VenturesunverifiedMerlin Ventures | Calcalistech |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Fireworks AI | Series D | Participated | $1.505B | $17.5B | Atreides ManagementLeadIndex VenturesLeadTCVLeadNvidiaEvantic CapitalunverifiedLightspeed Venture Partnersunverified20VC FundunverifiedBessemer Venture PartnersunverifiedMenlo Venturesunverified | SiliconANGLE |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Wonderful | Series B | Participated | $150M | $2B | TechCrunch | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | Wonderful | Series A | Participated | $100M | — | TechCrunch |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Enterprise SaaS
7 · 32%
AI infra
5 · 23%
Cybersecurity
1 · 5%
Developer tools
1 · 5%
AI
1 · 5%
Healthtech
1 · 5%
Legal tech
1 · 5%
Defense
1 · 5%
Battery materials
1 · 5%
Biotech
1 · 5%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series A
5 · 25%
Series B
5 · 25%
Series C
4 · 20%
Seed
2 · 10%
Series D
2 · 10%
Extension
1 · 5%
Growth
1 · 5%
Series E
1 · 5%
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Latest Pulse
- Oct 19, 2026doubleAI Raises $200M, Nvidia And Dell Join RoundTel Aviv's doubleAI raised $200M in a Series A co-led by Lightspeed and Bessemer, with Nvidia and Dell joining a round CTech reports values the AI-model developer above $1B.→
- Oct 14, 2026Zenzap Raises $33M To Replace WhatsApp At WorkZenzap raised a $33 million Series A co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total funding to about $44 million for its AI-powered workplace chat app.→
- Oct 13, 2026Souffle Therapeutics Raises $135M For RNA TherapiesSouffle Therapeutics closed an oversubscribed $135 million Series B led by Juvia Group on Oct. 13 to push its RNA-delivery platform's first three programs toward the clinic.→
- Oct 12, 2026AlgoX2 Raises $10M To Build A Data Streaming OSAlgoX2 raised a $10M seed extension led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Fin Capital for its 'Data Streaming Operating System,' which it says delivers up to 10x throughput over legacy Kafka-based stacks.→
- Oct 6, 2026Ampersand Raises $15M To Wire AI Agents Into ERPsAmpersand raised a $15 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners to build integration infrastructure that lets AI agents read from and write into enterprise systems like CRMs and ERPs.→
- Sep 29, 2026EliseAI Raises $350M, Valuation Doubles To $4BEliseAI raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, doubling its mark from 13 months ago on the strength of $200M-plus in ARR from housing and healthcare operations automation.→
- Sep 26, 2026New Mexico's Oil Windfall Becomes A $2B VC BetNew Mexico's state investment fund has committed $1.8 billion to venture funds over three years, using oil and gas royalties to seed a fusion, defense and advanced-manufacturing bet meant to outlast its own commodity cycle.→
- Sep 24, 2026Why AI Deals Are Repricing In Months, Not YearsFour venture-backed companies repriced at two to five times their own prior valuation marks in six weeks, and only one of them trains foundation models -- evidence investors are underwriting growth speed broadly, not just an AI-label premium.→
- Sep 23, 2026AI And Biotech Funding Hit A New Pace In SeptemberThree AI-driven biotech rounds and Anthropic's own life-sciences lab landed in a single week, part of a funding pace that has already pushed 2026 startup investment past 2025's full-year total.→
- Sep 23, 2026Bessemer Raises $5.75B Across Two New AI FundsBessemer Venture Partners closed $5.75 billion across two new funds -- $1.75 billion for seed and early stage, $4 billion for growth -- to back AI-native founders from first check through late-stage rounds.→
- Sep 8, 2026Exploration Company Raises $450M To Rival SpaceXThe Exploration Company, a Munich- and Bordeaux-based spacecraft maker, raised a $450 million Series C led by Atomico, Bessemer and the Scaleup Europe Fund to fund its Storm rocket engine and Nyx reusable capsule program.→
- Sep 8, 2026The Exploration Company Raises $450M for NyxThe Exploration Company raised a $450 million Series C, the largest ever for a European space startup, to scale its reusable Nyx cargo capsule toward crewed and lunar missions.→
- Sep 3, 2026Wonderful Doubles Valuation to $5B in Six MonthsThe enterprise AI operating system startup raised $550 million led by Insight Partners with Salesforce joining as a new investor, more than doubling its valuation from $2 billion just six months after its last round.→
- Sep 3, 2026Upwind Triples Valuation to $3.8B Riding Wiz's ExitThe cloud-security startup raised $300 million led by Bessemer and TCV at a $3.8 billion valuation, tripling its price in roughly five months as rivals scramble to fill the gap Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition left in independent cloud security.→
- Aug 27, 2026Unrivaled Basketball League Valued at $650MUnrivaled, the Miami-based 3-on-3 women's basketball league founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, closed an oversubscribed Series C that pushed its valuation to $650 million ahead of its third season.→
- Aug 24, 2026Nvidia Weighs Perplexity Investment Above $30BNvidia has discussed investing in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion and separately considered a technology licensing arrangement with the AI search company.→
- Aug 20, 2026Twin1 AI Exits Stealth With $20M for Digital TwinsTwin1 AI raised a $20M seed co-led by Bessemer, Tribeca Venture Partners and Aramco Ventures to build AI digital twins that preserve a professional's judgment and context across an organization.→
- Aug 11, 2026Flagler Health Raises $50M to Fix Musculoskeletal CareFlagler Health raised a $50 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners to build an AI-native platform coordinating clinical and administrative workflows for musculoskeletal care providers.→
- Jul 29, 2026Onyx Security Raises $113M Series B With BessemerOnyx Security closed a $113 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, adding to a wave of nine-figure cybersecurity rounds closing the same week as ThreatLocker's $190 million raise.→
- Jul 28, 2026Act Security Raises $60M to Police Cloud & AI AgentsTel Aviv-based Act Security disclosed $60 million across seed and Series A rounds from Team8, Bessemer, and others to build cloud access control and AI-agent governance tools for enterprises.→
- Jul 28, 2026Act Security Emerges From Stealth With $60MCloud-access security startup Act Security emerged from stealth disclosing $60 million in combined funding -- a $20M seed led by Team8 and Bessemer, plus a $40M Series A led by Notable Capital -- to secure human, workload and AI-agent access.→
- Jul 27, 2026Genius AI Raises $44M Series D at $1.15B ValuationGlossGenius rebranded as Genius AI and raised $44 million in Series D funding led by Lux Capital at a $1.15 billion valuation, expanding from beauty-industry scheduling software into agentic tools for the broader in-person service economy.→
- Jul 22, 2026Glow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B to Rethink Endpoint SecurityGlow launched publicly with a $1.2 billion valuation, betting that AI agents running on employee devices need an entirely new category of endpoint protection that legacy tools like CrowdStrike and SentinelOne weren't built for.→
- Jul 21, 2026Sila Raises $300M to Expand US Silicon Anode ManufacturingBattery materials startup Sila raised $300 million to expand its Washington state factory, bucking the EV slowdown with a silicon-carbon anode material already supplying Mercedes and Panasonic.→
- Jul 20, 2026Neo Launches With $100M to Secure Agentic AI SoftwareThree SentinelOne veterans launched Neo out of stealth with $100 million from a16z and Bessemer to secure the AI agents enterprises are now running against production systems.→
- Jul 16, 2026Fireworks Raises $1.505B Series D at $17.5B ValuationFireworks closed a $1.505 billion Series D led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV as its annualized revenue crossed $1 billion, more than doubling its prior valuation to $17.5 billion in five months.→
- Jul 7, 2026Chemistry Ventures Raising $500M for Second FundChemistry Ventures, the AI-focused firm founded by Bessemer, Index and a16z alumni, is raising $500 million for its second fund -- already oversubscribed just two years after its $350 million debut.→
Bessemer Venture Partners FAQ
What companies has Bessemer Venture Partners invested in?
Bessemer Venture Partners' portfolio includes doubleAI, Anthropic, Zenzap, Souffle Therapeutics, AlgoX2, Ampersand, and 16 more tracked companies.
Who does Bessemer Venture Partners co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Bessemer Venture Partners most often invests alongside Lightspeed Venture Partners (4 shared deals), Nvidia (4 shared deals), Accel (3 shared deals), Andreessen Horowitz (3 shared deals), General Catalyst (3 shared deals).
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