VC firm
Bessemer Venture Partners
Also known as 1865A L.P., Bessemer Venture Associates, Bessemer Venture Associates VIII L.P.
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, California, United States
- Founded
- 1981
- Assets under management
- $20BStated by firm, as of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $1.1BForm ADV gross asset value, as of 2015-02-13Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 51
- Legal name
- DEER MANAGEMENT CO. LLC
- bvp.com (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- X (opens in a new tab)
- Team page (opens in a new tab)
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About
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with dedicated seed/early-stage and growth-stage investing practices, backing founders across sectors including AI, enterprise, consumer, fintech, healthcare, biotech, deep tech & defense, cybersecurity, developer tools, infrastructure, marketplaces, data & cloud, physical AI & robotics, and vertical software. It manages $20B in AUM across 450+ active portfolio companies and reports 155+ IPOs/deSPACs, with offices across the US, India, Israel and the UK.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Every sector we back starts with a Roadmap: our thesis on where the market is heading and what it will take to win.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Lead policy
- Bessemer led Pinterest's $10 million Series A in 2011.
- Investing status notes
- News item on home page: '$5.75 billion to back the founders building what's next' and continued 2025-2026 dated portfolio additions (e.g., partnered 2025/2026 companies in the portfolio table).
Funds
- Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P.
- Vintage 2015Closed
- Bessemer Venture Partners VIII Institutional L.P.
- $885MVintage 2010, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Bessemer Venture Partners VIII L.P.
- $615MVintage 2010, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Bessemer Venture Associates VIII L.P.
- $100KVintage 2010, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Bessemer Venture Partners VIII Parallel L.P.
- Vintage 2010Parallel
- GATOR CO-INVEST PA, L.P.
- SPV
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS INDIA II, L.P.
- Main fund
- Bessemer Venture Partners Century Fund III Institutional L.P.
- Main fund
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS X L.P.
- Main fund
- GATOR CO-INVEST VE, L.P.
- SPV
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VII L.P.
- Main fund
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS INDIA L.P.
- Main fund
- More funds
- 39 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- DEER MANAGEMENT CO. LLC
- CRD number
- 159279 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 801-125875
- Registration
- SEC registered
- Regulatory AUM
- $20.2Bas of 2026-05-13
- Private funds reported
- 37
- Principal office
- LARCHMONT, NY, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1509022
Locations
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, California, United States
- Office
- Bangalore, India
- Office
- Larchmont (Westchester), New York, United States
- Office
- New York City, New York, United States
- Office
- Wellesley (Boston), Massachusetts, United States
- Office
- London
- Office
- New York
- Office
- San Francisco
- Office
- Tel Aviv
Programs
- Fellowship
- The Analyst Program (opens in a new tab)
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