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Overview
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is a multi-stage venture capital firm with $20B+ AUM, known for early-stage AI investing and growth bets across the full AI stack.
Recent Developments
- 2026-09-23: Raised **1.75B seed/early + $4B growth; first dedicated growth platform (2026-09-23-bessemer-5-75b-ai-fund, 2026-09-23-bessemer-official-5-75b-fund-announcement)
- 260+ AI-native companies since 2022; $3B+ deployed; ~70% early-stage
- Portfolio: anthropic, Cognition, Perplexity, Waymo, Ramp, Shopify, ClickHouse, Fireworks
- Partner Byron Deeter: AI-native companies scaling faster than any prior tech category
- 2026-07-29: Led onyx-security $113M Series B for agent control plane (2026-07-31-onyx-bessemer-announcement)