Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a $4 billion venture capital firm founded in 1911 and based in California, specializing in investments across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors globally, from seed stage to growth. The firm supports founders by providing guidance and resources, starting with seed and Series A investments and maintaining involvement throughout the development of their companies. Bessemer has a diverse portfolio, having funded early-stage companies such as Pinterest, Blue Apron, Skype, and Twitch, and has played a role in the successful initial public offerings of 117 companies, including Twilio, Yelp, and LinkedIn. The firm also operates several specialized funds targeting various sectors, including information technology, software, and digital health, with a presence in key markets such as India and Israel.

Rob Arditi

Partner

Anurag Begwani

Investor

Kent Bennett

Partner

Mark S. Bercow

Operating Partner

Charles Birnbaum

Partner

Sam Bondy

Investor

Robert H. Buescher

Administrative Partner

Sara Byrne

Director, GP Accounting

Aparna Chaganty

Investor

Morgan Cheatham

vice_president

Chris Chesney

Associate

J. Edmund Colloton

Managing Partner and COO

Ed Colloton

Partner

David Cowan

Partner

Mary D'Onofrio

Partner

Byron Deeter

Partner

Sameer Dholakia

Partner

John Drake

Investor

Mike Droesch

Partner

David Erickson

Operating Partner

Alex Ferrara

Partner

Adam Fisher

Partner

Christopher Gabrieli

Partner

Talia Goldberg

Partner

Bob Goodman

Partner

Robert P. Goodman

Partner

Sandy Grippo

Chief Financial Officer and Partner

Sofia Guerra

Investor

Vishal Gupta

Partner

Felda Hardymon

Partner

Tess Hatch

Partner

Andrew Hedin

Partner

Eric Kaplan

Investor

Amit Karp

Partner

Stephen Kraus

Partner

Ethan Kurzweil

Partner

Waikit Lau

Associate

Jeremy Levine

Partner

Lindsey Li

Investor

Emily Lu

Venture Capitalist

Grace Ma

Investor

Bennett Mathews

Senior Associate

Bhavik Nagda

Investor

Aditya Nidmarti

Investor

Robert O'Neil

Partner

Darsh Patel

Investor

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner

Dan Ramirez

Associate

Caty Rea

vice_president

Elliott Robinson

Partner & Co-Founder of the Growth Investment Practice

Aia Sarycheva

Investor

Yael Schiff

Investor

Madeline Shue

Investor

Rob Stavis

Partner

Ariel Sterman

vice_president

Nancy Straface

Vice president of investment accounting

Mayo Stuntz

Operating Partner

Alexandra Sukin

Investor

Janelle Teng

vice_president

Christopher Wan

Investor

Connor Watumull

Senior Associate

David Wehrs

Partner

Augie Wilkinson

Director, Portfolio Monitoring and Analysis

Alex Yuditski

Investor

Past deals in New Zealand

Halter

Series C in 2023
Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.

Portainer

Series A in 2022
Portainer.io Limited specializes in developing open-source user interface tools for managing container-based environments. The company provides a comprehensive container management platform known as Portainer CE, which includes features for application management, cluster management, and various other management services such as identity, storage, and network management. For enterprise customers, Portainer offers Portainer Business, which focuses on container management and orchestration. The platform supports a range of environments, including Kubernetes, Docker, Azure container instances, and Edge computing. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with an office in Palo Alto, California, Portainer aims to simplify container orchestration systems, making them more accessible and user-friendly for both software developers and IT operations professionals. The intuitive interface provided by Portainer accelerates the adoption of container technology, enhances security, and streamlines software delivery, ultimately aiding enterprises in faster deployment and troubleshooting processes.

Portainer

Series A in 2021
Portainer.io Limited specializes in developing open-source user interface tools for managing container-based environments. The company provides a comprehensive container management platform known as Portainer CE, which includes features for application management, cluster management, and various other management services such as identity, storage, and network management. For enterprise customers, Portainer offers Portainer Business, which focuses on container management and orchestration. The platform supports a range of environments, including Kubernetes, Docker, Azure container instances, and Edge computing. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with an office in Palo Alto, California, Portainer aims to simplify container orchestration systems, making them more accessible and user-friendly for both software developers and IT operations professionals. The intuitive interface provided by Portainer accelerates the adoption of container technology, enhances security, and streamlines software delivery, ultimately aiding enterprises in faster deployment and troubleshooting processes.

Portainer

Seed Round in 2020
Portainer.io Limited specializes in developing open-source user interface tools for managing container-based environments. The company provides a comprehensive container management platform known as Portainer CE, which includes features for application management, cluster management, and various other management services such as identity, storage, and network management. For enterprise customers, Portainer offers Portainer Business, which focuses on container management and orchestration. The platform supports a range of environments, including Kubernetes, Docker, Azure container instances, and Edge computing. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with an office in Palo Alto, California, Portainer aims to simplify container orchestration systems, making them more accessible and user-friendly for both software developers and IT operations professionals. The intuitive interface provided by Portainer accelerates the adoption of container technology, enhances security, and streamlines software delivery, ultimately aiding enterprises in faster deployment and troubleshooting processes.

Rocket Lab

Series E in 2018
Rocket Lab Ltd. specializes in designing and manufacturing rocket and space systems, focusing on low-cost and efficient payload deployment. Founded in 2006 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers a variety of technologies, including carbon composite materials, thermal protection products, recovery systems, propulsion systems, and electronic systems for avionics and communication. Its flagship orbital launch vehicle, Electron, aims to transform the space industry by providing dedicated, high-frequency launches tailored for the growing small satellite market. Rocket Lab's innovations are geared towards making space access more affordable and accessible.

Rocket Lab

Series D in 2017
Rocket Lab Ltd. specializes in designing and manufacturing rocket and space systems, focusing on low-cost and efficient payload deployment. Founded in 2006 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers a variety of technologies, including carbon composite materials, thermal protection products, recovery systems, propulsion systems, and electronic systems for avionics and communication. Its flagship orbital launch vehicle, Electron, aims to transform the space industry by providing dedicated, high-frequency launches tailored for the growing small satellite market. Rocket Lab's innovations are geared towards making space access more affordable and accessible.

Rocket Lab

Series B in 2015
Rocket Lab Ltd. specializes in designing and manufacturing rocket and space systems, focusing on low-cost and efficient payload deployment. Founded in 2006 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers a variety of technologies, including carbon composite materials, thermal protection products, recovery systems, propulsion systems, and electronic systems for avionics and communication. Its flagship orbital launch vehicle, Electron, aims to transform the space industry by providing dedicated, high-frequency launches tailored for the growing small satellite market. Rocket Lab's innovations are geared towards making space access more affordable and accessible.

Cornerstone OnDemand

Series E in 2009
Cornerstone OnDemand is a leading global provider of a comprehensive learning and talent management solution delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The company enables organizations to meet the challenges they face in empowering their people and maximizing the productivity of their human capital. Cornerstone currently empowers over 19.1 million users across 191 countries and in 42 languages. Their integrated cloud-based software offering consists of Cornerstone Onboarding, Cornerstone Recruiting, Cornerstone Performance, Cornerstone Learning, Cornerstone Connect, Cornerstone Succession, Cornerstone Compensation and Cornerstone Extended Enterprise. Their clients use their solution to develop employees throughout their careers, engage all employees effectively, improve business execution, cultivate future leaders, and integrate with their external networks of customers, vendors and distributors. The company has more than 2,100 clients, including multi-national corporations, large domestic enterprises, mid-market companies, state and local public sector organizations, higher education institutions and non-profit entities. Clients include BJC HealthCare, Flextronics, Kelly Services, Pearson, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Teach for America and Virgin Media Limited, among many others. Cornerstone supports multiple client deployments of more than 150,000 users, including one client with more than 700,000 users. Cornerstone is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with offices in Auckland, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sydney and Tel Aviv.

Cornerstone OnDemand

Series D in 2007
Cornerstone OnDemand is a leading global provider of a comprehensive learning and talent management solution delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The company enables organizations to meet the challenges they face in empowering their people and maximizing the productivity of their human capital. Cornerstone currently empowers over 19.1 million users across 191 countries and in 42 languages. Their integrated cloud-based software offering consists of Cornerstone Onboarding, Cornerstone Recruiting, Cornerstone Performance, Cornerstone Learning, Cornerstone Connect, Cornerstone Succession, Cornerstone Compensation and Cornerstone Extended Enterprise. Their clients use their solution to develop employees throughout their careers, engage all employees effectively, improve business execution, cultivate future leaders, and integrate with their external networks of customers, vendors and distributors. The company has more than 2,100 clients, including multi-national corporations, large domestic enterprises, mid-market companies, state and local public sector organizations, higher education institutions and non-profit entities. Clients include BJC HealthCare, Flextronics, Kelly Services, Pearson, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Teach for America and Virgin Media Limited, among many others. Cornerstone supports multiple client deployments of more than 150,000 users, including one client with more than 700,000 users. Cornerstone is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with offices in Auckland, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sydney and Tel Aviv.