Bessemer Venture Partners, established in 1911, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a global presence. The firm invests in early-stage to growth-stage companies across various sectors, including software, TMT, healthcare, fintech, and consumer products. With a portfolio boasting successful companies like Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, and Yelp, Bessemer Venture Partners has a proven track record in helping entrepreneurs build enduring companies. The firm manages multiple funds, totaling over $4 billion in assets, and provides support to founders from seed stage through to growth, fostering long-term relationships with its portfolio companies.
Partner and Co-Founder of the Growth Investment Practice
Aia Sarycheva
Vice President
Jason Scheller
Investor
Yael Schiff
Vice President
David Selverian
Investor
Madeline Shue
Investor
Smith, Scott
Operating Partner
Robert Stavis
Partner
Mayo Stuntz
Operating Partner
Alexandra Sukin
Investor
Vatsalya Tandon
Investor
Janice Teng
Vice President
Katherine Walker
Vice President
Christopher Wan
Vice President
Bryan Wu
Partner
Alex Yuditski
Investor
Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area
Plenful
Series B in 2025
Plenful is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in healthcare and pharmacy operations through the use of AI-powered automation software. The platform is designed to streamline repetitive and manual workflows, enhancing efficiency and data accuracy in administrative tasks. By utilizing intelligent workflow automation and machine learning, Plenful aims to alleviate the burden on healthcare staff, ultimately leading to improved financial and operational outcomes while promoting more effective patient care. The company's innovative approach is supported by prominent investors in the healthcare and software sectors, reflecting its commitment to transforming the operational landscape of healthcare providers.
Render
Series C in 2025
Render is a cloud hosting platform designed for developers and teams to build and run applications and websites efficiently. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to simplify the development process by eliminating the need for server management. Render's platform supports a variety of functions, including the deployment of web apps, static sites, background workers, APIs, cron jobs, dockerfiles, and PostgreSQL databases. It features free secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates, a global content delivery network (CDN), and automated deployment from GitHub, all of which facilitate rapid product development and scalability. By enhancing the developer experience, Render seeks to empower teams to deliver software solutions more effectively and foster innovation in application development.
Vistraq
Series A in 2024
Vistraq is an AI platform based in San Francisco, California, focused on providing autonomous AI solutions for the banking and financial services sectors. Founded in 2022, it aims to simplify AI adoption through tools that enhance decision-making, automate processes, and ensure compliance in complex environments.
Plenful
Series A in 2024
Plenful is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in healthcare and pharmacy operations through the use of AI-powered automation software. The platform is designed to streamline repetitive and manual workflows, enhancing efficiency and data accuracy in administrative tasks. By utilizing intelligent workflow automation and machine learning, Plenful aims to alleviate the burden on healthcare staff, ultimately leading to improved financial and operational outcomes while promoting more effective patient care. The company's innovative approach is supported by prominent investors in the healthcare and software sectors, reflecting its commitment to transforming the operational landscape of healthcare providers.
MaintainX
Series C in 2023
MaintainX, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a frontline record management platform designed for maintenance and facility management teams. Launched in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, MaintainX provides a software as a service (SaaS) solution that digitizes workflows, enhances collaboration, and offers analytics to streamline maintenance operations. The platform includes features such as environmental and training checklists, tooling and gauge reporting, auditing workflows, and quality control inspections. Additionally, it facilitates communication among users and allows for photo uploads to enhance operational efficiency. MaintainX serves a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing facilities, restaurants, and hotels, focusing on improving asset management and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Plenful
Seed Round in 2023
Plenful is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in healthcare and pharmacy operations through the use of AI-powered automation software. The platform is designed to streamline repetitive and manual workflows, enhancing efficiency and data accuracy in administrative tasks. By utilizing intelligent workflow automation and machine learning, Plenful aims to alleviate the burden on healthcare staff, ultimately leading to improved financial and operational outcomes while promoting more effective patient care. The company's innovative approach is supported by prominent investors in the healthcare and software sectors, reflecting its commitment to transforming the operational landscape of healthcare providers.
Render
Series B in 2023
Render is a cloud hosting platform designed for developers and teams to build and run applications and websites efficiently. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to simplify the development process by eliminating the need for server management. Render's platform supports a variety of functions, including the deployment of web apps, static sites, background workers, APIs, cron jobs, dockerfiles, and PostgreSQL databases. It features free secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates, a global content delivery network (CDN), and automated deployment from GitHub, all of which facilitate rapid product development and scalability. By enhancing the developer experience, Render seeks to empower teams to deliver software solutions more effectively and foster innovation in application development.
Vistraq
Seed Round in 2023
Vistraq is an AI platform based in San Francisco, California, focused on providing autonomous AI solutions for the banking and financial services sectors. Founded in 2022, it aims to simplify AI adoption through tools that enhance decision-making, automate processes, and ensure compliance in complex environments.
Acquire.com
Seed Round in 2021
Acquire.com, formerly known as MicroAcquire, is a prominent startup acquisition marketplace based in San Francisco, California, established in 2020. It facilitates the acquisition process for startups and online businesses by connecting founders directly with potential buyers, thereby eliminating the need for intermediaries and minimizing complications associated with traditional acquisition methods. The platform is designed to provide a streamlined experience, allowing entrepreneurs to engage in discussions with buyers without incurring fees, commissions, or the burdensome aspects of due diligence and excessive paperwork. By prioritizing anonymity and simplicity, Acquire.com aims to empower entrepreneurs to successfully navigate the acquisition landscape and achieve their business goals.
Prefect
Series B in 2021
Prefect is a data workflow orchestration platform that enables data engineers to build, test, and run data workflows efficiently. Founded in 2018 by Jeremiah Lowin, the company has established hubs in Washington, DC, Chicago, and San Francisco. The platform is powered by the open-source Prefect engine and includes features such as flow code, dataflow, a graphic API, and an auto API. It allows users to manage dynamic logic through control flow patterns, handle both expected and unexpected errors, and add parameters for runtime templating and reuse. This functionality supports data engineers in executing complex workflows with greater control and reliability.
MaintainX
Series B in 2021
MaintainX, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a frontline record management platform designed for maintenance and facility management teams. Launched in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, MaintainX provides a software as a service (SaaS) solution that digitizes workflows, enhances collaboration, and offers analytics to streamline maintenance operations. The platform includes features such as environmental and training checklists, tooling and gauge reporting, auditing workflows, and quality control inspections. Additionally, it facilitates communication among users and allows for photo uploads to enhance operational efficiency. MaintainX serves a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing facilities, restaurants, and hotels, focusing on improving asset management and ensuring regulatory compliance.
HashiCorp
Series D in 2018
HashiCorp, Inc. is an open-source software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company specializes in developing multi-cloud infrastructure automation software that addresses the challenges of cloud adoption. HashiCorp's primary products include Terraform, a cloud infrastructure as code tool for provisioning and managing resources; Vault, which secures and controls access to sensitive data; Nomad, a work orchestrator for deploying and managing applications across various environments; and Consul, a tool for service discovery and orchestration. Additionally, HashiCorp offers Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments and Packer for generating identical machine images for multiple platforms. The company aims to provide consistent workflows and a standardized approach to automate infrastructure processes, thereby enabling organizations to effectively run distributed applications in both public and private cloud environments.
Rainforest QA
Series B in 2018
Rainforest QA, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing QA-as-a-Service through its innovative platform and API, which automate functional and integration testing for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2012, Rainforest QA streamlines the testing process by allowing users to create and maintain tests in plain English, significantly reducing the complexity typically associated with test automation. The platform integrates generative AI to simplify test creation and maintenance, enabling users to generate step sequences from simple prompts, automatically update test steps to reflect changes in applications, and create descriptive identifiers for app elements. This approach helps development teams avoid false positives and reduces the maintenance burden of automated tests. With a combination of human testers and algorithmic management, Rainforest QA supports continuous deployment, making it a preferred choice for organizations like Intuit and Oracle to enhance their QA processes and deliver high-quality software efficiently.
MealPal
Series B in 2017
MealPal, Inc. is a subscription-based service that allows members to access a wide variety of lunch options from numerous restaurants and food providers in urban areas such as Washington, D.C., San Francisco, New York, Miami, Boston, London, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Founded in 2015 and rebranded in 2016, MealPal enables users to reserve meals for a flat monthly fee, facilitating over 10 million lunch reservations. By offering meal packs at competitive prices, the platform helps users save money and discover new dining options while allowing participating restaurants to increase their revenue during peak lunch hours. Members can pre-order meals either the night before or on the day, choosing convenient pickup times to avoid long lines. The service is accessible through a user-friendly mobile application, which also includes gift options for subscribers.
Wandera
Series C in 2017
Wandera, Inc. specializes in enterprise mobile security and data management solutions across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services designed to protect organizations from mobile threats and manage data usage effectively. Its offerings include Enterprise Mobile Security, which encompasses mobile threat defense and content filtering to mitigate targeted attacks and data leaks. Wandera Private Access is a cloud-delivered service that enables secure remote access to applications, while Exten allows enterprises to customize policy controls and manage employee data plans. The company emphasizes a unified cloud security solution that supports a zero-trust model, ensuring data protection and policy enforcement through a single management console. Wandera is recognized as a leader in the mobile security field, having received multiple industry awards and featured research in prominent publications.
MealPal
Series A in 2017
MealPal, Inc. is a subscription-based service that allows members to access a wide variety of lunch options from numerous restaurants and food providers in urban areas such as Washington, D.C., San Francisco, New York, Miami, Boston, London, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Founded in 2015 and rebranded in 2016, MealPal enables users to reserve meals for a flat monthly fee, facilitating over 10 million lunch reservations. By offering meal packs at competitive prices, the platform helps users save money and discover new dining options while allowing participating restaurants to increase their revenue during peak lunch hours. Members can pre-order meals either the night before or on the day, choosing convenient pickup times to avoid long lines. The service is accessible through a user-friendly mobile application, which also includes gift options for subscribers.
Byte Foods
Seed Round in 2016
Byte Foods, Inc. is a company based in San Rafael, California, that specializes in manufacturing automatic vending machines and refrigerators designed to serve food on-site at businesses. Founded in 2015, the company operates primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and focuses on distributing food products for corporate clients. Byte Foods utilizes IoT-enabled fridges to enhance workplace dining experiences, offering a variety of fresh and healthy meals from local food brands. As of January 2020, Byte Foods operates as a subsidiary of Oh My Green, Inc., further expanding its reach in the food service sector.
Rainforest QA
Series A in 2016
Rainforest QA, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing QA-as-a-Service through its innovative platform and API, which automate functional and integration testing for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2012, Rainforest QA streamlines the testing process by allowing users to create and maintain tests in plain English, significantly reducing the complexity typically associated with test automation. The platform integrates generative AI to simplify test creation and maintenance, enabling users to generate step sequences from simple prompts, automatically update test steps to reflect changes in applications, and create descriptive identifiers for app elements. This approach helps development teams avoid false positives and reduces the maintenance burden of automated tests. With a combination of human testers and algorithmic management, Rainforest QA supports continuous deployment, making it a preferred choice for organizations like Intuit and Oracle to enhance their QA processes and deliver high-quality software efficiently.
Wandera
Series B in 2015
Wandera, Inc. specializes in enterprise mobile security and data management solutions across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services designed to protect organizations from mobile threats and manage data usage effectively. Its offerings include Enterprise Mobile Security, which encompasses mobile threat defense and content filtering to mitigate targeted attacks and data leaks. Wandera Private Access is a cloud-delivered service that enables secure remote access to applications, while Exten allows enterprises to customize policy controls and manage employee data plans. The company emphasizes a unified cloud security solution that supports a zero-trust model, ensuring data protection and policy enforcement through a single management console. Wandera is recognized as a leader in the mobile security field, having received multiple industry awards and featured research in prominent publications.
Rock Health
Seed Round in 2015
Rock Health, established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in digital health. It focuses on supporting entrepreneurs working at the intersection of healthcare and technology, with a particular interest in industrial strength applications for mobile, web, and digital healthcare. The firm invests in companies developing products such as activity-tracking devices, data-analytic tools for reducing healthcare expenses, telemedicine apps, doctor workflow improvement tools, life-science research analytics, and technologies designed to produce clinical outcomes. Rock Health typically invests between $0.1 to $0.25 million per company.
Wandera
Series A in 2013
Wandera, Inc. specializes in enterprise mobile security and data management solutions across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services designed to protect organizations from mobile threats and manage data usage effectively. Its offerings include Enterprise Mobile Security, which encompasses mobile threat defense and content filtering to mitigate targeted attacks and data leaks. Wandera Private Access is a cloud-delivered service that enables secure remote access to applications, while Exten allows enterprises to customize policy controls and manage employee data plans. The company emphasizes a unified cloud security solution that supports a zero-trust model, ensuring data protection and policy enforcement through a single management console. Wandera is recognized as a leader in the mobile security field, having received multiple industry awards and featured research in prominent publications.
42Floors
Series B in 2013
42Floors Inc. is a commercial real estate services company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2011. The firm offers a web platform that facilitates the search for office space across 200 cities in the United States. Its platform aggregates listings from various sources, including brokerages, landlords, and Craigslist, enabling users to find office properties that meet their specific requirements. In addition to office spaces, 42Floors provides leasing services for a range of property types, including retail, industrial, medical, and restaurant spaces. The company operates as a subsidiary of Knotel, Inc.
42Floors
Series A in 2012
42Floors Inc. is a commercial real estate services company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2011. The firm offers a web platform that facilitates the search for office space across 200 cities in the United States. Its platform aggregates listings from various sources, including brokerages, landlords, and Craigslist, enabling users to find office properties that meet their specific requirements. In addition to office spaces, 42Floors provides leasing services for a range of property types, including retail, industrial, medical, and restaurant spaces. The company operates as a subsidiary of Knotel, Inc.
Hands-On Mobile
Series C in 2005
Hands-On Mobile is a global publisher based in San Francisco, California, specializing in mobile lifestyle, games, and personalization products. The company targets a wide range of market segments within the mobile handset industry and operates additional offices in cities including San Diego, London, Krakow, Madrid, Paris, Munich, Beijing, Shanghai, and Sao Paulo. Hands-On Mobile develops mobile games and entertainment applications, offering a diverse catalog that includes Java, BREW, SMS, MMS, and WAP games in multiple languages. Additionally, the company's Developer Network supports third-party developers in mobilizing and monetizing their content. Hands-On Mobile also provides subscription-based lifestyle products such as sports news, music news, ringtones, and astrology services, alongside a carrier-grade platform for managing the deployment of downloadable games and applications.
Hands-On Mobile
Series A in 2004
Hands-On Mobile is a global publisher based in San Francisco, California, specializing in mobile lifestyle, games, and personalization products. The company targets a wide range of market segments within the mobile handset industry and operates additional offices in cities including San Diego, London, Krakow, Madrid, Paris, Munich, Beijing, Shanghai, and Sao Paulo. Hands-On Mobile develops mobile games and entertainment applications, offering a diverse catalog that includes Java, BREW, SMS, MMS, and WAP games in multiple languages. Additionally, the company's Developer Network supports third-party developers in mobilizing and monetizing their content. Hands-On Mobile also provides subscription-based lifestyle products such as sports news, music news, ringtones, and astrology services, alongside a carrier-grade platform for managing the deployment of downloadable games and applications.
BestOffer
Series B in 2000
BestOffer is engaged in the online buying and selling of used cars. It also provides information, online person-to-person auctions, pricing, inspections, test drives, financing, insurance, warranty, and escrow services. BestOffer was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
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