Bessemer Venture Partners X

Bessemer Venture Partners is a prominent venture capital firm that assists entrepreneurs in establishing robust foundations for their companies. With a portfolio that includes notable names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, and LinkedIn, Bessemer focuses on investing across various sectors, including healthcare, information technology, cybersecurity, and software as a service (SaaS). The firm has a global presence, with investments in the United States, Israel, and India, and manages a substantial asset base of approximately $19 billion. Bessemer's investment approach spans from seed stage to growth, enabling them to support startups and established companies alike as they evolve and scale. The firm is recognized for its long-term commitment to its portfolio companies, having played a crucial role in the successful IPOs of numerous high-profile businesses.

Bennett, Kent

Partner

Sara Byrne

CFO and Partner

D'Onofrio, Mary

Partner

Sameer Dholakia

Partner

Droesch, Mike

Partner

Jeff Epstein

Operating Partner

Goldberg, Talia

Partner

Sandy Grippo

CFO

Tess Hatch

Partner

Hedin M.B.A., Andrew

Partner

Stephen Kraus

Partner

Chini Krishnan

Operating Partner

Puri, Anant Vidur

Partner

Aia Sarycheva

Investor

Smith, Scott

Operating Partner

Rob Stavis

Partner

Mayo Stuntz Jr.

Operating Partner

Janice Teng

Vice President

Katherine Walker

Vice President

David Wehrs

Partner, Platform and Investor Relations

Bryan Wu

Partner

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Lumachain

Series A in 2022
Lumachain brings transparency to global supply chains, benefitting producers, enterprises, and consumers. Lumachain's platform tracks and traces the origin, location, and condition of individual items in a supply chain, in real-time, from farm to fork. This incentivizes farmers and manufacturers to create high-quality products. It allows enterprises to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and grow revenues and margins. It also allows consumers to know the condition and quality of what they buy, and that it has been ethically and sustainably sourced.

Portainer

Series A in 2022
Portainer is a universal container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers securely with exceptional speed. Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization.

Courier

Series B in 2022
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Optibus

Series D in 2022
Optibus leverages the power of machine learning and optimization algorithms to redefine the way mass-transportation is planned and operated. Optibus’ disruptive technology drive some of the most complex transportation operations worldwide, helping to improve the quality of service, increase efficiencies, save money, and streamline operations.

Teleport

Series C in 2022
Teleport is a software company that specializes in providing tools for deploying and managing applications across various cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure. Founded in 2015 and based in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Seattle and Toronto, Teleport focuses on modernizing identity, access, and policy management for both human and machine identities. Its platform enhances engineering velocity and improves the security of critical infrastructure by employing a unified approach to access management, zero-trust networking, and identity governance. Teleport's products include solutions for server access, Kubernetes access, application access, and cloud access, all designed to facilitate quick and secure resource access while meeting compliance requirements. The company's infrastructure identity platform aims to streamline operations and reduce the support burden typically associated with traditional software, particularly in restricted and regulated environments.

Optimal Dynamics

Series B in 2022
Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. Our technology has already managed billions of dollars in assets for some of the largest companies in the world, and we’re just getting started.

Raft

Series A in 2021
Raft is a logistics platform that leverages artificial intelligence to automate the freight process, providing enhanced control and visibility for operators. By streamlining various tasks such as managing accounts payable invoices, customs documentation, and shipping workflows, Raft significantly reduces the need for manual input and reconciliation. This automation allows freight forwarders and customs brokers to operate more efficiently, saving valuable time and improving accuracy and compliance in their operations. The platform's real-time processing capabilities enable operators to handle shipments promptly and with greater certainty, ultimately enhancing customer service.

Choco

Series B in 2021
Choco is a company that has created an ingredient ordering application aimed at connecting restaurants with suppliers globally. The application features a user-friendly interface similar to popular consumer apps, incorporating a messenger-like chat function that facilitates communication between suppliers and restaurants. Additionally, it includes an intuitive ordering list, making the process of ordering ingredients straightforward and efficient. This platform allows restaurants to streamline their ingredient procurement, enhancing their operational efficiency while ensuring easy access to a wide range of suppliers.

Shippo

Series E in 2021
Shippo is a shipping platform that assists e-commerce businesses in managing their shipping operations effectively. The company provides a multi-carrier shipping API and a web application that connects businesses with more than 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo's platform enables users to create shipping labels, track packages, manage billing and invoicing, and access discounted shipping rates. Additionally, it offers tools for obtaining real-time shipping rates, automating international paperwork, and facilitating returns, allowing businesses to identify delivery options that meet their needs.

Optimal Dynamics

Series A in 2021
Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. Our technology has already managed billions of dollars in assets for some of the largest companies in the world, and we’re just getting started.

Portainer

Series A in 2021
Portainer is a universal container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers securely with exceptional speed. Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization.

Optibus

Series C in 2021
Optibus leverages the power of machine learning and optimization algorithms to redefine the way mass-transportation is planned and operated. Optibus’ disruptive technology drive some of the most complex transportation operations worldwide, helping to improve the quality of service, increase efficiencies, save money, and streamline operations.

Shippo

Series D in 2021
Shippo is a shipping platform that assists e-commerce businesses in managing their shipping operations effectively. The company provides a multi-carrier shipping API and a web application that connects businesses with more than 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo's platform enables users to create shipping labels, track packages, manage billing and invoicing, and access discounted shipping rates. Additionally, it offers tools for obtaining real-time shipping rates, automating international paperwork, and facilitating returns, allowing businesses to identify delivery options that meet their needs.

Cargo.one

Series B in 2020
cargo.one is the digital platform for freight forwarders to search, compare and book air freight capacities across airlines. These airlines benefit from a fully digital and data driven distribution channel, attracting new business at lower cost and higher operational efficiency. cargo.one has attracted leading airlines and forwarders including Lufthansa, Finnair, AirBridgeCargo, Etihad, ANA, Expeditors, Kühne + Nagel, DSV Panalpina, Hellmann, Flexport and JAS to distribute and buy air cargo online. cargo.one is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Creandum, Point Nine Capital, Next47 and Lufthansa Cargo. Find out more on cargo.one

Courier

Series A in 2020
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Portainer

Seed Round in 2020
Portainer is a universal container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers securely with exceptional speed. Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization.

Choco

Series A in 2020
Choco is a company that has created an ingredient ordering application aimed at connecting restaurants with suppliers globally. The application features a user-friendly interface similar to popular consumer apps, incorporating a messenger-like chat function that facilitates communication between suppliers and restaurants. Additionally, it includes an intuitive ordering list, making the process of ordering ingredients straightforward and efficient. This platform allows restaurants to streamline their ingredient procurement, enhancing their operational efficiency while ensuring easy access to a wide range of suppliers.

Shippo

Series C in 2020
Shippo is a shipping platform that assists e-commerce businesses in managing their shipping operations effectively. The company provides a multi-carrier shipping API and a web application that connects businesses with more than 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo's platform enables users to create shipping labels, track packages, manage billing and invoicing, and access discounted shipping rates. Additionally, it offers tools for obtaining real-time shipping rates, automating international paperwork, and facilitating returns, allowing businesses to identify delivery options that meet their needs.

Courier

Venture Round in 2020
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Choco

Series A in 2019
Choco is a company that has created an ingredient ordering application aimed at connecting restaurants with suppliers globally. The application features a user-friendly interface similar to popular consumer apps, incorporating a messenger-like chat function that facilitates communication between suppliers and restaurants. Additionally, it includes an intuitive ordering list, making the process of ordering ingredients straightforward and efficient. This platform allows restaurants to streamline their ingredient procurement, enhancing their operational efficiency while ensuring easy access to a wide range of suppliers.

Shippo

Series B in 2017
Shippo is a shipping platform that assists e-commerce businesses in managing their shipping operations effectively. The company provides a multi-carrier shipping API and a web application that connects businesses with more than 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo's platform enables users to create shipping labels, track packages, manage billing and invoicing, and access discounted shipping rates. Additionally, it offers tools for obtaining real-time shipping rates, automating international paperwork, and facilitating returns, allowing businesses to identify delivery options that meet their needs.

STRATIM Systems

Series B in 2015
STRATIM builds enterprise logistics platform for transportation companies to modernize fleet operations, unify systems, ensure high vehicle up-time, and deliver better mobility experiences. The company aims to enable the transportation industry to thrive in this complexity by providing powerful yet easy-to-use technology that simplifies the management of fleets at scale. STRATIM has three product lines: The STRATIM Platform unifies and oversees your entire logistical operation through a suite of software tools; The STRATIM Exchange connects you to vendors that enable real time fulfillment of your requests on the ground; and The STRATIM Marketplace enables fleet owners and their vendors to transact with each other. The company was incorporated in the year 2014 as Zirx and later on re-branded as STRATIM in 2017.

Palogix Infrastructure

Venture Round in 2010
Palogix Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. is a logistics service provider based in Kolkata, India, specializing in third-party logistics for dry and bulk cargo, including iron ore, cement, and fertilizers. The company primarily facilitates the transportation of these goods from regions such as Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal to export-oriented destinations like Paradeep, Haldea, and Vizag. Palogix operates private freight terminals and rail cargo handling services, which include inland container depots and warehousing facilities, allowing for efficient and cost-effective logistics solutions. Founded in 2006, Palogix Infrastructure aims to optimize operating costs for its clients while ensuring systematic logistics services.

Trigo Technologies

Series C in 2003
Trigo Technologies develops product information management solutions for global manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. It offers supplier-focused software platforms that automate and integrate supplier business processes to enable manufacturers and distributors manage multiple online sales channels. The company provides standards-compliant solutions that are integrated with suppliers' back-end systems and their customers' eProcurement systems, and public and private marketplaces. It offers its products for customers in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Trigo Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Brisbane, California.

Nistevo

Venture Round in 2003
Nistevo is the Collaborative Logistics Network for transportation management, a hosted TMS software service. Over 1,600 retailers, manufacturers, 3PLs and carriers participate in the Network to plan, execute, settle and collaborate on more than 2.8 million inbound and outbound shipments annually.

Trigo Technologies

Series B in 2001
Trigo Technologies develops product information management solutions for global manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. It offers supplier-focused software platforms that automate and integrate supplier business processes to enable manufacturers and distributors manage multiple online sales channels. The company provides standards-compliant solutions that are integrated with suppliers' back-end systems and their customers' eProcurement systems, and public and private marketplaces. It offers its products for customers in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Trigo Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Brisbane, California.

Trigo Technologies

Series A in 2001
Trigo Technologies develops product information management solutions for global manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. It offers supplier-focused software platforms that automate and integrate supplier business processes to enable manufacturers and distributors manage multiple online sales channels. The company provides standards-compliant solutions that are integrated with suppliers' back-end systems and their customers' eProcurement systems, and public and private marketplaces. It offers its products for customers in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Trigo Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Brisbane, California.

WorldChain

Series A in 2000
WorldChain is the leader in delivering smart, hosted Internet-powered solutions for collaborative value chain operations. Their comprehensive, managed extranet solution enables trading partner collaboration and delivers real-time access to supply chain control data, while supporting business processes across the extended enterprise. WorldChain supports the collaborative manufacturing, distribution, and services operations throughout the value chain.

Express Action

Series A in 2000
Express Action enables global e-business by managing the complexity of international trade. With Express Action's integrated, real-time global e-commerce service, any e-business can seamlessly conduct cross-border trade. e-marketplaces, web-enabled supply chains and e-commerce sites all benefit from a service that makes buying and selling on-line around the world as easy as buying from and selling on-line to anyone in your own country.

Nistevo

Venture Round in 1999
Nistevo is the Collaborative Logistics Network for transportation management, a hosted TMS software service. Over 1,600 retailers, manufacturers, 3PLs and carriers participate in the Network to plan, execute, settle and collaborate on more than 2.8 million inbound and outbound shipments annually.
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