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

Kent Bennett

Partner

Mark S. Bercow

Operating Partner

Charles Birnbaum

Partner

Robert H. Buescher

Administrative Partner

Sara Byrne

Director, GP Accounting

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

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

Vishal Gupta

Partner

Felda Hardymon

Partner

Tess Hatch

Partner

Andrew Hedin

Partner

Amit Karp

Partner

Stephen Kraus

Partner

Ethan Kurzweil

Partner

Waikit Lau

Associate

Jeremy Levine

Partner

Emily Lu

Venture Capitalist

Bennett Mathews

Senior Associate

Robert O'Neil

Partner

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner

Dan Ramirez

Associate

Elliott Robinson

Partner & Co-Founder of the Growth Investment Practice

Rob Stavis

Partner

Ariel Sterman

vice_president

Nancy Straface

Vice president of investment accounting

Mayo Stuntz

Operating Partner

Connor Watumull

Senior Associate

David Wehrs

Partner

Augie Wilkinson

Director, Portfolio Monitoring and Analysis

Past deals in LGBT

Folx Health

Series A in 2021
Folx Health is a digital health services platform that builds a medical service marketplace tailored towards the queer community. It combines access to a specialized network of queer and trans clinicians with a tailored focus on clinical offerings that are typically marginalized in traditional health settings. The startup focuses on providing patients gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services. Other services include erectile dysfunction treatment, PrEP, and STI testing. The company was founded by Agneta Breitenstein in 2019 in Boston, Massachusets.

Folx Health

Venture Round in 2021
Folx Health is a digital health services platform that builds a medical service marketplace tailored towards the queer community. It combines access to a specialized network of queer and trans clinicians with a tailored focus on clinical offerings that are typically marginalized in traditional health settings. The startup focuses on providing patients gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services. Other services include erectile dysfunction treatment, PrEP, and STI testing. The company was founded by Agneta Breitenstein in 2019 in Boston, Massachusets.

Folx Health

Venture Round in 2020
Folx Health is a digital health services platform that builds a medical service marketplace tailored towards the queer community. It combines access to a specialized network of queer and trans clinicians with a tailored focus on clinical offerings that are typically marginalized in traditional health settings. The startup focuses on providing patients gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services. Other services include erectile dysfunction treatment, PrEP, and STI testing. The company was founded by Agneta Breitenstein in 2019 in Boston, Massachusets.

Folx Health

Venture Round in 2020
Folx Health is a digital health services platform that builds a medical service marketplace tailored towards the queer community. It combines access to a specialized network of queer and trans clinicians with a tailored focus on clinical offerings that are typically marginalized in traditional health settings. The startup focuses on providing patients gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services. Other services include erectile dysfunction treatment, PrEP, and STI testing. The company was founded by Agneta Breitenstein in 2019 in Boston, Massachusets.