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 Wireless

WireOver

Seed Round in 2012
WireOver is a desktop application that leverages peer-to-peer technology for sending files privately. It's free and unlimited, solving an unmet need for sending large files easily. Pro accounts get incredibly strong security, with end-to-end encryption.

Dropcam

Series A in 2011
Dropcam is revolutionizing the way people stay connected to the places they care about. With the Dropcam and Dropcam Pro Wi-Fi video monitoring cameras and optional Cloud Recording (CVR) service, you can remotely drop in on your house, baby, pets, business or anything else from a smartphone,tablet or computer.

Zensys

Venture Round in 2008
Zensys is a provider of wireless networking technology for control and status reading applications and the developer of Z-Wave, a low-cost, two-way, wireless mesh network communications technology that enables consumers to monitor and manage their lighting, security systems and other home controls easily, conveniently and securely from anywhere in the world.

Axis Network Technology

Venture Round in 2008
Axis is a vendor of platform based, software reconfigurable digital radios, subsystems and IP to OEMs for deployment in WiMAX and LTE networks worldwide. Its 2x2, 4x4 and 8x8 Remote Radio Heads, and the innovative multimode software that drives them, enable WiMAX services to be delivered in the USA, Asia and Europe, with s efficiency performance that helps network operators to minimize CAPEX and OPEX. Important assets for Axis include digital and RF design, and an ecosystem, which includes an established logistics chain and key partnerships with semiconductor vendors.

Kajeet

Series B in 2007
Kajeet, Inc. is a wireless service provider based in McLean, Virginia, that specializes in offering pay-as-you-go cell phone services tailored for children and their parents in the United States. The company addresses the Homework Gap by providing mobile broadband solutions that connect low-income students to essential educational resources needed for completing assignments outside of school. Kajeet's offerings include the SmartSpot, a portable Wi-Fi hotspot that allows for customizable filtered Internet access, and the SmartBus, which provides Wi-Fi on school buses. These solutions, combined with the Sentinel cloud portal, ensure safe and focused Internet connectivity for students, allowing educators to monitor and manage usage effectively while preventing data abuse. Founded in 2003, Kajeet aims to enhance educational opportunities by bridging the digital divide for disadvantaged students.

WAY Systems

Series C in 2007
WAY Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells mobile wireless point-of-sale (POS) solutions for mobile merchants in the United States and internationally. It provides mobile POS devices and printers, as well as various accessory items, including antenna kits, printer papers, car chargers, cigarette lighter adapters, holsters, printer batteries, and AC chargers through its store. The company also offers end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including hardware, software, and messaging elements for mobile application development, deployment, and maintenance. In addition, it supports GMS and GPRS for geographic coverage and security, as well as provides end-to-end payment and transaction processing services. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Mangrove Systems

Series C in 2006
Mangrove Systems provides multi-service access and aggregation platforms for 3G wireless and wireline networks. It offers Piranha that combine the packet and circuit-switched technology to deliver Ethernet, ATM, TDM private line and IP/PPP services over any transport infrastructure. It offers fixed line, mobile, and cable/multi service operators solutions. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Kajeet

Series A in 2006
Kajeet, Inc. is a wireless service provider based in McLean, Virginia, that specializes in offering pay-as-you-go cell phone services tailored for children and their parents in the United States. The company addresses the Homework Gap by providing mobile broadband solutions that connect low-income students to essential educational resources needed for completing assignments outside of school. Kajeet's offerings include the SmartSpot, a portable Wi-Fi hotspot that allows for customizable filtered Internet access, and the SmartBus, which provides Wi-Fi on school buses. These solutions, combined with the Sentinel cloud portal, ensure safe and focused Internet connectivity for students, allowing educators to monitor and manage usage effectively while preventing data abuse. Founded in 2003, Kajeet aims to enhance educational opportunities by bridging the digital divide for disadvantaged students.

WAY Systems

Series C in 2005
WAY Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells mobile wireless point-of-sale (POS) solutions for mobile merchants in the United States and internationally. It provides mobile POS devices and printers, as well as various accessory items, including antenna kits, printer papers, car chargers, cigarette lighter adapters, holsters, printer batteries, and AC chargers through its store. The company also offers end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including hardware, software, and messaging elements for mobile application development, deployment, and maintenance. In addition, it supports GMS and GPRS for geographic coverage and security, as well as provides end-to-end payment and transaction processing services. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.

ReefEdge

Series B in 2004
ReefEdge, Inc. is a provider of wireless local area network systems for multi-site enterprises to deploy, manage, and secure wireless networks. ReefEdge Inc. develops technologies for in-building wireless networks. Founded in Spring 2000, ReefEdge products allow the emerging generation of mobile devices to become full participants in the corporate networking environment. ReefEdge provides secure, reliable, managed connectivity for mobile devices equipped with short-range wireless capabilities such as Bluetooth and makes possible the deployment of new kinds of "smart" mobile applications that deliver personalized, location-aware and collaborative services. The company boasts a seasoned executive team with years of experience delivering products and solutions to enterprise customers, with former executives from IBM, AT&T, Telcordia and Prodigy.

Azanda Network Devices

Series C in 2003
Azanda Network Devices is a communications semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

ReefEdge

Venture Round in 2003
ReefEdge, Inc. is a provider of wireless local area network systems for multi-site enterprises to deploy, manage, and secure wireless networks. ReefEdge Inc. develops technologies for in-building wireless networks. Founded in Spring 2000, ReefEdge products allow the emerging generation of mobile devices to become full participants in the corporate networking environment. ReefEdge provides secure, reliable, managed connectivity for mobile devices equipped with short-range wireless capabilities such as Bluetooth and makes possible the deployment of new kinds of "smart" mobile applications that deliver personalized, location-aware and collaborative services. The company boasts a seasoned executive team with years of experience delivering products and solutions to enterprise customers, with former executives from IBM, AT&T, Telcordia and Prodigy.

Engim

Series B in 2003
Analysts forecast that the Wireless LAN market will grow from 8 million users in 2002 to 80 million users by 2007. This explosive rate of WLAN adoption is driving the need for high capacity WLAN infrastructure within the enterprise. Additionally, as enterprise deployments continue to grow, IT Managers need WLAN infrastructure products that offer enhanced functional capabilities to reduce deployment complexity, increase network robustness and reduce operational costs. Today’s WLAN silicon is optimized for client applications and not for high capacity WLAN infrastructure applications. By allowing simultaneous communications on all WLAN channels, Engim’s Multi-Channel WLAN Switching Engine chipset enables a new generation of very high performance, cost-effective access points. These chipsets apply Wideband Spectral Processing to standards-based WLAN infrastructure products for the first time, thereby dramatically increasing bandwidth and data throughput and making a whole new range of features and functionality available to users at low cost.

Sandbridge Technologies

Series B in 2003
Sandbridge Technologies Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets revolutionary fully programmable software-defined-radio (SDR) chipsets for multimode, multi-function wireless handheld devices. Sandbridge provides its customers tremendous competitive value in the global cellular marketplace through an exceptionally cost effective, ultra-low power broadband wireless technology based on the SandBlaster™ DSP baseband architecture.

Mangrove Systems

Venture Round in 2003
Mangrove Systems provides multi-service access and aggregation platforms for 3G wireless and wireline networks. It offers Piranha that combine the packet and circuit-switched technology to deliver Ethernet, ATM, TDM private line and IP/PPP services over any transport infrastructure. It offers fixed line, mobile, and cable/multi service operators solutions. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Watercove Networks

Series C in 2003
Watercove Networks specializes in next-generation networking solutions designed for wireless service providers aiming to efficiently deploy mobile data services. The company offers the Mobile Data Service System, which enables operators to quickly introduce high-speed data services in various wireless network environments, including 2.5G and 3G technologies. Established in 2000, Watercove Networks addresses the challenges of performance, provisioning, charging, and partnerships that are common in traditional routing-centric networks. Its innovative FlowCore architecture allows for a seamless transition to modern technologies without the need for expensive upgrades. The company's leadership team possesses extensive experience in mobile wireless and telecommunications, supported by significant industry expertise from its Board of Directors and advisory board. Watercove Networks is also backed by substantial financing from prominent investors.

Sandbridge Technologies

Series A in 2002
Sandbridge Technologies Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets revolutionary fully programmable software-defined-radio (SDR) chipsets for multimode, multi-function wireless handheld devices. Sandbridge provides its customers tremendous competitive value in the global cellular marketplace through an exceptionally cost effective, ultra-low power broadband wireless technology based on the SandBlaster™ DSP baseband architecture.

Azanda Network Devices

Series B in 2002
Azanda Network Devices is a communications semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Pelago Networks

Series B in 2002
Pelago Networks is a provider of enhanced voice, data, and video services to their business customers via wireless or wireline broadband access networks.

Azanda Network Devices

Series B in 2002
Azanda Network Devices is a communications semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Resonext Communications

Series C in 2002
Resonext is a provider of integrated silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions for 802.11a and multiband (802.11a/b/g) platforms primarily in the United States.

Flarion Technologies

Series B in 2001
Headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., Flarion Technologies has developed and deployed FLASH-OFDM mobile broadband since 2000. Flarion's product line consists of the RadioRouter® base station, FLASH-OFDM modems, embedded chipsets, and system software to create an end-to-end network for mobile operators.

Megisto Systems

Series B in 2001
Megisto develops hardware it sells to telecom companies, which is used to connect mobile wireless subscribers to different data services.

ReefEdge

Series B in 2001
ReefEdge, Inc. is a provider of wireless local area network systems for multi-site enterprises to deploy, manage, and secure wireless networks. ReefEdge Inc. develops technologies for in-building wireless networks. Founded in Spring 2000, ReefEdge products allow the emerging generation of mobile devices to become full participants in the corporate networking environment. ReefEdge provides secure, reliable, managed connectivity for mobile devices equipped with short-range wireless capabilities such as Bluetooth and makes possible the deployment of new kinds of "smart" mobile applications that deliver personalized, location-aware and collaborative services. The company boasts a seasoned executive team with years of experience delivering products and solutions to enterprise customers, with former executives from IBM, AT&T, Telcordia and Prodigy.

Mobilian

Series C in 2001
Mobilian Corporation, a wireless systems company, develops chips, software, and reference designs for wireless radios.

Pelago Networks

Series A in 2000
Pelago Networks is a provider of enhanced voice, data, and video services to their business customers via wireless or wireline broadband access networks.

Resonext Communications

Series B in 2000
Resonext is a provider of integrated silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions for 802.11a and multiband (802.11a/b/g) platforms primarily in the United States.

ReefEdge

Series A in 2000
ReefEdge, Inc. is a provider of wireless local area network systems for multi-site enterprises to deploy, manage, and secure wireless networks. ReefEdge Inc. develops technologies for in-building wireless networks. Founded in Spring 2000, ReefEdge products allow the emerging generation of mobile devices to become full participants in the corporate networking environment. ReefEdge provides secure, reliable, managed connectivity for mobile devices equipped with short-range wireless capabilities such as Bluetooth and makes possible the deployment of new kinds of "smart" mobile applications that deliver personalized, location-aware and collaborative services. The company boasts a seasoned executive team with years of experience delivering products and solutions to enterprise customers, with former executives from IBM, AT&T, Telcordia and Prodigy.

Watercove Networks

Series A in 2000
Watercove Networks specializes in next-generation networking solutions designed for wireless service providers aiming to efficiently deploy mobile data services. The company offers the Mobile Data Service System, which enables operators to quickly introduce high-speed data services in various wireless network environments, including 2.5G and 3G technologies. Established in 2000, Watercove Networks addresses the challenges of performance, provisioning, charging, and partnerships that are common in traditional routing-centric networks. Its innovative FlowCore architecture allows for a seamless transition to modern technologies without the need for expensive upgrades. The company's leadership team possesses extensive experience in mobile wireless and telecommunications, supported by significant industry expertise from its Board of Directors and advisory board. Watercove Networks is also backed by substantial financing from prominent investors.

Flarion Technologies

Series A in 2000
Headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., Flarion Technologies has developed and deployed FLASH-OFDM mobile broadband since 2000. Flarion's product line consists of the RadioRouter® base station, FLASH-OFDM modems, embedded chipsets, and system software to create an end-to-end network for mobile operators.

Megisto Systems

Series A in 2000
Megisto develops hardware it sells to telecom companies, which is used to connect mobile wireless subscribers to different data services.

Envoy Networks

Series A in 2000
Envoy Networks, Inc. designs and develops various networking products. The Company offers broadband wireless infrastructure technology.

Resonext Communications

Series A in 2000
Resonext is a provider of integrated silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions for 802.11a and multiband (802.11a/b/g) platforms primarily in the United States.

Azanda Network Devices

Series A in 2000
Azanda Network Devices is a communications semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.