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Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture capital firm · Founded 1911 · Active in 2026
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, USA, founded in 1911. The page below shows 143 Power Law outcomes from Bessemer Venture Partners's portfolio — 133 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 6 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Other B2B Software · Marketing; top portfolio geographies are USA · India · Israel. Bessemer ranks #17 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 143 Bessemer Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA106
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India9
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Israel7
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Canada5
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France3
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Germany2
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Netherlands2
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UK1
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Hong Kong1
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Australia1
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New Zealand1
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Singapore1
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Fintech26
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Other B2B Software26
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Marketing16
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AI16
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Cybersecurity16
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eCommerce & Marketplaces13
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Transportation6
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Other6
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Health Tech & Medtech6
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Edtech3
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Energy2
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Space2
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Series B+88
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Series A37
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Seed15
Bessemer's 143 Power Law outcomes.
Where Bessemer's founders come from — and where they study.
279 founders across the 143 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Bessemer.
How does Bessemer stack up?
Bessemer in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 34 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Bessemer Venture Partners
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Bessemer on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
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