Bessemer Venture Partners

About

Bessemer says it backs founders through two dedicated practices, seed/early and growth, and that every sector it invests in starts with a written roadmap. Its About page traces the firm to the Phipps family office and says the venture group spun out as Bessemer Venture Partners in 1981. The firm lists offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, New York City, Westchester, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and London. Its website does not name a headquarters, so the location shown is the main office in its SEC adviser record.

Bessemer co-led Zenzap's financing with Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company announced it on 2026-10-14. Bessemer says it backed the founders from inception and does not state an amount. The sources read here do not split the $44 million between the seed and the Series A, so neither Zenzap round page stores an amount.

Bessemer co-led Mach9's $34 million Series A with First Round Capital. The company announced it on 2026-10-21. Prudence and Quiet Capital participated. The company release says Mach9 is headquartered in San Francisco and that total funding is $49 million. The $49 million total is not stored.

Funding rounds on RaiseTrack

Sources

Last verified: 2026-10-22

1. https://www.bvp.com/
   Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-08.
   Bessemer home page. Source of the two dedicated practices, seed/early and growth, and the sectors it lists, including enterprise, fintech, healthcare, consumer, deep tech and defense, AI infrastructure and cybersecurity.
2. https://www.bvp.com/about
   Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-08.
   Bessemer About page. Source of the 1981 spinout as an independent venture firm and the office list: Redwood City, San Francisco, Wellesley (Boston), New York City, Larchmont (Westchester), Bangalore, Tel Aviv and London.
3. https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/159279
   Type: sec filing. Accessed 2026-10-08.
   SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure record for Bessemer Venture Partners (CRD 159279), from Form ADV, read through the IAPD search service. Lists the main office at 1865 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY, which is also the Westchester office on the firm's site.
4. https://www.bvp.com/news/zenzap-the-agent-has-joined-the-work-conversation
   Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-16.
   Bessemer post by Adam Fisher, published Oct 14, 2026. Says Bessemer backed Zenzap's founders from inception. Does not state an amount.
5. https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-16/
   Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-16.
   Raise Track Update for 2026-10-16. Says Bessemer Venture Partners co-led Zenzap's $44 million seed and Series A with Lightspeed Venture Partners.
6. https://mach9.ai/news/34-million-series-a
   Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-22.
   Mach9 release, October 21, 2026. Says Bessemer Venture Partners co-led the $34 million Series A with First Round Capital. Prudence and Quiet Capital participated. Says the company is headquartered in San Francisco and that total funding is $49 million. That total is not stored.
7. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mach9-raises-34m-series-a-to-bring-civil-engineering-into-the-ai-era-302915153.html
   Type: funding announcement. Accessed 2026-10-22.
   PR Newswire, Oct 21, 2026, 10:00 ET. Same co-leads, participants, San Francisco headquarters, and $49 million total. That total is not stored.
8. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/mach9-raises-34m-after-pivoting-to-ai-cad-software/
   Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-22.
   TechCrunch, October 21, 2026. Says Bessemer Venture Partners co-led the $34 million Series A with First Round Capital, with Prudence and Quiet Capital. Does not state a $49 million total.
9. https://www.bvp.com/news/mach9-bringing-civil-engineering-into-the-ai-era
   Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-22.
   Bessemer post, published Oct 21, 2026. Says Bessemer is co-leading Mach9's $34 million Series A. Does not name Prudence or Quiet Capital, and does not state a $49 million total.
10. https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-22/
    Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-22.
    Raise Track Update for 2026-10-22. Says Bessemer Venture Partners co-led Mach9's $34 million Series A with First Round Capital, with Prudence and Quiet Capital.