With a history that includes early investments in Yelp, LinkedIn and Skype, Bessemer has earned a reputation for spotting fledging stars in the notably hard to predict world of consumer tech.
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Team
Brian Feinstein
Brian Feinstein is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.
Talia Goldberg
Talia Goldberg joined Bessemer in 2012 and focuses on investments in consumer Internet and software businesses.
Ben Mathews
Bennett Mathews joined Bessemer in 2015 as an Associate where he focuses on early stage consumer web and mobile investments.
Current Companies
2U, Inc.
2U, Inc. delivers online college degree programs to students globally. The company went public in March 2014 (NASDAQ: TWOU).
August
August is a virtual home automation company. Its lead product is the August Smart Lock that allows users to provide home access using virtual keys.
Betterment
Online wealth management solution that provides users with an easy way to invest.
BigBasket
BigBasket is India's largest online grocery store.
Blue Apron
Blue Apron makes incredible home cooking easy and fun with a subscription grocery service that delivers original recipes and fresh ingredients to customers nationwide. BVP was eager to support our and former Bessemer colleague, Matt Salzberg, with seed capital to build Blue Apron. We've continued to back the company at every stage.
Dashlane
A consumer password management application and secure digital wallet.
Delivery Agent
Delivery Agent is the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment by redefining how products SeenOn™ or related to entertainment content are catalogued, sold and measured online.
Electric Objects
Electric Objects has developed a digital artwork platform.
Enjoei
Enjoei is a Brazilian marketplace for used apparel.
Fabric
Fabric Technologies is a mobile life insurance broker.
Fiverr
Fiverr is a market place for small services with starting prices at $5.
Flat World Knowledge
Flat World Knowledge is the world's leading publisher of openly-licensed college textbooks. Since Spring of 2009, their books have been used at over 2,000 schools in 44 countries.
GetInsured.Com (Fmr VIMO, Inc.)
Provides a comparison platform to help customers find affordable health insurance.
Hungama.com
Hungama.com is the leading on-demand digital entertainment destination, serving audio, video & movies to South Asians across the world through streaming and download services.
Knewton
Technology company based in NYC that uses concept-level data to create uniquely personalized learning plans, allowing educators to tailor their content to the exact needs of individual students.
KnowMe
KnowMe is a video creation and sharing platform.
KupiVIP
KupiVIP is a leading e-commerce company in Russia.
Life360
Life360 develops mobile safety applications for individuals and families.
LivSpace
LivSpace is a personalized home design and décor marketplace for homeowners in India and Southeast Asia.
Matrimony.com
Matrimony.com is an Indian online match making website.
MyHeritage
MyHeritage is an online service for building family trees, conducting genealogy research and connecting with distant family members.
Otonomo
Otonomo is developing an automotive data exchange service for connected and autonomous vehicles.
Periscope Data
Periscope Data is developing analysis and visualization software that empowers SQL data analysts to do their job better.
Piazza
Piazza is a free social learning network for students and instructors.
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas. Their mission is is to help people discover the things they love, and inspire them to go do those things in their daily lives. In early 2011, BVP led the Pinterest Series A and we've continued to support them at every stage.
Raise
Raise.com is an internet marketplace for buying and selling gift cards and store credits.
Renoviso
Renoviso, a provider of home renovation services, has redefined the home improvement project experience.
Reputation.com
Reputation.com has a world-class team of technologists and researchers focused on helping people control their lives online.
Snapdeal.com
Snapdeal.com is India's largest e-commerce marketplace.
Stayglad
Stayglad is an India-based beauty services platform providing salon-like experiences at home.
Swiggy
Swiggy is a Bangalore, India based food ordering and delivery company that uses a curated list of restaurants and ensures an exact delivery time.
Travel Triangle
Travel Triangle is an India-based travel marketplace connecting travelers with local travel agents.
Wikia
An advertising-supported platform for developing and hosting community-based wikis.
Winc
Winc is a customized subscription wine delivery service that bottles wines directly from the vinyards, making discovering new wines cheaper, easier and approachable.
Zopa
An online community linking lenders and borrowers.
Past Companies
BillGuard
Billguard is a personal-finance security service powered by collective consumer vigilance. In October 2015, Billguard was acquired by Prosper Marketplace.
Blue Nile
Pioneering online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry. Blue Nile has grown to become the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. Internet Retailer Magazine reports Blue Nile is bigger than the next three largest online jewelers combined. The company went public in 2004 (NASDAQ: NILE).
BuyerZone.com (acq. by Reed Elsevier)
Provides an on-line marketplace for small to mid-sized businesses to purchase products ranging from phone systems to payroll services.
ChinaEdu.com
ChinaEdu is the leading for-degree education service provider in China working in partnership with non-profit educational institutions in the post-secondary and K-12 segments. ChinaEdu listed on the Nasdaq in 2007 (NASDAQ: CERU).
Diapers.com (acq. by Amazon)
Diapers.com is a leading Internet retailer of baby products. The company is operated by Quidsi which was acquired by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in April 2011.
eToys
First major toy retailer on the Internet; carried over 275 brands, as well as unique and obscure toys made by specialty manufacturers.
Hotjobs (acq. by Yahoo!)
The first on-line, job-search and human-resources management service.
Hunch (acq. by eBay)
Hunch personalizes the internet by helping users to share and discover great recommendations about all sorts of topics. Acquired by eBay in 2011.
Individual
An online-news service that operated NewsEdge.
LinkedIn operates the world's largest professional network. BVP funded LinkedIn in 2006 and supported the company as it grew. The company went public in May 2011 (NYSE:LNKD).
MashLogic
Semantic web company. Mashlogic was sold to Groupon in 2013 an asset acquisition.
Milo (acq. by eBay)
Milo is a local shopping Internet service that lists in-store product inventory at over 50,000 stores in real-time. It was acquired by eBay in 2010.
OLX
OLX operates a global online classifieds and auction service focused primarily on non-US markets. In August 2010, it was purchased by Naspers.
OMGPOP (acq. by Zynga)
Makers of the iPhone game Draw Something, downloaded over 30 million times, OMGPOP is an innovative web and mobile social game developer. In March 2012, OMGPOP was acquired by Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA).
Periscope
Periscope is a social media app for livestreaming experiences founded in February 2014. Two months later, Bessemer provided seed capital to fund development of the app. In January 2015, the company was acquired by Twitter and the app launched two months later.
Playdom, Inc. (acq. By Disney)
Playdom wants to entertain everyone, everywhere, through the world's best social games. Acquired by Disney in 2010.
Quidsi (acq. by Amazon)
Quidsi owns and operates Diapers.com (baby care), Soap.com (health, beauty and household essentials), BeautyBar.com (prestige beauty), Wag.com (pet products) and YoYo.com (toys). In April 2011, it was acquired by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
Smilebox (acq. Incredimail)
Smilebox allows users to do "creative messaging" and delivers a new medium for communication that is unparalleled in its ability to convey mood, thought and emotion. In August 2011, it was acquired by Incredimail Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAIL).
Truaxis (formerly Billshrink)
Truaxis provides personalized recommendations to help consumers save money on everyday services. In September 2012, Truaxis was acquired by MasterCard (NYSE:MA).
Twitch
Twitch is the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. In 2014, Twitch was sold to Amazon for ~$1 billion. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
Wix
Wix.com is a cloud-based development platforms that makes it easy to develop a web or mobile presence. In 2007, Bessemer became the first institutional investor and continued to support Wix through its IPO in 2013 (NASDAQ: WIX).
Yelp
Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004 to connect people to great local businesses. In 2005, we became Yelp's first institutional investor. Yelp went public in March 2012. (NYSE: YELP)












