Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm helping entrepreneurs build companies from early stages through growth, with numerous portfolio companies and public offerings.
Portfolio
6
companies
AUM
£20000M
under management
Apron
Apron provides a business payments platform that streamlines invoicing and cash flow management for small companies.
Turneo
Turneo provides a software platform for hotels to manage and offer in-destination guest activities.
Vertice
Vertice provides an integrated platform to manage software and cloud expenditure.
Qogita
Qogita operates a digital wholesale procurement platform designed to simplify product sourcing for online retailers.
Raft
Raft supplies an AI-powered automation platform for freight forwarders and customs brokers.
Vector
Vector provides workflow automation software for international freight forwarders.
Mike Droesch
Partner
Mike is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and holds board seats at companies including Curri, Raft, and Vapi.
LinkedInAditya Nidmarti
Investor and Board Director
Alex Ferrara
Partner
The investment round was led by Zinal Growth with participation from Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Tony Fadell.
"We’ve been deeply impressed by the execution and vision of Bogdan and the Apron team. They have created a delightful product for both SMBs and accountants, and we are excited to continue supporting them on their journey."
The seed round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Underline Ventures.
"Travellers plan and book activities before arriving at their destination"
The Series B round was led by 83North and Bessemer Venture Partners to support international expansion and product innovation.
The funding round was led by Dawn Capital with participation from Accel, LocalGlobe, and Bessemer Venture Partners.
"In an era when everyone is used to ordering goods and services from a meal to a car ride at the push of a button, it is unacceptable how difficult wholesale buying can be for small and medium-sized businesses. Qogita was founded with a mission to transform procurement and provide the buying power and privileges of a global chain to every ambitious e-commerce platform or mid-sized store. Over the past two years, we’ve been quietly building in service of our buyer and seller customers, and have made great strides so far, but there is of course still more work to be done. We’re delighted to be working with an elite group of visionary investors to revolutionize wholesale procurement."
Eight Roads led the Series B financing round with backing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Episode 1, Dynamo Ventures, and Moguntia Capital.
"We founded Raft as an AI-first company because we saw an opportunity to empower freight forwarders and customs brokers with technology, and take pressure off their operational teams so that they could focus on their customers instead of their keyboards,"
The Series A round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Dynamo Ventures and Episode 1.
"Most employees within freight forwarders spend the majority of their time communicating with the 10-25 different entities that might be associated with a given shipment and coordinating freight movement and documentation. Communication usually runs through email and attachments, so freight forwarders spend countless hours sorting through documents and manually copying data into a Transportation Management System (TMS), their core system of record. But they’re spending far too much time gathering data rather than analysing it, and they’re using outdated tools which are no longer fit for the complexity of today’s operational and logistical demands."
