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Aims to generate world-class investment returns over the long term in a way that makes our partners and portfolio companies proud, as they build a unique, global investment platform.

With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer’s global portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr and Toast and has more than $20 billion of assets under management.

Invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer, crypto, and enterprise software companies across all stages.

Invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.

Helps the daring build legendary companies, from idea to IPO and beyond.

VC arm of the German tech incubator Rocket Internet. Their platform offers their founders all the support they need to scale.

Experienced operator and investor. Served as a Founder, Board Member, CEO, COO, CFO, Business Development, and Sales co-Founder and Managing Partner at DuMont Project, a consultative agency that helps accelerate the growth of B2C brands.

Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization. Josh founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing, and since that time the firm has invested in over 350 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh was ranked 3rd on the 2018 New York Times list of Top Venture Capitalists and consistently ranks in the top 20 of the Forbes Midas List of the top 100 tech investors.

David Cowan is one of the world’s leading investors, having funded Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds that led to over 30 IPOs. David was ranked sixth on the Midas List and tied for fourth in the Midas List of Hall of Fame. David has co-founded three cybersecurity companies incubated within Bessemer’s offices: VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), serving as initial Chairman and CFO; Good Technology (fka Visto, acquired by Blackberry) serving as CEO; and Defense.net (acquired by F5). He earned an AB in computer science / mathematics and an MBA, both from Harvard University. Today he serves on several non-profit boards including the Center for Inquiry and the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is the co-writer of the Silicon Valley mockumentary series “Bubbleproof,” and producer of the award-winning MTV Documentary film “Afghan Dreamers.”

Jeremy Levine is a partner in Bessemer’s New York office. He joined the firm in 2001 and focuses primarily on software and Internet opportunities. He has led investments for Bessemer in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund. First outside investor in Facebook.

David invests in consumer media, gaming and social platforms that have the potential to connect millions of people.