Anant Vidur Puri is a Bessemer Venture Partners partner who champions their roadmap-driven investing approach in India, spending months mapping sectors and defining evaluation frameworks before backing companies, rather than reacting to inbound deals. He has built a reputation as a marketplace specialist by leading Bessemer's investments in flagship Indian companies like Urban Company, Swiggy, and BigBasket, while developing a specific thesis that India's software talent and AI capabilities will help productise white-collar services into scalable global software companies.

• High conviction in the Indian market inflection point, specifically looking at how hundreds of millions of smartphone users are driving demand in consumer internet, digital health, and fintech. He backs this with a dedicated fund for founders building for the future of India and emphasizes that Indian software companies are positioned to be more efficient than their global competitors.
• Deep focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence and software, often exploring concepts like AI productizing services and selling outcomes rather than just tools. He predicts that the future of the sector involves a collaboration of humans, AI, and workflow, rather than AI fully replacing human involvement.
• Strong interest in financial technology infrastructure, particularly how payment interfaces like UPI will act as a base for new cloud innovations in credit and transaction monitoring. He also highlights a trend where banks are moving to modern cloud software to modernize and lighten their core banking systems.
• Active engagement with the startup community through major industry events like SaaStr and Global Fintech Fest. He frequently uses these conferences as a venue to host specific sessions or one-on-one meetings with founders, encouraging direct outreach via email for entrepreneurs working on AI and SaaS solutions.