much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message bessemer venture partners type limited liability company industry venture capital founded 1911 headquarters menlo park california united states products investments website www.bvp.com bessemer venture partners is an american global venture capital firm with offices in silicon valley new york boston herzliya israel and mumbai and bangalore india . since its inception in 1911 bessemer has provided capital to companies such as box pinterest quidsi diapers.com skype traveltriangle staples inc. verisign urbanclap 1 and dick s sporting goods . more than 100 bessemer companies have gone public including recent ipo s from cornerstone broadsoft linkedin yelp millennial media eloqua and lifelock bessemer venture partners is the longest standing venture capital practice in the united states . in 1911 henry phipps established a family office with his share of the proceeds from the sale of carnegie steel . bessemer currently manages more than 4 billion of venture capital . the firm raised a 1.6 billion fund in 2011 . bessemer partners include kent bennett ed colloton david cowan byron deeter brian feinstein alex ferrara bob goodman adam fisher chris gabrielli vishal gupta felda hardymon steve kraus ethan kurzweil jeremy levine trevor oelschig umesh padval and rob stavis . references edit shu catherine . urbanclap india s largest services marketplace fetches 25 million series b . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 01 14 . external links edit bessemer venture partners official website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bessemer venture partners & oldid 741781419 categories companies based in menlo park californiaventure capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 1911united states private equity firm stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2012all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 16 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view