Venture capital fund · 9 deals
Every published round Bessemer Venture Partners took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Bessemer Venture Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axion | AI software for manufacturers to detect and resolve product issues | 15 Dec 2025, Series B | 1 | 0 |
| Breaker | AI agent software letting operators coordinate teams of autonomous military systems via v… | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 |
| Halter | Makes a cattle collar and app for virtual fencing to run more productive, sustainable far… | 6 Apr 2023, Series C | 2 | 1 |
| Lumachain | AI company in a whitespace industry | 24 Aug 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 |
| Ofload | 15 Nov 2022, Series B | 1 | 1 | |
| Relevance AI | 6 May 2025, Series B | 2 | 2 | |
| Wonderful | Mar 2026, Series B | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Bessemer Venture Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Bessemer Venture Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Bessemer Venture Partners did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| David Cowan | Partner | Startup Daily (5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (20 Feb 2026), Defence Connect |
Stories naming Bessemer Venture Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Artesian writes that Galileo Ventures' second fund has closed $15 million of a $30 million target, counting Artesian and Innovation Victoria among its backers, and has made a first investment in Fluent BCI.
Also Galileo Ventures portfolio·Dealroom·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Dealroom
Index Ventures' post announces Wonderful's $150 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, with Insight Partners leading and Index, IVP, Bessemer and Vine Ventures participating.
Wonderful announced a $150 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, with Insight Partners leading and four earlier backers returning, to scale its enterprise AI platform across more than 30 markets.
Also wonderful.ai·insightpartners.com·indexventures.com·aibusinessreview.org
Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.
Also Startup Daily
Sydney and Austin-based defence tech startup Breaker secured $9 million at seed stage, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Main Sequence following on, after a voice-controlled autonomous systems demo in Rheinmetall's Boxer vehicle.
Also Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.
Also SmartCompany·Women's Agenda·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Canva launched an employee share sale valuing the design software firm at $42 billion, led by Fidelity with JPMorgan's asset arm joining, ahead of a planned IPO; US rival Figma listed last month.
AI agent platform Relevance AI has closed a Bessemer-led Series B with its earlier backers reinvesting, and is rolling out new agent-building tools while expanding its American go-to-market presence.
Bessemer Venture Partners has wrapped up a $350 million fund for Indian startups, planning $5-40 million cheques; the piece also notes recent closes by Accel India and Stellaris.
A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
Also AgFunderNews
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Aphea.Bio, Bobbie and Sensand, a Coca-Cola-backed venture fund close, Do Good Foods' bankruptcy filing, and The Andersons acquiring Bridge Agri Partners.
Also AgFunderNews
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for Pluton Biosciences, FLINTpro, eFishery and others, a first close by Big Idea Ventures' fund, Wicked Kitchen's acquisition of Current Foods, plus partnerships and launches.
Also AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous startup funding rounds, fund closes by S2G Ventures and Bidra Innovation Ventures, and collapses including Upward Farms, Boxed, Kalera and Australia's CoLab.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
Also Techboard·Startup Daily
Sydney-based Lumachain raised a $19.5 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Main Sequence participating, to scale its computer vision AI platform for meat plants globally.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Axion founder Daniel First announces a $37 million Series B with Salesforce Ventures leading, lifting total raised to $64 million, and describes the company's AI platform for resolving product quality issues in manufacturing.
Also axion.com
Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.
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