Bessemer Venture Partners

Companies on Anchor Terminal

• First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) Series A, September 2019, Series B, September 2020, Series C, September 2021, Series C extension, September 2022, led a round

  • Alloy D · Identity & business verification

  Source alloy.com/blog/…

• Anthropic Series E, March 2025, Series G, February 2026

  • Claude API BB · Model APIs & inference
  • Claude Agent SDK BB · Agent frameworks & SDKs
  • Claude Code C · Agent harnesses

  Source anthropic.com/news/…

• Anthropic, PBC Series E, March 2025, Series G, February 2026

  • Claude Duet F · Personal assistants

  Source anthropic.com/news/…

• ClickHouse Series C, May 2025, Series C extension, October 2025, Series D, January 2026

  • ClickHouse MCP Server B · Databases & files

  Source clickhouse.com/blog/…

• Courier Series A, September 2020, Series B, June 2022, led a round

  • Courier BB · Notifications

  Source courier.com/blog/…

• Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub) Series B, May 2025, led a round

  • DataHub C · Company knowledge & data catalogues

  Source datahub.com/news/…

• Cognition AI, Inc. Series E, September 2026, through Bessemer

  • Devin C · Agent harnesses

  Source cognition.com/blog/series-e

• fal (Features & Labels, Inc.) Series B, February 2025, Series C, July 2025, Series D, December 2025

  • fal image models B · Image generation
  • fal music models B · Music generation
  • fal video models B · Video generation

  Source blog.fal.ai/…

• Hi Bob Ltd. Series D, August 2022

  • HiBob C · HR & employee operations

  Source techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/…

• Intercom

  • Intercom API + MCP BB · Customer support & helpdesk

  Source bvp.com/companies/fin

• Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) Series C, March 2019

  • LaunchDarkly B · Product analytics & experimentation

  Source launchdarkly.com/blog/…

• Perplexity Series B, January 2024

  • SPACE C · Code execution sandboxes
  • pplx-decider B · Decision models
  • pplx-decider-flash B · Decision models

  Source perplexity.ai/hub/blog/…

• Pipedrive

  • Pipedrive API + MCP C · CRM & customer platforms

  Source pipedrive.com/en/newsroom/…

• Hyperdoc Inc. Series B, September 2025, led a round

  • Recall.ai C · Meeting capture & meeting infrastructure

  Source recall.ai/blog/…

• Render Services, Inc. Series B, June 2023, Series C, January 2025, Series C extension, February 2026, led a round

  • Render MCP Server B · Cloud & infrastructure

  Source render.com/blog/render-series-b

• Shippo Series B, 2017, $50M round, June 2021, led a round

  • Shippo C · Shipping & fulfilment

  Source goshippo.com/blog/…

• Vapi Series B, May 2026

  • Vapi API + MCP B · Conversational voice agents

  Source bvp.com/companies/vapi

• Windmill Labs

  • Windmill API + MCP C · Workflow automation

  Source windmill.dev

• Zapier

  • Zapier MCP (agent actions) C · Agent tool access

  Source bvp.com/companies/zapier

Where they invest

Agent harnesses 2 Decision models 2 Identity & business verification 1 Model APIs & inference 1 Agent frameworks & SDKs 1 Personal assistants 1 Databases & files 1 Notifications 1 Company knowledge & data catalogues 1 Image generation 1 Music generation 1 Video generation 1 HR & employee operations 1 Customer support & helpdesk 1 Product analytics & experimentation 1 Code execution sandboxes 1 CRM & customer platforms 1 Meeting capture & meeting infrastructure 1 Cloud & infrastructure 1 Shipping & fulfilment 1 Conversational voice agents 1 Workflow automation 1 Agent tool access 1

Founders they backed

• Tommy Nicholas First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy)
• Laura Spiekerman First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy)
• Charles Hearn First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy)
• Scott Clark First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy)
• Dario Amodei Anthropic
• Daniela Amodei Anthropic
• Tom Brown Anthropic
• Jack Clark Anthropic
• Jared Kaplan Anthropic
• Sam McCandlish Anthropic
• Chris Olah Anthropic
• Karan Ahuja Anthropic, PBC
• Aaron Katz ClickHouse
• Alexey Milovidov ClickHouse
• Yury Izrailevsky ClickHouse
• Troy Goode Courier
• Swaroop Jagadish Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub)
• Shirshanka Das Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub)
• Scott Wu Cognition AI, Inc.
• Steven Hao Cognition AI, Inc.
• Walden Yan Cognition AI, Inc.
• Burkay Gur fal (Features & Labels, Inc.)
• Gorkem Yurtseven fal (Features & Labels, Inc.)
• Des Traynor Intercom
• Ciaran Lee Intercom
• Eoghan McCabe Intercom
• David Barrett Intercom
• Edith Harbaugh Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
• John Kodumal Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
• Aravind Srinivas Perplexity
• Denis Yarats Perplexity
• Johnny Ho Perplexity
• Andy Konwinski Perplexity
• Anurag Goel Render Services, Inc.
• Laura Behrens Wu Shippo
• Simon Kreuz Shippo
• Jordan Dearsley Vapi
• Nikhil Gupta Vapi
• Wade Foster Zapier

Questions

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