Bessemer Venture Partners

also referred to as: bessemer

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 10, 2022 by Chris Douvos · said 28 times in 8 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Jan 10, 2022 positive
Insight
Formal venture training carries far more weight than an AngelList track record
“Everybody's got an angel-less track record today, but I'm talking like formal investor training. So I love introducing people like, I mentioned, you know, Ross Fabini, who spent, you know, years with Canaan Ventures, or Sunil Nagaraj, who launched Ubiquity aft…”
Chris Douvos Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 43:26 Chris Douvos – The LP's Perspective from Ahoy Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 2 (Capital Allocators, EP.230)
May 23, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Libby: Lower-cost ETF equivalents will disrupt traditional venture capital fee structures
“I think that that's going to come to the venture world too. It's been a momentum trade. And so if you're Sequoia or Forerunner or Bessemer, you have services and tools. I think it's going to be hard to prove that you should be getting two in 20 versus an ETF e…”
Billy Libby May 23, 2022 ▶ 19:59 Billy Libby – Disruptive Venture Funding at Upper90 (Capital Allocators, EP.251)
Jan 27, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Green: Sequoia, Kleiner, and Bessemer had little differentiation beyond check size
“And I didn't frankly think there was much difference between Bessemer and Sequoia and Kleiner at the time, and General Atlantic and TCV, other than some people wrote bigger checks and smaller checks.”
Mitchell Green Jan 27, 2025 ▶ 12:23 Mitchell Green - Lead Edge of Harnessing Networks (EP.429)
Jan 27, 2025 negative
Insight
Green: In outbound VC sourcing, responsive companies are usually low-performing
“And we had a rule at Bessemer. If the company called you back, it really sucked. It was the CEO you call every two days for a month. That's the CEO you want to get on the phone.”
Mitchell Green Jan 27, 2025 ▶ 10:28 Mitchell Green - Lead Edge of Harnessing Networks (EP.429)
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