Bessemer Venture Partners

2 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 29, 2018 by Jon Stein · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Oct 29, 2018 positive
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Stein: Bessemer offered Betterment $3M when the startup sought $1M
“The first meeting that he set up was with Bessemer Ventures, and we went out and we pitched Rob Stavis, and it was love at first pitch. We said, we're building this Company that is going to help people make the most of their money. And Rob said, this is fascin…”
Jon Stein Oct 29, 2018 ▶ 34:24 Betterment: Jon Stein
Jun 8, 2026 positive
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Bessemer preempted fundraising by quadrupling Shopify's valuation 10 months post-Series A
“10 months after the Series A, Jeremy and Trevor from Bessemer came to me and said, you are still massively constrained by money. How about, instead of you spending a bunch of months on fundraising, we'll just Quadruple the valuation of the company and put much…”
Tobias Lütke Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 48:08 Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019)
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