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Bessemer Venture Partners (India)

Multi-stage · Consumer Internet & Marketplaces · Bengaluru

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At a glance

Stage focus: Multi-stage
Primary sector: Consumer Internet & Marketplaces
City: Bengaluru
HQ / office: India office: Level 4, Prestige Sterling Square, No. 3, Madras Bank Rd., Bangalore 560 001, India (Phone: +91-80-6146-9000). Global HQ (Silicon Valley): 889 Winslow St, Suite 500, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. (Both addresses confirmed on bvp.com/contact.)
Investments on record: 8
Corpus (as reported): Firm-wide: ~$20 billion AUM (2024); flagship early-stage fund (BVP XII) ~$3.85 billion. India: second dedicated India fund of $350 million (closed/announced March 2025); first dedicated India fund was $220 million (Nov 2021).
Website: bvp.com
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About

Bessemer Venture Partners is one of the oldest US venture capital firms, tracing its roots to Bessemer Securities (founded 1911 by Henry Phipps Jr.) and operating as an independent VC since the 1970s. It opened its India office in Bangalore in 2006 and invests across stages; it raised a $220M first India fund (2021) and a $350M second India fund (2025). Its India team is led by partners including Vishal Gupta (with the firm since 2006), Anant Vidur Puri, and Pankaj Mitra.

Investment focus

Early-stage through growth-stage VC; sector-agnostic with strong focus on consumer internet, SaaS/enterprise software, fintech, healthcare and B2B in India. (Confirmed: 80%+ of India investments over last 5 years are Series A or earlier.)

Cheque size

USD 1–5 Mn typical seed/Series A check (range USD 5–40 Mn across stages; growth checks up to ~USD 50 Mn)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

Registration category not stated — reported as “Major VC”

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Notable portfolio

Swiggy; Ola (Ola Cabs); Urban Company; BigBasket; PharmEasy; BharatMatrimony; NephroPlus; Indian Energy Exchange (IEX)

Team & organisation

India investment team of ~4 partners/principals (Vishal Gupta, Anant Vidur Puri, Mohammad Ibrahim Faruqi, plus additions); global firm much larger

India-dedicated early-stage VC fund (Bessemer Venture Partners India 2 Institutional) under global Bessemer platform; SEBI Category II AIF (trust/manager model)

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What does Bessemer Venture Partners (India) invest in?: Early-stage through growth-stage VC; sector-agnostic with strong focus on consumer internet, SaaS/enterprise software, fintech, healthcare and B2B in India. (Confirmed: 80%+ of India investments over last 5 years are Series A or earlier.)
What cheque size does Bessemer Venture Partners (India) write?: As compiled from public sources: USD 1–5 Mn typical seed/Series A check (range USD 5–40 Mn across stages; growth checks up to ~USD 50 Mn)
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About this record

⚑ HQ outside India (global HQ in Redwood City/Silicon Valley, USA; India office in Bangalore). Private VC firm — no government/DFI linkage. No official email published on the firm's own site; do not use any [contact on file]-style or third-party-scraper emails. Record corrections: original called the $350M an "$350 million dedicated second India fund" — confirmed second fund (2025); first fund was $220M (2021). Global track record corrected from "75+ IPOs, 79 unicorns, 320+ acquisitions" to bvp.com's stated 150+ IPOs/deSPACs and 420+ portfolio companies.

Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.

Sources: https://www.bvp.com/contact; https://www.bvp.com/news/350-million-for-our-next-india-fund