Venture capital fund · 13 deals
San Francisco
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 |
| Canva | 17 Oct 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| Portainer.io | 25 Oct 2020, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Wonderful | Mar 2026, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Breaker | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Halter | 6 Apr 2023, Series C | 3 | 1 | |
| Lumachain | 24 Aug 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Ofload | 15 Nov 2022, Series B | 1 | 1 | |
| RelevanceAI | 6 May 2025, Series B | 2 | 2 |
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.
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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
Weekly roundup detailing eight trans-Tasman raises totalling A$373.3 million, headlined by Halter's Series E, spanning quantum computing, biomanufacturing, robotics, adtech and agtech, plus a recalled $2 billion founder exit.
Also Startup Daily
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·Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup News (WA)·SmartCompany
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.
Wesfarmers is closing Catch, the online retailer it bought for $230 million in 2019, citing local ecommerce competition; the story also recalls Catch's venture backers and Little Birdie's $30m stake, pause and rescue.
Also Startup Daily
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 Centerstone Capital portfolio·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·6clicks.com·ARN (ARNnet)·Centerstone Capital portfolio·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
Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.
Also Startup Daily·LaunchVic
Banking software firm Mambu announced a 110 million euro round led by TCV, with Tiger Global and Arena Holdings joining, lifting its valuation to 1.7 billion euros and unicorn status.
Blackbird introduces Tom Humphrey and Michael Tolo as new investment Principals alongside Tip Piumsomboon, and notes its fourth fund closed at $650 million in late 2020.
Roundup profiling four startups and their seed raises: CH4 Global ($3M), Mustard ($1.7M), Undock ($1.6M) and LaunchNotes ($1.8M), naming investors and founders for each.
New Zealand container management startup Portainer.io closed a US$1.2 million seed round backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Black Nova Group, K1W1 and AmpliPHI Ventures to grow its open source and commercial products.
Also Startup Daily
AirTree Ventures closes a $275 million third fund backed by Australian institutions and announces staff moves; the piece also recalls Canva's raise, Prospa's ASX listing and :Different's new round.
Also Startup Daily·StrictlyVC·AFR Technology·TechCrunch Australia
Daily venture roundup led by Canva's large raise and Atlassian buying Code Barrel, plus Zubale's new round, a dozen other fundings, executive moves and market data.
Also TechCrunch Australia·Startup Daily·TechCrunch Australia·Startup Daily·SmartCompany
Rocket Lab, a New Zealand launch startup, closed a $140 million Series E led by Australia's Future Fund to scale Electron rocket production, build launch pads and fund new R&D programs.
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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