We help founders lay enduring foundations to build cybersecurity companies that drive the industry forward, starting with seed and Series A investments and sticking with our companies at every stage of their growth.
Bessemer is widely recognized as one of the most active and successful institutional investors in cybersecurity, and our first investments in the category date back to the early 1990s. Over the course of three decades, we’ve made over 43 investments and helped realize nine cybersecurity IPOs and more than 23 private to public acquisitions. Bessemer builds its investment practice on decades of operational and investing experience in the category, as well as a constantly evolving roadmap-driven approach, enabling us to recognize shifting technology trends and identify the next generation of cybersecurity leaders at earlier stages. Notably, Bessemer is recognized for making pre-product or pre-revenue investments in some of the most prominent cybersecurity companies in the world.
Endgame's endpoint protection platform protects the world’s data from advanced attacks. Endgame was acquired by Elastic in June 2019.
Dashlane is a consumer password management application and secure digital wallet.
Auth0 operates a cloud based identity platform for developers.
Auth0 was acquired by Okta for $6.5 billion in 2021.
Bastille provides wireless intelligence for TIP, XDR, and ASM security.
Axonius is the cybersecurity asset management platform that lets IT and Security teams see devices for what they are to manage & secure all.
BigID aims to transform how enterprise protect and manage the privacy of personal data.
Okera enables the management of data access and governance at scale for today’s modern heterogeneous data environments.
Okera was acquired by Databricks in May 2023.
Virtru is the provider of a data security platform designed to eliminate the tradeoff between data protection and ease of use for businesses.
Claroty is a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting industrial control networks.
Wandera pioneered the secure mobile gateway to help organizations protect their data and gain better visibility and control over their mobile data usage. Wandera was acquired by JAMF in May 2021.
