2024 Year in Review

To our founders, leaders, partners, & friends,

The world is starting to feel different. With AI, entrepreneurs are innovating across industries, solving intractable problems, and building more possibilities for the future.

The startups of today will look different tomorrow. But our mission remains timeless — we back ambitious founders, from seed to IPO, building revolutions of their own.

Forge ahead.

Vertical SaaS

ServiceTitan: A values-driven company’s path to IPO

We reflected on ServiceTitan’s customer empathy and founder-market fit as key ingredients to its successful scaling journey.

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Celebrating IPOs & M&As in 2024

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Growing our partnership

We celebrated the promotion of Ariel Sterman and welcomed Lauri Moore as two of our newest investment partners. In addition, Tony Rodoni joined as an operating partner, advising portfolio companies on go-to-market (GTM) strategy, leadership, and organizational growth.

Ariel Sterman

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Lauri Moore

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Tony Rodoni

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AI's race to value

A conversation with Abridge, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Scale AI

Four founders on the state of the AI industry, why “it’s still so early,” and how leaders and builders can navigate the complex path from technological breakthroughs to industry adoption.

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Wellness

Introducing STRIVE

At Bessemer, we recognize that a CEO’s well-being directly influences business outcomes and company culture. That’s why we built STRIVE, a holistic wellness program, around six fundamental pillars—Sleep, Training, Regimen, Intake, Vision, and Emotional Health — that together form the foundation of a game plan customized for the goals and challenges CEOs face.

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Our outlook

Cloud in the AI era

In this year’s cloud market, AI companies have shown their ability to scale faster than others, averaging just over six years for this year’s Cloud 100 cohort to reach Centaur status ($100 million ARR).

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