About Bess Ventures
Bess Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Miami, United States. As of Apr 2024, Bess Ventures has invested in 19 companies. It primarily invests in Post IPO round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Post IPO round of Blaize Overall, Bess Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 5 IPOs and 3 acquisitions including key companies like Zscaler, Rubrik and Blaize. A lot of funds co-invest with Bess Ventures, with names like Rizvi Traverse sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Bess Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Post IPO & Series B
Portfolio Unicorns
Bess Ventures' List of Top Investments
Bess Ventures has a portfolio of 19 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments include Zscaler and Rubrik.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Israel and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Post IPO, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by Bess Ventures:1. Zscaler
Provider of cloud-based security solutions for enterprise zero trust architecture. It offers a platform designed to secure user, workload, and device communication across various environments. The platform focuses on stopping cyberattacks, preventing data loss, and enabling secure AI adoption. It provides tools for cyberthreat protection, data security, and digital experience optimization.
Key facts about Zscaler
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jul 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $148M
- Employee Count: 9,079 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Sprout Capital Partners and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 23, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Rubrik
Provider of cyber resilience platform for data and identity security. The platform offers data protection through immutable backups, threat analytics for cyber threat detection, and identity security for multi-IdP environments. It provides cyber recovery solutions to restore operations, along with features like anomaly detection and threat monitoring. The platform supports cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.
Key facts about Rubrik
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jan 31, 2026
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $553M
- Employee Count: 5,110 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: ADS Ventures, Section Partners and 51 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Aug 17, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Otter.ai
Developer of an AI meeting agent providing transcription and summarization. The agent offers live transcripts, automated summaries, and action items from meetings. It integrates with various platforms to streamline workflows. The AI agent provides insights and helps structure ideas from conversations. It also automates follow-ups and syncs notes.
Key facts about Otter.ai
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $70M
- Employee Count: 291 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Bess Ventures, DHVC and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 25, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Blaize
Developer of hardware and software solutions optimizing artificial intelligence applications. The company provides platforms designed for efficient, flexible, accurate, and cost-effective deployment of AI at the edge. It offers a graph streaming processor architecture and an AI software suite. The company’s products address AI use cases across various markets.
Key facts about Blaize
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: El Dorado Hills (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $136M
- Employee Count: 132 as on Jan 31, 2025
- Investors: Samsung Catalyst Fund, Bess Ventures and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 11, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Nutanix
AI powered cloud management software for enterprises. It provides visibility into private and public cloud spending. The platform generates cloud consumption reports that allow users to allocate untagged spending and set budget alerts. Features include disaster recovery, file storage, network security, and more.
Key facts about Nutanix
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jul 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $317M
- Employee Count: 10,011 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SeedFord Partners, Syren Capital Advisors and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 27, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Bess Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Bess Ventures has invested in 19 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 3 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Blaize.Bess Ventures' Investments by Stage
Bess Ventures has made 1 investment in Post IPO stage with an average round size of $106M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $22M.Bess Ventures' Investments by Sector
Bess Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 19 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 18 Tech companies, 16 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Internet of Things - Industry Applications | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Bess Ventures' Investments by Geography
Bess Ventures has made most investments in United States (2).Bess Ventures' recent investments
Bess Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Bess Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 29, 2024 | United States | Post IPO | 8282 | ||
Oct 25, 2022 | United States | Series B | 7939 | [+5] |
Unicorns in Bess Ventures' Portfolio
Bess Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - ThoughtSpot. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is ThoughtSpot which became a unicorn in 2018, 8 years before Bess Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Bess Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Provider of an agentic analytics platform delivering insights from various data | 2012 | San Jose | Series F | hehdgpr |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Bess Ventures' Portfolio
5 of Bess Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. Rubrik got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2024 at marketcap of $5.63B and Blaize got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).Here are Bess Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 25, 2024 | - | - | 5422 | |
Jan 31, 2022 | Apr 29, 2024 | Post IPO | 5684 | |
Mar 16, 2018 | - | - | 1623 | |
Sep 30, 2016 | - | - | 2249 | |
Jun 06, 2014 | - | - | 6249 |
Acquired companies in Bess Ventures' Portfolio
3 companies from Bess Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Veza in Dec 2025 by ServiceNow for $*****.Here are Bess Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 02, 2025 | - | - | 1289 | |
Nov 04, 2025 | - | - | 6105 | |
Aug 21, 2017 | - | - | 4433 |
Team profile of Bess Ventures
Bess Ventures has a team of 1 member located in United States. Bess Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Bess Ventures
Over the past 4 years, 26 investors have co-invested in Bess Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Bess Ventures: Magna, DENSO and 13 others have invested in rounds before Bess Ventures. There is 1 company where Magna has invested before Bess Ventures and 1 company where DENSO has invested before Bess Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Bess Ventures: 9 investors entered a company along with Bess Ventures. These include investors like Rizvi Traverse (1 company).
- Invested after Bess Ventures: Polar Asset Management Partners (1 company) and Tau Capital (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Bess Ventures's portfolio after their investments.
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