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Are you ready for the AI era? ?? ????????????????????, ????????????????????, ?????? ????: ????????????????'?? ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????? ?????? ???? ???????????????????? is out now! There has never been a better time for small, ambitious founding teams to positively transform every industry as we know it. In our latest Bessemer Book, you'll discover: ? AI roadmaps ? Actionable insights and case studies for AI leaders ? Bessemer's AI strategy Don't miss our first chapter: Jeremy Levine, Kent Bennett, and Brian Feinstein open up and share the paradox and approach behind Bessemer's unique operating model and how it's determining the founders we ultimately back. When you sign up, we send it directly to your inbox. ?? Get your free copy: https://lnkd.in/g4YMQNXy H/T to our incredible investors and authors: Jeremy Levine, Brian Feinstein, Kent Bennett, Sameer Dholakia, Byron Deeter, Mary D'Onofrio, Elliott Robinson, David Cowan, Amit Karp, Michael Droesch, Talia Goldberg, Alex Ferrara, Steve Kraus, Janelle Teng, Grace Ma, Bhavik N., Lindsey Li, Yael Schiff, Aia Sarycheva, Caty Rea, Maha Malik, Aditya Nidmarti, Andrew Hedin, Morgan Cheatham.

As part of our Operating Advisor Spotlight series, we’re excited to highlight some of the incredible advisors in our network who dedicate time to advising and supporting business leaders across the Bessemer portfolio. With that in mind, please meet— Payal Sobti.? Payal is a product strategy expert with extensive experience in high-growth startups, specializing in marketplaces, fintech, consumer, and B2B SaaS. Currently, as Head of Product Development at ResQ, a Series A company offering restaurant back-of-house SaaS and a marketplace for trades services, Payal leads the development of a growth-focused product roadmap. Previously, Payal was a founding team member of Uber Eats, where she helped launch Uber’s first merchant-facing products. She also played a key role in launching Uber One globally, scaling the subscription service to 10 markets and three million subscribers in its first year. After Uber, she served as Director of Product at Cash App, overseeing its international expansion into the UK and Canada, while leading key product roadmap decisions and driving pricing and adjacency strategies. As an Operating Advisor, Payal collaborates with portfolio leaders across several key areas, including organizational development, crafting product roadmaps aligned with long-term goals, refining pricing strategies, and exploring opportunities for adjacent market expansion. We’re thrilled to partner with Payal and to have her as part of the Bessemer team.

What a week for Alexa Grabelle, Andrew Hedin, John D., and Charles Birnbaum who spoke at University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University about our analyst program. We’re hitting the road to visit a university near you. Come say hi! ?? - Stanford - MIT - UC Berkeley - Harvard - University of Michigan - University of Virginia Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gAU6gJNj #analyst #investor #collegeinternship #venturecapital #venturecapitalist

Our thesis for the series A of Rupa Health was simple: 1. Tara Viswanathan runs through walls 2. Personalized and root cause care is going mainstream Both proved more true than we could have imagined. Rupa's growth and impact has been amazing. But it is still early days. Congrats on teaming up with Fullscript to bring personalized and holistic care to every human on the planet. Working with Tara is one of the highlights of my career. I've known her since college. She was born to be an entrepreneur. One of her superpowers is being a "realistic optimistic" (I wrote about it here: https://lnkd.in/g4GifBSe). I've learned a lot from her and her team. Thank you, Tara, Rosa Hamalainen and team Rupa! Congrats on the acquisition!!

Founders and sales leaders: Is data a core part of your GTM strategy? Learn how to make it one this Thursday, 10/10 at 11AM PT at our GTM Operations virtual event. We'll cover how to leverage data to drive deals, enable revenue functions (SDRs, AEs, and sales engineers), and set targets, including quotas and comp plans. Our panelists from ServiceTitan, LinkedIn, and Bessemer's Operating Advisor network will share best practices and provide a live Q&A on scaling sales motions from early-stage to growth-stage and beyond. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gFS8WApf

For the CFO, determining what metrics matter—and how often to track them—is one of the most critical and challenging tasks of the job. "It's really critical that you understand where your company is at and what are the one or two things that they're trying to prove out," says Alex Wu, managing partner at CFO Advisors and former Bessemer Venture Capital Fellow. "Limit your core KPIs to five to six max to ensure management and the board can easily focus on the most important aspects of the business." As part of Bessemer's SaaS Finance series, we’re sharing an essential CFO playbook for startup founders on company metrics and board management. This tactical guide features insights from Alex and Bessemer Operating Partner Jeff Epstein on: 1?? Identifying and evolving key metrics 2?? Building a "Financial Hypothesis" 3?? Presenting metrics effectively to boards 4?? Managing board relationships and meetings 5?? Leveraging the CFO role for strategic impact Read more business operations and corporate governance best practices: https://lnkd.in/g_ATzmpk

?? Healthcare AI is at a critical inflection point, offering unprecedented entrepreneurial opportunities. Here are the three drivers fueling this massive industry transformation: 1?? 30% of the world’s data is healthcare-related — but 97% goes unused. With much of this data now digitized (thanks to EHR adoption and cloud integration), AI companies have the potential to turn untapped data into powerful solutions that reshape healthcare operations and patient care. Companies like SmarterDx and Plenful are already leading the charge. 2?? AI can now model health from the proteome to entire populations. From single-cell sequencing to medical device data, healthcare AI is redefining how we understand health on a molecular and systemic level. The possibilities for multimodal AI in healthcare are just beginning to unfold. 3?? Research is becoming reality. Decades of AI research are translating into real-world products, with FDA-approved AI devices increasing 30x in the last decade. The path from research to market is clearer than ever — and healthcare is ripe for disruption. Dive into our full report where we uncover the trends driving our investment strategy. ??

What a fantastic ninth annual #Cloud100 event this week! Grateful for our partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes, and Salesforce Ventures. We were honored to have Andy Jassy join for a fireside chat with Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners, where Andy shared insightful advice on why speed disproportionately matters and how to build an innovative culture. ?? Forbes describes this year’s #Cloud100 as the strongest group in history, with revenue, valuations, and growth that will lead to historic IPOs. Congrats to all of AWS Startups' customers and partners who made it onto the prestigious list and to the stellar panelists on stage: ? Daniela Amodei (Anthropic) ? Alexandr Wang (ScaleAI) ? Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity) ? Shivdev Rao (Abridge) ? Aaron Levie (Box ) ? Bipul Sinha (Rubrik) ? Jennifer Tejada (PagerDuty)

It was so much fun to have our third co-host - Michael Esquivel - join me and Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA to discuss this month's ?? in digital health. We had a lot to talk about including: - Progyny losing business to Maven - The entire 23andMe board resigning - Particle Health suing Epic (and Epic clapping back) - A plan to erase $4B in medical debt in North Carolina - The first at-home nasal spray flu vaccine - Weight Watchers losing Oprah and its CEO, can they get on the GLP-1 train? Bessemer Venture Partners

Founders and sales leaders: Is data a core part of your GTM strategy? Learn how to make it one this Thursday, 10/10 at 11AM PT at our GTM Operations virtual event. We'll cover how to leverage data to drive deals, enable revenue functions (SDRs, AEs, and sales engineers), and set targets, including quotas and comp plans. Our panelists from ServiceTitan, LinkedIn, and Bessemer's Operating Advisor network will share best practices and provide a live Q&A on scaling sales motions from early-stage to growth-stage and beyond. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gFS8WApf