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Bessemer Venture Partners India Fund II

Geography: India
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $350M
Focus: E-Commerce and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Bessemer Venture Partners India Fund II

Bessemer Venture Partners India Fund II is a venture capital firm based in India, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionIndia

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

E-Commerce

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Audacious AI founders, seed→growth, revenue-driven, operator-ready

AI-first startups

B2B SaaS

agentic infrastructure

physical AI & robotics

deep tech & defense

healthcare AI

cybersecurity

developer platforms

AI-native enterprise

data & cloud

marketplaces

biotech

consumer AI

crypto

fintech

Bullish Signals

228K+ LinkedIn followers, high engagementexternal

Launching AI founder playbook programexternal

Robotics Day signals active category convictionlinkedin

3 robotics tailwinds converging nowlinkedin

Levine: robotics ChatGPT moment imminentlinkedin

Agent-first world: three competitive layerslinkedin

The Agentic Awakening playbook publishedlinkedin

$20B AUM, 155+ IPOs, 450+ portfolio coswebsite

Wonderful $550M Series C agentic layerwebsite

Seed + growth dedicated practices, long-termwebsite

50 operating advisors, 1000+ intros/yearwebsite

Portfolio: Anthropic, Waymo, Ramp, Toast, FALwebsite

Two dedicated practices: seed/early + growthwebsite

90 NPS from founders, 2000+ community memberswebsite

Expanded thesis: 15 verticals, AI-reshapedwebsite

Portfolio adds: Abridge, Fireworks, Kymera, Legorawebsite

Contrarian Signals

Content-heavy — signal vs. noise unclearexternal

Robotics ChatGPT moment not yet herelinkedin

Engineering 10× faster but shipping +50% onlyexternal

Founder Do's

Experiment & iterate faster than peers

Build AI-native unit economics

Show clear revenue metrics

Apply new frameworks, not old playbooks

Hire deliberately under uncertainty

Redesign ops model around agentic work

Change infrastructure + people + org together

Leverage Bessemer's 50+ operating advisors early

Tap 1000+ intros/year for talent & partnerships

Join 450+ portfolio peer community for support

Founder Don'ts

Rely on pre-AI startup advice

Ignore AI impact on pricing/sales

Scale before validating AI-driven model

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$350M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Vishal Gupta, Anant Vidur Uri

Jeremy LevinePartner

Liran EshelPartner

Adam FisherPartner

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