Bessemer is a venture capital and growth equity firm that focuses on early- and growth-stage technology investing, including a dedicated crypto and web3 strategy. Bessemer's Twitter Score is 127 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,964 (top 5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Bessemer announced $250 million in dedicated capital for crypto and web3 investing in March 2022, building on a first crypto investment made in NYDIG in 2017, which offers institutional Bitcoin custody. By 2022, Bessemer had partnered with nine crypto companies, among them MakersPlace, Sorare, and TRM Labs. Bessemer is also affiliated with Steel DAO and BessemerDAO, reflecting its engagement across decentralized structures.
Bessemer raised $3.85 billion for its twelfth flagship fund, BVP XII, in September 2022, and simultaneously closed $780 million for its inaugural BVP Forge fund, targeting growth and private equity opportunities. Bessemer has 172,488 followers as of August 2026 and has published 13,068 posts. Bessemer has been mentioned by 536 accounts, with 2,163 total mentions.
Bessemer's crypto and web3 fund portfolio includes Polychain, Skynet Labs, LinkedIn, NYDIG, FOLD BITCOIN, HashiCorp, an IBM Company, Teller and Pinterest.
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The accounts that follow Bessemer include 638 founders, 201 angel investors, 85 influencers and 177 VCs, among them Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen, Kyle Samani, David Sacks, Tyler Winklevoss and Polygon.