Bessemer Venture Partners

Founded in 1911, Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Redwood City, California. With over $4 billion under management, the firm invests globally across various sectors including artificial intelligence & machine learning, biotech, cloud, consumer, cybersecurity, deep tech, developer, fintech, healthcare, marketplaces, and vertical software. Known for its long-standing support of entrepreneurs, Bessemer has backed companies such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, and Linkedin.

Anurag Begwani

Investor

Kent Bennett

Partner

Thomas Berger

Partner

Charles Birnbaum

Partner

Sam Bondy

Investor

Sara Byrne

Partner and CFO

Hansae Catlett

Investor

Aparna Chaganty

Investor

Morgan Cheatham

Vice President

Justina Chung

Vice President

David Cowan

Partner

Brian Cramer

Operating Partner

Mary D'Onofrio

Partner

Sakib Dadi

Vice President

Byron Deeter

Partner

Sameer Dholakia

Partner

John Drake

Investor

Michael Droesch

Vice President

Brian Feinstein

Partner

Alex Ferrara

Partner

Adam Ferrara

Partner

Adam R. Fisher

Partner

Andrew Geisse

Operating Partner

Talia Goldberg

Partner

Bob Goodman

Partner

Alexa Grabelle

Investor

Sandy Grippo

COO and Partner

Sofia Guerra

Vice President

Felda Hardymon

Partner

Tess Hatch

Partner

Andrew Hedin

Partner

Sachin Jain

Investor

Nithin Kaimal

COO

Eric Kaplan

Investor

Amit Karp

Partner

Steve Kraus

Partner

Ethan Kurzweil

Partner

Jeremy Levine

Partner

Lindsey Li

Investor

Grace Ma

Investor

Maha Malik

Investor

Bhavik Nagda

Investor

Aditya Nidmarti

Investor

Bob O'Neil

Venture Partner

Darsh Patel

Investor

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner

Caty Rea

Vice President

Elliott Robinson

Partner

Raj Sabhlok

Operating Partner

Aia Sarycheva

Investor

Jason Scheller

Investor

Yael Schiff

Investor

Andrew Schmitt

Investor

Madeline Shue

Investor

Smith, Scott

Operating Partner

Rob Stavis

Partner

Ariel Sterman

Vice President

Nancy Straface

Director of IT and Managed Services

Mayo Stuntz Jr.

Operating Partner

Alexandra Sukin

Investor

Vatsalya Tandon

Investor

Janice Teng

Vice President

Katherine Walker

Vice President

Christopher Wan

Investor

Bryan Wu

Partner

Alex Yuditski

Investor

Moksha .

Investor

Past deals in Fraud Detection

Protectt.ai

Series A in 2025
Protectt.ai develops an enterprise security platform that provides mobile application, device, and transaction security. Its solutions include real-time fraud detection, cybersecurity, application security testing, risk assessment, and banking services, enabling organizations to deploy a cloud-based mobile security framework.

Incognia

Series B in 2024
Incognia is a provider of advanced identity solutions designed to facilitate secure and seamless digital interactions. The company specializes in persistent device fingerprint technology, which integrates device recognition signals, location analytics, and tamper detection to enhance user verification and fraud prevention. Its platform offers a range of services, including data breach prevention, secure authentication, and account takeover protection, enabling businesses in sectors such as food delivery, ride-hailing, marketplaces, and financial services to safeguard their reputations and improve customer retention. By delivering customizable risk assessments and actionable insights, Incognia helps companies optimize conversions, minimize false positives, and effectively combat fraud.

Forter

Series F in 2021
Forter is a real-time, fully automated fraud prevention platform for online retailers. It delivers decisions on transactions through its end-to-end fraud prevention system, leveraging machine learning, cyber intelligence, elastic identity, and behavioral analysis to assess each transaction and the customer profile, with visibility through a dedicated dashboard. Its solutions include Decision-As-a-Service for transparent fraud decisions and Smart Routing to minimize revenue loss from false declines across web and mobile channels, enabling merchants to reduce fraud while supporting growth and improving the customer experience. Founded in 2013 and based in New York with offices in London and Tel Aviv, Forter's platform aims to automate transaction risk management and protect e-commerce from credit card fraud, account takeover, identity theft, and returns abuse.

Shift Technology

Series D in 2021
Shift Technology delivers AI-native decision automation and optimization solutions for the global insurance industry. Its cloud-based platform uses AI-driven fraud detection to analyze claims and identify potential fraud, helping insurers scale claims processing and improve accuracy and efficiency across the policy lifecycle.

Forter

Series E in 2020
Forter is a real-time, fully automated fraud prevention platform for online retailers. It delivers decisions on transactions through its end-to-end fraud prevention system, leveraging machine learning, cyber intelligence, elastic identity, and behavioral analysis to assess each transaction and the customer profile, with visibility through a dedicated dashboard. Its solutions include Decision-As-a-Service for transparent fraud decisions and Smart Routing to minimize revenue loss from false declines across web and mobile channels, enabling merchants to reduce fraud while supporting growth and improving the customer experience. Founded in 2013 and based in New York with offices in London and Tel Aviv, Forter's platform aims to automate transaction risk management and protect e-commerce from credit card fraud, account takeover, identity theft, and returns abuse.

Shift Technology

Series C in 2019
Shift Technology delivers AI-native decision automation and optimization solutions for the global insurance industry. Its cloud-based platform uses AI-driven fraud detection to analyze claims and identify potential fraud, helping insurers scale claims processing and improve accuracy and efficiency across the policy lifecycle.

LifeLock

Series E in 2012
LifeLock Inc., founded in 2005 and based in Tempe, Arizona, is an identity theft protection company that offers services designed to safeguard personal information. The company provides threat detection, identity alerts, and remediation software for individual consumers, as well as risk management services for businesses. LifeLock charges a monthly fee for its identity theft protection, which includes monitoring for fraudulent applications related to credit and non-credit services. In the event of identity theft, LifeLock offers a $1 million guarantee to cover expenses related to the recovery of stolen funds, supported by identity theft insurance to address other associated losses.

BillGuard

Series B in 2011
BillGuard, Inc. is a personal finance company that developed a mobile application designed to help users manage and secure their finances. The app, available on both iOS and Android platforms, allows users to track their spending, monitor credit for fraudulent activities, and access various identity theft protection services. Features include alerts for card and bank fraud, black market surveillance, credit monitoring, and data breach notifications. Additionally, it provides tools for transaction analysis and charge identification, leveraging crowdsourced data, user feedback, and proprietary algorithms to enhance user awareness. Founded in 2009 by Yaron Samid and Raphael Ouzan, BillGuard was initially known as CrowdSpot before rebranding in 2010. The company operated out of New York and Tel Aviv until its acquisition by Prosper Marketplace in October 2015.

BillGuard

Series A in 2010
BillGuard, Inc. is a personal finance company that developed a mobile application designed to help users manage and secure their finances. The app, available on both iOS and Android platforms, allows users to track their spending, monitor credit for fraudulent activities, and access various identity theft protection services. Features include alerts for card and bank fraud, black market surveillance, credit monitoring, and data breach notifications. Additionally, it provides tools for transaction analysis and charge identification, leveraging crowdsourced data, user feedback, and proprietary algorithms to enhance user awareness. Founded in 2009 by Yaron Samid and Raphael Ouzan, BillGuard was initially known as CrowdSpot before rebranding in 2010. The company operated out of New York and Tel Aviv until its acquisition by Prosper Marketplace in October 2015.

LifeLock

Series A in 2006
LifeLock Inc., founded in 2005 and based in Tempe, Arizona, is an identity theft protection company that offers services designed to safeguard personal information. The company provides threat detection, identity alerts, and remediation software for individual consumers, as well as risk management services for businesses. LifeLock charges a monthly fee for its identity theft protection, which includes monitoring for fraudulent applications related to credit and non-credit services. In the event of identity theft, LifeLock offers a $1 million guarantee to cover expenses related to the recovery of stolen funds, supported by identity theft insurance to address other associated losses.

Cyota

Venture Round in 2004
Cyota was a provider of online security and fraud prevention services for financial institutions, focusing on internet-based fraud such as online banking fraud, e-commerce fraud and phishing. The company offered phishing detection tools, transaction monitoring systems, and authentication platforms to help banks, payment processors, and e-commerce companies reduce fraud and maintain secure operations. Cyota was acquired by RSA Security in 2005.

Doppel

Doppel specializes in proactive social engineering defense using AI-driven technology. It offers real-time protection against phishing, business email compromise, impersonation, and other digital threats through its Doppel Vision suite, which includes Brand Protection, Executive Protection, and Phishing Incident Response tools.
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