Series A or earlier (80%+) fund research profile
Bessemer Venture Partners applies a roadmap-driven, early-stage approach to India across AI-enabled services, SaaS, fintech, digital health, consumer brands and cybersecurity. Its India team operates within a global platform while using dedicated India vehicles.
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Research profile
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Investment lens
Bessemer Venture Partners (India) uses a series a or earlier (80%+) approach across AI services, SaaS, fintech, digital health.
Current evidence
Bessemer announced its second dedicated India fund at $350M in March 2025 and said its India strategy had backed more than 80 startups. The manager’s India fund announcement and Vishal Gupta’s current partner profile identify BigBasket, Urban Company, Perfios, Livspace, Swiggy, IEX, Lentra, Medi Assist and NephroPlus among India-linked positions.
Strategy
Series A or earlier (80%+)
Sector focus
AI services, SaaS, fintech, digital health
AIF structure context
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
Bessemer announced its second dedicated India fund at $350M in March 2025 and said its India strategy had backed more than 80 startups. The manager’s India fund announcement and Vishal Gupta’s current partner profile identify BigBasket, Urban Company, Perfios, Livspace, Swiggy, IEX, Lentra, Medi Assist and NephroPlus among India-linked positions.
Investor questions
Bessemer Venture Partners (India) is covered in Rupeia's venture capital research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Series A or earlier (80%+), with a sector focus of AI services, SaaS, fintech, digital health. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category I AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to Bessemer Venture Partners (India) in the reviewed public sources: BigBasket, Urban Company, Perfios, Livspace, Swiggy, IEX, Lentra, Medi Assist, NephroPlus, Boldfit, MoveInSync, Pepper Content. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
Bessemer announced a $350M second dedicated India fund in 2025 and said it had backed more than 80 Indian startups. Its public record includes IPOs such as Swiggy, Urban Company and Medi Assist; the firm does not publish an India-wide fund IRR. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: $350M dedicated India Fund II announced in March 2025; Bessemer said its first India fund and global vehicles had supported more than 80 Indian startups.. Public terms or access information: Early-stage investing with follow-on capacity; the manager describes roadmap-driven investing across AI services, SaaS, fintech, digital health, consumer brands and cybersecurity.. Current fees, minimum commitment and availability must be confirmed for the exact named vehicle in its fund documents.
The current source record names Vishal Gupta, Anant Vidur Puri. Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review stage concentration, follow-on reserves, company failure rates, dilution, exit timing and the gap between paper valuations and realised distributions. The current open diligence point is: Fund I interim marks remain not publicly disclosed; the logo URL is an authoritative asset sourced from the manager’s official brand and hosted on Wikimedia Commons..
2025-03-11: Bessemer announced its second dedicated India fund at $350M in March 2025 and said its India strategy had backed more than 80 startups. The manager’s India fund announcement and Vishal Gupta’s current partner profile identify BigBasket, Urban Company, Perfios, Livspace, Swiggy, IEX, Lentra, Medi Assist and NephroPlus among India-linked positions.
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