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title: "TechCrunch — Bessemer closes $5.75B"
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# TechCrunch — Bessemer closes $5.75B

In Brief Posted: 1:35 PM PDT · September 23, 2026 Image Credits: TechCrunch (AI-generated) Julie Bort VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI Bessemer Venture Partners announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5.75 billion across two new funds to accelerate its investment across all parts of the AI stack. The firm, which has backed companies such as Anthropic, Cognition, Legora, Perplexity, Ramp, Shopify, and Waymo, dedicated $1.75 billion for seed and early-stage investing and the remaining $4 billion for growth startups. Bessemer has been well-known as a leading VC in the SaaS era , with a particular knack for picking enterprise winners, like Box, Docusign, and Gainsight. Since 2022, it has invested in more than 260 AI-native companies. So far, the firm has invested $3 billion into AI-related startups, it says, including those focused on compute, infrastructure, foundation models, dev tools, app-layer startups, and agentic tech. Now, Bessemer positions all things AI as the opportunity of a lifetime — a common sentiment, until the next big trendy tech revolution comes around, of course. “AI-native companies are scaling faster than any category of technology we’ve backed before,” Bessemer Partner Byron Deeter said in the company’s funding announcement. VC firms also need to keep increasing their war chests, Deeter told Bloomberg , because companies staying private longer has become “a permanent structural shift.” Topics Bessemer Venture Partners , In Brief , TC , Venture October 13 – 15 San Francisco Get 50% off a second pass The Disrupt experience is meant to be shared. Get your pass and bring a colleague, partner, or peer at 50% off. Cover more ground by making connections, building momentum, and discovering what’s next in the startup ecosystem. BOOK NOW Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news TechCrunch Daily News Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch Mobility TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. Startups Weekly Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. StrictlyVC Provides movers and shakers with the info they need to start their day. No newsletters selected. Subscribe By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . Related TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Next 5 VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch Events 4 hours ago AI Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite Ivan Mehta 5 hours ago Startups Insurtech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round Marina Temkin 5 hours ago Latest in Venture Venture MAVI bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant Dominic-Madori Davis 3 hours ago TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Next 5 VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch Events 4 hours ago TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is October 2 TechCrunch Events 5 hours ago