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Alex R. Ferrara

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General Partner at Bessemer Venture Associates · Board director at Auterion · Board director at Social Tables · Board director at Wandera

London, England, United Kingdom

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About

Alex R. Ferrara is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and a board member at Auterion. He earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1990s and began his career as a Java and C++ developer before serving as head of engineering at two startups. Over roughly 20 years at Bessemer, he has invested in small business software, cybersecurity, and deep tech and defense tech, led the Series A for Shopify, and relocated to London in 2021 to open the firm's Europe office, where his current focus includes AI, defense tech, space tech, and advanced industrial manufacturing.

Board director at Auterion

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Auterion's investors · 7

Armada Investment AGsince 2025Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Costanoa VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $8M checks · since 2025In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks · since 2025LakestarZurich · $540K checks · since 2025Mosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Tectonic VenturesCambridge · since 2025

Co-founders at Auterion

LMLORENZ MEIER
LORENZ MEIERExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Social Tables

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Social Tables's investors · 7

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2012Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2016Fortify VenturesWashington · $100K – $2M checks · since 2016Harmonic Growth PartnersChevy Chase · since 2016Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyK Street CapitalWashington · since 2016QuestMark PartnersBaltimore · $5M – $15M checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Social Tables

DBDan Berger
Dan BergerChief Executive Officer
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Matthew Tendler

Board director at Wandera

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Wandera's investors · 3

83NorthLondon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2015Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Wandera

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Eldar TuveyExecutive Officer, Director
RTRoy Tuvey
Roy TuveyExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. AuterionBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentArlington, Virginia, United States
  2. Carwow GroupBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  3. VerticeBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  4. ANYboticsBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  5. Eye SecurityBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentThe Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
  6. GanksterBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  7. HuntersBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  8. OptibusBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  9. GetAcceptBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentMalmo, Skåne County, Sweden
  10. BigIDBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentNew York, United States
  11. PipedriveBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentMenlo Park, CA
  12. DashlaneBoard Membercurrent2014 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  13. Wandera, Inc.Board Membercurrent2021 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  14. ManychatBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. Bessemer Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2013 — present
  16. Manta, an IBM CompanyBoard Member2020 — 2023Prague, Czechia
  17. Kenna SecurityBoard Member2018 — 2021Greater Chicago Area
  18. NewVoiceMediaBoard Member2013 — 2020Basingstoke, UK
  19. Social Tables (acq. Cvent)Board Member2014 — 2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  20. ThreatTrack Security Inc. (acq)Board Member2013 — 2019Clearwater, Florida

Skills & more

Picking WinnersDigital Media8Venture Capital67Investments19Entrepreneur1Capital Markets21M&A execution1Online RetailSaaS10Early-stage Startups2Private Equity12Secondary Market
+8 moreEntrepreneurshipFinancial ServicesMarket StructureCorporate DevelopmentTradingHedge FundsStart-upsSecurities

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Colleagues at Bessemer Venture Associates

Adam R. Fisher
General Partner at Bessemer Venture Associates
Brian Feinstein
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Byron Deeter
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
David J. Cowan
General Partner at Bessemer Venture Associates
Jeremy Levine
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Richard Kent Bennett
General Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Sameer Dholakia
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Sandra Grippo
General Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alex R. Ferrara?
Alex R. Ferrara is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and a board member at Auterion. He earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1990s and began his career as a Java and C++ developer before serving as head of engineering at two startups. Over roughly 20 years at Bessemer, he has invested in small business software, cybersecurity, and deep tech and defense tech, led the Series A for Shopify, and relocated to London in 2021 to open the firm's Europe office, where his current focus includes AI, defense tech, space tech, and advanced industrial manufacturing.
Where does Alex R. Ferrara work?
Alex R. Ferrara is General Partner at Bessemer Venture Associates and Board director at Auterion and Board director at Social Tables and Board director at Wandera.
Where did Alex R. Ferrara go to school?
Alex R. Ferrara studied at University of Pennsylvania (BSE, Electrical Engineering); Columbia Business School (MBA, Finance); Horace Greeley High School.

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