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Byron Deeter

Investor

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Atherton, CA

Writes $50K – $100M checks · typically $25M

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About

Byron Deeter is Bessemer's best-known cloud investor, with 13 portfolio IPOs including Twilio, DocuSign, HashiCorp and ServiceTitan, plus stakes in Canva and Anthropic. A SaaS founder himself — his company Trigo was acquired by IBM in 2004 — he helped create Bessemer's State of the Cloud reports and the Cloud 100 ranking. He led ServiceTitan's Series A a decade before its roughly $9 billion IPO in late 2024.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. Bessemer Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2005 — present
  2. San Francisco 49ersPartner/Owner/Fancurrent2025 — present
  3. AnthropicInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  4. WaymoInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  5. ServiceTitanBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  6. CanvaInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  7. MaintainXBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  8. PerplexityInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  9. ClickHouseInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  10. Procore TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2014 — presentSanta Barbara County, California, United States
  11. Leeds UnitedPartner/Owner/Fancurrent2025 — present
  12. UC Berkeley FoundationMember Board of Trusteescurrent2025 — present
  13. U.S. Olympic & Paralympic FoundationBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentUnited States
  14. IntercomInvestorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.Board Membercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  16. Guild EducationBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentDenver Metropolitan Area
  17. ShopmonkeyBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  18. LaunchDarklyInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  19. VidyardBoard Membercurrent2014 — presentKitchener, Ontario, Canada
  20. SyndioInvestorcurrent2020 — present

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors, PEIS1992 — 1996

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Strategic Partnerships88SaaS99Enterprise Software42Start-ups99Cloud Computing53Business Development86Investments7Analytics11E-commerce7Business Strategy12Entrepreneurship46
+12 moreProduct MarketingProduct ManagementDue DiligenceSalesforce.comGo-to-market StrategyStrategySEMMarketing StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Cross-functional Team LeadershipLead GenerationDemand Generation

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Deals · 6

MaintainXBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Jul 2025 · $150M raise

Sila NanotechnologiesBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Jul 2024 · $500M raise

ZyloBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Feb 2023 · $36.7M raise

TwilioBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Jul 2021 · $378.2M raise

ServiceTitan, Inc.Board seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Jul 2021 · $200M raise

ShopmonkeyBoard seat

via Bessemer Venture Partners · filed Aug 2020 · $25M raise

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Podcasts & interviews

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