Where does Kent Bennett work?

Kent Bennett is Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and Board director at Newton Research and Board director at Bold Metrics and Board director at Winc.

What check size does Kent Bennett write?

Kent Bennett typically writes checks of $50K – $100M.

What companies has Kent Bennett invested in?

Investments tracked here include Toast.

Where did Kent Bennett go to school?

Kent Bennett studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); University of Virginia (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Systems Engineering).

Does Kent Bennett lead rounds?

Yes — Kent Bennett has led 1 tracked investment.

Kent Bennett

Investor

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners · Board director at Newton Research · Board director at Bold Metrics · Board director at Winc

Boston

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

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888 people in our graph share verified history with Kent — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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×2Kent: together at Techstars

×4Kent: together at Harvard Business School

About

Kent Bennett is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Boston, focusing on B2B application software and consumer-related investments. Before joining venture capital, he worked as a creative executive for an entertainment production company and began his career as a consultant at Bain & Co. across multiple industries. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude in systems engineering from the University of Virginia.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS

Board director at Newton Research

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Newton Research's investors · 2

Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Newton Research

Matthew EmansExecutive Officer, Director

Steven BennettFounder

Board director at Bold Metrics

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Bold Metrics's investors · 6

Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2022 Corsa VenturesAustin · since 2022 GeekdomSan Antonio · $50K – $500K checks · since 2022 Lytical VenturesNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022 TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks · since 2022 Valuestream VenturesMiami · $250K – $10M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Bold Metrics

Daina BurnesExecutive Officer, Director

Morgan LintonDirector

Board director at Winc

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Winc's investors · 6

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2012 Amplify.LALos Angeles · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021 Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2021 DFF VenturesAmsterdam · $275K – $2.8M checks · since 2022 Multiplier CapitalWashington · $3M – $15M checks · since 2021 Rubio Impact VenturesAmsterdam · since 2022

Co-founders at Winc

Brian SmithExecutive Officer, Director

Geoffrey McFarlaneExecutive Officer, Director

Geoff McFarlane

Mark T. Lynn

Xander Oxman

Experience

Bessemer Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2008 — present
The Capital NetworkBoard Member2012 — 2021Greater Boston Area
Bridgewater AssociatesSummer Associate2007
GoogleOnline Sales & Operations MBA Intern2007
Licht EntertainmentWriter/producer2003 — 2006
Bain & CompanySenior Associate Consultant2000 — 2003

Skills & more

Venture Capital82Entrepreneurship26Private Equity11Start-ups50Strategy32Corporate Development23Mergers1Due Diligence9Business Strategy16Product Management10Financial Modeling7Management Consulting11

From Kent's professional profile.

Investments

Led

Toast

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Bessemer Venture Partners

Adam Fisher

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Aditya Nidmarti

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Aia Sarycheva

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alex Ferrara

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alex Yuditski

Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Alexandra Sukin

Senior Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners

Amit Karp

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kent Bennett?: Kent Bennett is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Boston, focusing on B2B application software and consumer-related investments. Before joining venture capital, he worked as a creative executive for an entertainment production company and began his career as a consultant at Bain & Co. across multiple industries. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude in systems engineering from the University of Virginia.
Where does Kent Bennett work?: Kent Bennett is Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and Board director at Newton Research and Board director at Bold Metrics and Board director at Winc.
What does Kent Bennett invest in?: Kent Bennett invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Kent Bennett write?: Kent Bennett typically writes checks of $50K – $100M.
What companies has Kent Bennett invested in?: Investments tracked here include Toast.
Where did Kent Bennett go to school?: Kent Bennett studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); University of Virginia (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Systems Engineering).
Does Kent Bennett lead rounds?: Yes — Kent Bennett has led 1 tracked investment.

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