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Bessemer Venture Partners Ix Institutional L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
8 additional principals, 10 additional placement agents
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- -32%reported GAV
Reported gross assets fell from $1.57B to $1.07B between the Form ADV filings of 20 Jun 2024 and 13 May 2026.
The fund's assets as the adviser swears them, never its size or dry powder.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2015basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $7.1Bwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-228421, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $7.1Bas of the filing of Feb 25, 2015, 40 investors
- First sale
- Feb 13, 2015
- Reported GAV
- $1.1Bon the Form ADV filed May 13, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 40
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 26, 2015 to May 13, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2015-02-25: the stated $7.1bn offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Feb 25, 2015.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 11first sale: Feb 13, 2015vintage year: 2015adv gav as of: May 13, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $7.1Bform d offering: $7.1Bform d latest filed at: Feb 25, 2015
The fund's own reporting through time
18 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $718M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $706M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $702M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $702M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $749M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $749M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $898M | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.1B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.1B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.1B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.5B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| May 13, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.5B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.6B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| May 8, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.6B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.6B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% | yes | |
| May 13, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.1B | 40 | $10.0M | 1% |
Principals and agents
11 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- J. Edmund Colloton Director
- Deer IX & Co. L.P. Director
- Scott Ring Executive Officer
Service providers
13 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorDeloitte · NEW YORK, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed May 13, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianTHE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED · PORT LOUIS, MauritiusForm ADV filed May 13, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianCOMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. · PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, United StatesForm ADV filed May 13, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
4 events
- Mar 26, 2015Bessemer Venture Partners Ix Institutional L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Bessemer Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $718,181,818Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Feb 27, 2015Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. filed Form D/A: $711,000,000 sold of $711,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Feb 25, 2015Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. filed Form D/A: $7,110,000,000 sold of $7,110,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Nov 17, 2014Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
47 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: CAYMAN ISLANDS Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: CAYMAN ISLANDS Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: CAYMAN ISLANDS Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $711M Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $7.1B Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $711M Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $7.1B Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7 Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7 Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7 Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2015-02-13 Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2015-02-13 Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 40 Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 40 Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 5,000,000 Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 5,000,000 Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Office address: Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Office address: Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Office address: Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2014 Feb 27, 2015 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2014 Feb 25, 2015 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2014 Nov 17, 2014 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Bessemer Venture Partners Ix Institutional L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
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Record history
4 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2015-03-26source on record
- Form D filed2015-02-27source on record
- Form D filed2015-02-25source on record
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