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Bessemer Venture Partners Viii L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
8 additional principals, 8 additional placement agents
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- -25%reported GAV
Reported gross assets fell from $1.38B to $1.03B 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.
Drawing the relationship network…
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2010basis: 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
- $715Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-152670, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $615Mas of the filing of Apr 13, 2011, 4 investors
- First sale
- Dec 30, 2010
- Reported GAV
- $1.0Bon the Form ADV filed May 13, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 92
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 29, 2012 to May 13, 2026
- Structure
- master
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.Unknown
latest Form D 2011-04-13, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Apr 13, 2011.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 16first sale: Dec 30, 2010vintage year: 2010adv gav as of: May 13, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $615Mform d offering: $715Mform d latest filed at: Apr 13, 2011
The fund's own reporting through time
23 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $613M | 33 | $100,000 | 7% | no | |
| Jul 12, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $613M | 33 | $100,000 | 7% | no | |
| Mar 28, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $619M | 33 | $100,000 | 8% | no | |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $662M | 40 | $100,000 | 8% | no | |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $662M | 40 | $100,000 | 8% | no | |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $783M | 40 | $100,000 | 8% | no | |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $924M | 45 | $100,000 | 8% | no | |
| Mar 30, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $981M | 51 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $981M | 51 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $970M | 49 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $970M | 49 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.2B | 57 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.3B | 56 | $100,000 | 11% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.1B | 55 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.1B | 55 | $100,000 | 12% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.5B | 60 | $100,000 | 11% | yes | |
| May 13, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.5B | 60 | $100,000 | 11% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.5B | 64 | $100,000 | 11% | yes | |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.5B | 64 | $100,000 | 11% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.4B | 81 | $100,000 | 10% | yes | |
| May 8, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.4B | 81 | $100,000 | 10% | yes | |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.4B | 81 | $100,000 | 10% | yes | |
| May 13, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.0B | 92 | $100,000 | 8% |
Principals and agents
11 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- J. Edmund Colloton Executive Officer/Director
- Robert M. Stavis Director
- David J. Cowan Director
Service providers
11 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
- CustodianBROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS · LAKE SUCCESS, New York, 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.1 relationship, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
| Allocator | Type | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | FOUNDATION | $93.8M fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
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
3 events
- Mar 29, 2012Bessemer Venture Partners Viii L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Bessemer Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $612,724,385Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Apr 13, 2011Bessemer Venture Partners VIII L.P. filed Form D/A: $615,100,000 sold of $715,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Dec 29, 20101865b L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
31 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: CAYMAN ISLANDS Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: CAYMAN ISLANDS Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $615M Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $715M Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06 Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06 Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2010-12-30 Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 4 Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Office address: Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Office address: Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2010 Apr 13, 2011 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2010 Dec 29, 2010 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
on 2 other DFX graphs
Across the graphs
Bessemer Venture Partners Viii L.P. is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and RIA and Wealth.
Allocators1RIA and Wealth1
DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2012-03-29source on record
- Form D filed2011-04-13source on record
- Form D filed2010-12-29source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.