Cybersecurity startup trends of 2022 - Bessemer Venture Partners
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Alex Ferrara
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
London, England
Overview
Alex Ferrara is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in London, known for expertise in picking winners and making successful investments in early-stage startups. With a strong track record in digital media and venture capital, he has served on the boards of numerous successful companies like BigID, Kenna Security, and Pipedrive.
Ferrara's career highlights include investing in a variety of successful companies at different stages, such as Optibus in Series D and GetAccept in Series B, showcasing his ability to identify and support promising ventures across various sectors like cybersecurity, SaaS, and consumer internet.
Work Experience
Board Member
2024 - Current
Board Observer
2023
Cloud cost management
Board Observer
2023
Autonomous robots for industrial inspection
Board Member
2022
Managed cyber security detection and response and cyber insurance for SMEs.
Board Member
2022
Looking for game
Board Member
2021
Next generation SIEM leveraging cloud data warehouses
Board Member
2021
Vertical SaaS for urban mobility (bus planning, scheduling and operations cloud software)
Board Member
2020
Sales enablement software
GetAccept is an all-in-one sales enablement solution that assists B2B sales reps in closing remote deals.
Raised $28,720,000.00 from BootstrapLabs, Amino Capital, Revaia, Robin Haak and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Board Member
2019
BigID is a data intelligence company that helps organizations discover, manage, and protect sensitive information.
Raised $306,099,999.00 from Riverwood Capital, Advent International and Silver Lake Waterman.
Board Member
2015
Acquired by Vista Equity Partners
Pipedrive is a software company that offers cloud-based sales management platform design and management services for CRM solutions.
Raised $90,203,108.00 from Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, Rembrandt Venture Partners, DTCP, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Insight Partners.
Education
Investments
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