Alex Ferrara
Partner / Seed/Early
London, UK
About Alex
Alex Ferrara is a partner based in Bessemer's London office where he leads Bessemer's European efforts and primarily focuses on B2B SaaS, fintech, and cybersecurity.
Alex joined Bessemer in 2005. He led Shopify’s Series A in 2010, Pipedrive’s Series A in 2015, and has backed a range of successful cybersecurity startups.
Alex is a recovering gamer, avid cyclist, and trying to learn tennis.
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Act: Proactive cloud security
Bessemer Venture Partners backs Act Security from seed to Series A—company emerges from stealth with $60M to eliminate the access paths behind security breaches in the AI era.
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Building premier pet healthcare with Vetic
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Vetic’s $40M round to build India’s first fully connected pet healthcare platform
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50 startups transforming industries with physical AI
After decades of promise, autonomous systems and robotics are moving from labs to factory floors and households — powered by breakthroughs in AI and hardware.
Roadmap
Defense tech roadmap: Five frontiers for 2026
Defense tech has advanced more in the past twenty-four months than in the previous three decades, with startups leading the charge on key pillars of innovation.
Roadmap
Roadmap: European resilience
An overview on our emerging investments aimed to protect democratic values and sovereignty in Europe through technology and innovation.
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The future of defense is software-defined autonomy: our investment in Auterion
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Auterion's $130 million Series B to scale AI-enabled autonomous systems for defense.