Brian Feinstein

Partner

Brian is a partner in the San Francisco office and he focuses on investments in enterprise software. He is passionate about working with founders who are shaping their industries and often don’t fit the Silicon Valley mold.

Brian has been at Bessemer since 2008 and has invested in 5 companies that have gone public. Brian led the first institutional investments in Procore (IPO), Wildlife Studios, Restaurant365, Enjoei (IPO), and Ada, early-stage investments in Weave, Mambu, TractionGuest, and Clio*, and growth-stage investments in nCino (IPO) and Bumble (IPO). Brian also led growth buyouts of LiveAuctioneers* and Beyond.

During his time at Bessemer, Brian supported investments in Gainsight, Mindbody (IPO), Playdom* and helped found Columbia Lake Partners, a European venture debt fund. Prior to Bessemer, Brian worked in the private equity group at Blackstone and founded an online advertising agency.

Brian graduated from Harvard University and sits on the board of the Heckscher Foundation for Children.

“People say venture capital is a pattern-recognition business, however, the biggest opportunities exist where those patterns break.”

Companies

^* NYSE: PCOR

Procore

NYSE: PCOR

Procore provides cloud-based construction management software. Procore (PCOR) went public in May 2021.

^* NASDAQ: NCNO

nCino

NASDAQ: NCNO

nCino is the worldwide leader in cloud banking. nCino went public in July 2020 (NASDAQ: NCNO).

^* NYSE: WEAV

Weave

NYSE: WEAV

Weave is a communication company helping practitioners increase and maintain their patient base by building stronger relationships.

Weave became a public company in November 2021.

Restaurant365

Restaurant365 is a restaurant software development company focused exclusively on the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Beyond

Beyond (formerly Beyond Pricing) is the world's first revenue management solution for short-term rental managers and owners to get grow and keep revenue.

Bumble ^*

Bumble

NASDAQ: BMBL

Bumble is the first app to bring dating, friend-finding, and career-building into a single social networking platform.

Bumble went public in February 2021 (NASDAQ: BMBL).

CaptivateIQ

CaptivateIQ empowers customer-facing teams with clarity into their compensation plans so people can work smarter.

Clio

Clio is a suite of web-based tools that helps law firms in practice management and client collaboration.

Enjoei ^*

Enjoei

B3SA: ENJU3

Enjoei is a Brazilian company that provides e-commerce web solutions through mobile apps. Enjoei (ENJU3) was listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange in November 2020.

Gainsight ^*

Gainsight

ACQUIRED BY: VISTA EQUITY PARTNERS

Gainsight, the Customer Success company, helps businesses grow faster by reducing churn, increasing upsell, and driving customer advocacy. In November 2020, Gainsight was acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

LiveAuctioneers ^*

LiveAuctioneers

ACQUIRED BY: COVE HILL

LiveAuctioneers is an online marketplace for the auction of art, antiques and collectibles. LiveAuctioneers was sold to Cove Hill in May of 2019.

Mambu

Mambu is the leading SaaS banking engine powering modern digital financial services. It is the lean alternative to cumbersome core banking systems, a cloud-native solution driving open API-enabled architectures.

Traction Guest

Traction Guest is a leading developer of cloud-based visitor management systems (VMS), making hosting effortless, memorable, and safe.

Ualá

UALA is the leading online beauty booking marketplaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Greece.

Wildlife Studios

Wildlife Studios (formerly TFG) is a mobile games developer.