Elliott Robinson

Getting to know Elliott

In college, Elliott pursued his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. He conducted research on stock market data using radial neural networks with the goal of building the next generation of financial services software. His work earned him a research award and caught the attention of a college board member who ran a venture capital fund and who offered Elliott a summer internship at the firm. There, Elliott fell in love with venture capital and has dedicated his career to investing and supporting entrepreneurs ever since.

Prior to joining Bessemer, Elliott had the opportunity to partner with the digital health company Livongo. Although health tech was not Elliott’s focus area, he noticed strong signals of product-market fit and clear founder-market fit with Glen Tullman at the helm— an entrepreneur with a personal passion for the company’s mission and deep healthcare industry experience. When Elliott invested in Livongo’s Series C, the company’s revenue run rate was under $10 million. Just three years later, Livongo went public and was ultimately acquired by Teladoc for $18 billion.

Elliott co-leads the growth investment practice at Bessemer, partnering with companies at the Series B stage and later. His goal is to help these businesses scale from generating five to ten million dollars in annual recurring (ARR) revenue to becoming what Bessemer calls “Centaurs” — companies that reach $100 million in ARR). As they’re building and growing, Elliott encourages his teams to hire and bring together a group of people with diverse perspectives, experiences, and work styles in order to create more effective organizations. Based on his own experiences and those of his network, Elliott believes embracing diversity and honoring people’s individuality leads to better business outcomes and creates a more fulfilling (and fun!) work environment for everyone involved.

Music is one of Elliott’s great passions. He loves to DJ at home on Saturday mornings before his family wakes up. This is his happy place — putting on headphones, discovering new music, and blending it with songs that he grew up with. Although he loves 90s hip hop and EDM, particularly deep house, Elliott considers Sade to be the greatest musical artist of all time. Her music never fails to put him in a good mood.