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Jeremy Levine

Partner
New York City

Biography

Jeremy Levine is a partner in Bessemer’s New York office. He joined the firm in 2001 and focuses primarily on software and Internet opportunities. He has led investments for Bessemer in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Five of his early stage investments—LinkedIn, MindBody, Pinterest, Shopify and Yelp—grew into billion-dollar publicly traded companies. In addition, he has also served on the boards of several portfolio companies before they were acquired by larger corporations such as Amazon, Cox, Sony and Naspers.

Jeremy graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science and economics.

Learn more about many of the entrepreneurs Jeremy has backed by listening to This is Series A and hear more about his investing outlook and Bessemer’s approach to the venture capital business on this episode of Invest Like the Best.

Portfolio Highlights

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“While I deeply admire and respect founders, I’m no cheerleader.”

Portfolio Companies

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Datalot

ACQUIRED BY: LIGHTYEAR CAPITAL
Enterprise
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Datalot

Datalot is a provider of mobile and web marketing technology services designed to connect consumers with insurance carriers and agents.

ACQUIRED BY: LIGHTYEAR CAPITAL

Investors

Jeremy Levine

Founded

2009

Partnered

2009

Roadmaps

Enterprise

LinkedIn

NYSE: LNKD / ACQUIRED BY: MICROSOFT
Consumer Cloud Enterprise
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LinkedIn

LinkedIn operates the world's largest professional network. In May 2011, LinkedIn went public (NYSE: LNKD) and in 2016, was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

NYSE: LNKD / ACQUIRED BY: MICROSOFT

Founded

2002

Partnered

2006

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Cloud Consumer Enterprise

Investment Memo

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Mindbody

ACQUIRED BY: VISTA EQUITY PARTNERS
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Mindbody

Mindbody is a business management software for yoga and pilates studios, fitness facilities, spas, salons, and other retail clients.

In June 2015, Mindbody went public (NASDAQ: MB).

After four years as a public company, MindBody went private in 2019 when it was acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $2 billion.

ACQUIRED BY: VISTA EQUITY PARTNERS

Investors

Jeremy Levine

Founded

2001

Partnered

2010

Investment Memo

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Pinterest

NYSE: PINS

Quidsi (fka Diapers.com)

ACQUIRED BY: AMAZON
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Quidsi (fka Diapers.com)

Quidsi is one of the world's fastest growing e-commerce companies and parent of Diapers.com (baby care), Soap.com (household essentials) and BeautyBar.com (prestige beauty). In April 2011, the company was acquired by Amazon.

ACQUIRED BY: AMAZON

Investors

Jeremy Levine

Founded

2005

Partnered

2007

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Stubhub

Bessemer originally invested in Viagogo in 2012 and then helped finance the company’s acquisition of StubHub from eBay in 2020. The combined company is the leading global event ticketing marketplace on the Internet.

Founded

2005

Partnered

2012

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