Talia Goldberg

Partner

Talia Goldberg is a partner in Bessemer’s San Francisco office and invests across consumer internet and software. She is focused on supporting teams that leverage AI to create new categories and progress the way we live and work. She looks for founders building radically better products with unique distribution models.

Talia joined Bessemer in 2013 and later became the youngest elected partner in firm history. She has partnered with DeepL, Discord, Lithic, Newfront Insurance, Papaya Global, Rupa Health, ServiceTitan, Shippo, Stubhub, Syndio, Teachable, and Toss, among others. Learn more about many of the entrepreneurs she has backed by listening to This is Series A. She was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital.

Talia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. Talia grew up in Portland, Oregon, which she insists is home to the best ice cream and pizza in America.

“Investors are there for the highs and the lows. I don’t look for founders that have all the answers. I look for founders that relish hard questions, are honest about what is and isn’t working, and have a learn-it-all mentality.”

Companies

Toss

Viva Republica, through its mobile app Toss, provides the simplest P2P mobile payments platform in Korea.

ServiceTitan

ServiceTitan provides a mobile, cloud-based management platform for home services businesses.

Shippo

Shippo helps businesses navigate the complexities of shipping.

Papaya Global

Papaya Global is reinventing global payroll, payments, and workforce management.

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.

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Clarity Money

ACQUIRED BY: GOLDMAN SACHS

Clarity Money is a leading app that helps consumers better manage their personal finances by harnessing the power of machine learning to provide actionable insights. In 2018, Clarity Money was acquired by Goldman Sachs.

DeepL

DeepL is a translation platform that offers artificial intelligence systems for different languages and communication.

Discord

Discord is a voice, video and text communication service used by over a hundred million people to hang out and talk with their friends and communities.

Fandom

Fandom runs a network of pop culture sites.

Kindred

Kindred is a trusted home swapping network that allows members to live a travel-centric lifestyle for a fraction of the cost of a hotel or vacation rental, enabling renters and homeowners to travel more affordably.

Lithic

Designed for developers, Lithic makes it simple to create payment cards to enable and control spending.

Loveseat

Loveseat is an online furniture auction marketplace for the best ways to get great deals on overstock, returned, vintage, and used home furniture.

Makersplace

MakersPlace is the premier market to discover, collect, and invest in truly rare and authentic digital artworks, by the world's leading artists and creators.

Newfront Insurance

Newfront is a modern insurance brokerage that leverages technology to vastly simplify the buying process for clients and the selling process for brokers.

Pave

Pave is a suite of real-time compensation tools to help companies plan and communicate compensation.

Pinterest ^*

NYSE: PINS

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. In April of 2019, Pinterest went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PINS).

Rupa Health

Rupa Health makes root cause medicine accessible to all, starting with a specialty lab ordering and diagnostics platform.

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Shopify

NYSE: SHOP

Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Shopify went public in May 2015 (NYSE: SHOP).

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.

Syndio

Syndio is an HR Analytics company focused on promoting fairness in the workplace.

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