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Investor profile

Amit Karp

Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

About

Amit is a second-generation venture capital investor at Bessemer Venture Partners whose father was one of the early VCs backing Israel's startup scene in the 1990s, and he developed an early conviction-driven thesis around "asset management for security" that led him to lead Axonius's Series A when they had only a handful of customers and ~$400k ARR. He's known for backing founders over initial ideas and actively supporting pivots, as demonstrated when he encouraged the StackPulse team to reassess the market and pivot to become Torq, emphasizing that he backs founders rather than companies' initial ideas and stays in the trenches with them through major strategic shifts. Amit is a second-generation venture capital investor at Bessemer Venture Partners whose father was one of the early VCs backing Israel's startup scene in the 1990s, and he developed an early conviction-driven thesis around "asset management for security" that led him to lead Axonius's Series A when they had only a handful of customers and ~$400k ARR. He's known for backing founders over initial ideas and actively supporting pivots, as demonstrated when he encouraged the StackPulse team to reassess the market and pivot to become Torq, emphasizing that he backs founders rather than companies' initial ideas and stays in the trenches with them through major strategic shifts.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
FinTech
Consumer
Health
AI

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $100M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Canada
Israel
Asia-Pacific
Europe