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Investor profile

Anant Vidur Puri

Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

About

Anant Vidur Puri is a Bessemer Venture Partners partner who champions their roadmap-driven investing approach in India, spending months mapping sectors and defining evaluation frameworks before backing companies, rather than reacting to inbound deals. He has built a reputation as a marketplace specialist by leading Bessemer's investments in flagship Indian companies like Urban Company, Swiggy, and BigBasket, while developing a specific thesis that India's software talent and AI capabilities will help productise white-collar services into scalable global software companies. Anant Vidur Puri is a Bessemer Venture Partners partner who champions their roadmap-driven investing approach in India, spending months mapping sectors and defining evaluation frameworks before backing companies, rather than reacting to inbound deals. He has built a reputation as a marketplace specialist by leading Bessemer's investments in flagship Indian companies like Urban Company, Swiggy, and BigBasket, while developing a specific thesis that India's software talent and AI capabilities will help productise white-collar services into scalable global software companies.

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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