Investing Profile

David Cowan

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Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

bvp.com/team/david-cowanRedwood City, California

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Current Investing Position

Bessemer Venture Partners Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $250.0M

Sweet Spot

$25.0M

Investments On Record

156

Current Fund Size

$1.85B

David Cowan's Investments On Record (75)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
ChipAgents	Series AJul 2026$60M Series AFeb 2026$50M Series AOct 2025$21M	$130M
Co-investors: Daisy Cai (Binhai Venture Capital (Tianjin Binhai VC Investment Management Co., Ltd.)), Wen Hsieh (Kleiner Perkins)
Verse	Series BJun 2026$54M	$88M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Andy Chen (Coatue), Andrew Wheeler (GV (Google Ventures)), Cody Simms (MCJ Collective), Davis Auksmuksts (Plug and Play Tech Center), Roni Hiranand (Vectr Ventures), Nicholas Shekerdemian (The Venture Collective (TVC)), Paul Forster (Tech - early stage investor), Martin Varsavsky (Prelude Fertility), Alan Patricof (Primetime Partners), Alain Rodermann (Expon Capital), Marc Gendebien (Expon Capital), Jerome Wittamer (Expon Capital), Rodrigo Sepulveda (Expon Capital), Bernardo Hernandez (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Peter Pastewka (Pastewka Family Holdings), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Greg Kidd (globaliD), Charlie Songhurst, Omid Ashtari
Picogrid	Series AMay 2026$45M	$57M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Gabe Dominocielo (Domino Ventures)
Furientis	Pre SeedMay 2026$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Andrea Wang (SV Angel), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Nkechi Iregbulem (Modyfi)
Halter	Series EMar 2026$220M Series DJun 2025$99M Series CMar 2023$53M	$420M
Co-investors: Amin Mirzadegan (Founders Fund), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Peter Beck (Rocket Lab), Samantha Wong (Blackbird Ventures), Tess Hatch (Stifel Bank), Daegwon Chae (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
NODA AI	Series AFeb 2026$25M	$25M
Co-investors: Brian Keil (Chestnut Street Ventures)
Breaker	SeedFeb 2026$6M	$7M
Co-investors: Mike Zimmerman (Main Sequence Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund)
Waymo	Series DFeb 2026$16B	$16B
Co-investors: David Krane (GV (Google Ventures)), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jared Middleman (Dragoneer Investment Group), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global)

David Cowan's Experience

Co-writer, co-star BubbleProof2017 - Present

Performing Member Voices in Harmony2006 - Present

Partner Bessemer Venture Partners1992 - Present

Board Member Terra Bella (a Planet company)Present

Board Member Skybox ImagingPresent

Board Member EndgamePresent

Board Member Defense.NetPresent

Board Member iSIGHT PartnersPresent

Board Member Auth0Present

Board Member Rocket Lab USAPresent

Producer Moving CapitalPresent

Emmy-nominated Producer and Director Moving CapitalPresent

Director, Writer Moving CapitalPresent

Board Member ClarotyPresent

Board Trustee Moving CapitalPresent

Board Trustee Center for InquiryPresent

Co-writer, co-star Moving CapitalPresent

Board Member Velo3DPresent

Board Member Rigetti ComputingPresent

Board Member XanaduPresent

Chairman, Co-Founder VERISIGNPresent

CEO Good Powered by BlackBerryPresent

Director, Writer Lies in the Attic2016 - 2016

CEO Good Technology1996 - 1997

Chairman, Co-Founder VeriSign1995 - 1995

David Cowan's Education

Harvard University bachelors, bachelor of arts computer science and mathematics, computer science, mathematics

Harvard Business School MBA

Harvard University AB Computer Science and Mathematics

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