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
155
Current Fund Size
$1.85B

David Cowan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

David Cowan's Investments On Record (74)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
ChipAgents
Series AJul 2026$60M
Series AFeb 2026$50M
Series AOct 2025$21M
$130M
Co-investors: Wen Hsieh (Matter Venture Partners), Daisy Cai (Binhai Venture Capital (Tianjin Binhai VC Investment Management Co., Ltd.))
Picogrid
Series AMay 2026$45M
$57M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni 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 (The Business Bank of St. Louis), Daegwon Chae (Bond)
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)
Bezi
Series UnknownJan 2026
$13M
Co-investors: Susan Liu (Uncork Capital), Chetan Puttagunta (Benchmark), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Akshay Kothari, Suhail Doshi, Arash Ferdowsi

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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