Investing Profile

Sameer Dholakia

InvestorVCAngelFormer CEO
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Investor, Board Member, Former CEO
bvp.com/team/sameer-dholakia/San Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Sameer is a member of
Stanford University Network
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Stanford University Network
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Harvard Business School Network
434 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
50 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Bessemer Venture Partners Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $250.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
7
Current Fund Size
$1.85B

Sameer Dholakia is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sameer Dholakia's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Legora
Series COct 2025$150M
$270M
Co-investors: Jacob Effron (Redpoint Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Logan Bartlett (Redpoint Ventures), Seth Pierrepont (ICONIQ Capital), Ryan Morgan (Antiportfolio Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100)
EvenUp
Series EOct 2025$150M
Series DOct 2024$140M
Series BApr 2023$51M
$370M
Co-investors: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Sarah Hinkfuss (Bain Capital Ventures), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Morgan Beller (NFX), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund)
Valence
Series BSep 2025$50M
$75M
Co-investors: Katie Bullard (Insight Partners), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Fieldguide
Series BMar 2024$30M
$50M
Co-investors: Arjun Chopra (Floodgate), Alex Moore (8VC), Ellen Ma (UpHonest Capital), Ivy Nguyen (Autotech Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator)
Reprise
Series BNov 2021$62M
$82M
Co-investors: Rudina Seseri (Glasswing Ventures), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jayni Shah (Fifth Down Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Howie Liu, Trevor Noah

Sameer Dholakia's Experience

Board Member Auth02020 - 2021
CEO - Twilio SendGrid Twilio Inc.2019 - 2020
CEO SendGrid2014 - 2019
Group VP and GM, Cloud Platforms Group Citrix Systems2011 - 2014
VP Marketing Citrix Systems2010 - 2011
CEO VMLogix, Inc.2007 - 2010
Client Partner Trilogy2004 - 2007
VP Strategic Alliances Trilogy1999 - 2002
Director, Automotive Business Development Trilogy1998 - 1999
Director, Pricing Product Group Trilogy1995 - 1998
Partner Bessemer Venture Partners2022 - Present
Board Member ServiceTitan2021 - Present
Board Member PagerDuty2019 - Present

Sameer Dholakia's Education

Harvard Business School MBA Emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Technology
Stanford University MA Organizational Studies
Stanford University BA Economics