Kent Bennett

Partner / Seed/Early

Boston, US

Kent Bennett

About Kent

Kent Bennett is a partner in Bessemer’s Boston office focusing on B2B application software and consumer “earthquakes.”

Before his career in venture capital, Kent was a creative executive for an entertainment production company, where he developed and sold original material including a network television pilot and a feature film. He began his career with Bain & Co., where he worked on projects in industries spanning IT, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and biotech.

Kent earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and graduated summa cum laude in systems engineering from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.

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