Sam Bondy
Vice President / Growth
San Francisco Bay Area, US

About Sam
Sam is a vice president based out of San Francisco and primarily focuses on early and growth stage cloud and AI.
Prior to venture capital, Sam began his career in Technology, Media, and Telecommunications investment banking at J.P. Morgan where he focused on M&A and capital markets transactions for both private and public companies. He then joined Harvest Partners, a private equity firm in New York, focusing on software and business services buyout. Most recently, Sam moved into earlier stage investing where he worked at Soma Capital primarily focusing on software and fintech.
Sam grew up in New York City and first attended McGill University in Montreal, before graduating summa cum laude from SUNY Binghamton where he received a B.A. in Economics. Outside of work, he is an aspiring outdoorsman, a (very) novice golfer, skier, surfer, and loves to run, read, travel, and listen to podcasts.
Latest News & Research
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Fireworks: the inference layer for the open model era
Bessemer Venture Partners joins Fireworks' $1.5B Series D, backing the leading training and inference platform for open models as the company crosses $1B in ARR.

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Inside the biggest bet in corporate history
The hyperscalers keep raising their stakes on AI capex and will soon have $8T+ in the pot. Is this brilliant or reckless?

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Legora: The fastest enterprise business to reach $100M ARR
Surpassing Centaur status in just 18 months, Legora has become the definitive leader in vertical AI software.

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Powering the future: The path to commercial fusion energy with Inertia Enterprises
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Inertia Enterprises $450M Series A to bring proven fusion science to the grid.

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Building Legora’s collaborative AI platform for legal workflow automation
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Legora’s $150M Series C to become the global operating system for legal work.

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MaintainX scales asset and work intelligence data for industrial operations
Bessemer Venture Partners doubles down to co-lead MaintainX’s $150M Series D as the company delivers next-generation AI-powered maintenance and asset management to prevent unplanned downtime and drive top-line growth.





