Bessemer Venture Partners
Associate, AI & Data Infrastructure
About this role
Bessemer Venture Partners seeks an Associate to source and evaluate early-stage investments in AI, data, and developer infrastructure. Working alongside experienced investors, you'll build relationships within technical communities, develop investment theses, and lead diligence on promising startups while supporting portfolio companies through their critical early growth phases.
What you'll do
- Embed in technical communities (meetups, forums, labs) to discover founders and build authentic relationships before they fundraise
- Source investment opportunities through network, research, and technical pattern-matching across emerging domains
- Develop and refine investment theses on evolving technical trends in compute, data infrastructure, and AI workflows
- Lead end-to-end diligence including technical reviews, customer interviews, competitive analysis, and investment recommendations
- Support portfolio company growth through hiring, strategic introductions, technical guidance, and fundraising preparation
- Collaborate across the investment team to identify opportunities and support colleagues
What they're looking for
- Strong technical foundation (CS degree, ML PhD, software engineering, or founding experience)
- Deep understanding of system architecture and design trade-offs
- Ability to evaluate technical feasibility and competitive positioning
- Community building and relationship development
- Independent analytical thinking and conviction-forming
- Due diligence and investment analysis
- Clear communication of complex ideas
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Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies across AI, data, and developer infrastructure. The company is hiring Associates to source and evaluate investment opportunities, build technical community relationships, develop investment strategies, and support portfolio company growth.
- Website
- bvp.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you identified an emerging technical trend before it was mainstream. How did you recognize the opportunity, and what did you do about it?
- Tell us about a relationship you've built in the tech community that led to something meaningful. How did you approach building that connection, and why do people want to spend time with you?