Amit Karp is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Israel, focusing on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise software. He previously worked at McKinsey and Mercado.

What Amit can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Bessemer Venture Partners writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Mercado · developer and Product Manager
  2. McKinsey & Company · senior associate
  3. Bessemer Venture Partners · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

AxoniusTorqLegitAstrixSentraPortAppwriteFireboltNetdataZoominQogitaOtonomo

Focus

cybersecuritycloud infrastructureiotenterprise softwaresaas

Education

MIT Sloan School of Management, MBATechnion, the Israel Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in computer science

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Who is Amit Karp?

Amit Karp is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Israel, focusing on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise software. He previously worked at McKinsey and Mercado.

How much does Amit Karp invest?

Amit Karp invests through Bessemer Venture Partners, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Amit Karp?

A warm intro from a founder Bessemer Venture Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Amit Karp do before Bessemer Venture Partners?

developer and Product Manager at Mercado; senior associate at McKinsey & Company.

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