Bessemer Venture Partners Promotes Kate Walker

<p>Bessemer Venture Partners has promoted Kate Walker to Vice President&period; She joined the firm in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kate primarily focuses on early-stage vertical software and internet opportunities&period; As a creative and strategic investor&comma; Kate works closely with portfolio companies to develop go-to-market strategies and operating plans&comma; recruit talent&comma; and navigate key decisions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In her time at Bessemer&comma; Kate has helped spearhead investments across the Seed through Series B stages&period; She sourced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;houserx&period;com&sol;">HouseRX<&sol;a> and works closely with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;archy&period;com&sol;">Archy Dental<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;beyondpricing&period;com&sol;">Beyond<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;loveseat&period;com&sol;">Loveseat<&sol;a>&comma; while also serving on the board of an unannounced seed stage vertical software investment&period; She is also involved with the firm&&num;8217&semi;s investments in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;deepl&period;com&sol;translator-mobile">DeepL<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;formally&period;com&sol;">Formally<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;livekindred&period;com&sol;">Kindred<&sol;a>&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of Kate’s superpowers is building community&period; She has a knack for identifying and earning the trust of ambitious founders&period; She always rolls up her sleeves to support entrepreneurs with advice&comma; relationships&comma; and empathy&comma;” said Talia Goldberg&comma; partner at Bessemer Venture Partners&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Founders are lucky to have her on their team&period; Kate has made valuable contributions to Bessemer&period; We are excited to see her continue to shine&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Venture capital is at its core a people business&period; I’m fortunate to spend my days meeting with entrepreneurs that are at the forefront of technological innovation&comma;” said Kate&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As an engineer by training&comma; I love working with technical founders looking to take groundbreaking products and usher them to market&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kate began her career at Goldman Sachs before joining the investing team at Geodesic Capital&period; She received her bachelor’s degree in Science&comma; Technology&comma; and Society with a concentration in computer science from Stanford University&comma; and later an MBA from Harvard Business School&period; Kate is a longstanding member of organizations supporting women in finance and tech&semi; she started <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;synergistnetwork&period;com&sol;">Synergist Network<&sol;a> and is actively involved with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;allraise&period;org&sol;">All Raise<&sol;a> and its VC Careers team&comma; which helps women to break into and succeed in venture capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;