Episode 34: Kent Bennett - Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Welcome to Episode 34 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For the 34th episode of our podcast, I interviewed Kent Bennett, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Kent’s career path into venture capital wasn’t typical. He was actually a Hollywood screenwriter before attending Harvard Business School and pursuing a career in venture. He now has 10 years of experience as a venture capitalist and has made investments in lots of high profile companies like Blue Apron, Toast (which just announced $115M in new funding at a $1.4B valuation), MealPal, Renoviso, and others. In this episode, we cover: -His experience as a screenwriter in Hollywood -How he got into venture capital -His investment criteria, and how to get on his radar -What to expect during your first meeting with him -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!