Following what now has become a personal tradition, I’ll try to look into my (non-existing) crystal ball to predict three major trends for next year. But before we dive into the 2021 predictions, let’s look how my 2020 predictions turned out, ranking each on a one to five scale. How accurate were my 2020 predictions? 1…

Since several people asked, below is the English translation of my father telling his personal story as a pilot in the Yom Kippur war. The short interview was conducted in 2015 by Israeli newspaper Globes. “When the war started, I was a 24 year old Technion student and a young…

As I have done in the past, I’ll retake my chances at predicting three major trends for next year. However, before we forecast the 2020 venture and tech trends, I’ll look back on how a few of my predictions from 2019 panned out. To measure how my predictions tracked, I’ll…

The Endpoint Security market is a land grab game, as demonstrated by CrowdStrike’s incredible IPO Yesterday, CrowdStrike rallied more than 70% on its first day of a publicly traded company, closing the day at a whopping $11.5 Billion market cap. The successful IPO can be attributed to an impressive ARR…

Only four months ago when the stock market tanked, it seemed like we are heading up for a very tough year. However, so far, it’s been a phenomenal year for Israeli startups– one of the best starts to a year I can remember. …

I am going to take again the risk of looking foolish a year from now by predicting three major trends for 2019. But first, let’s look at my 2018 predictions (which turned out to be pretty accurate, so it’s fine if I blow it this time): 2018 predictions Bitcoin will crash- this…

Bessemer Venture Partners is looking for a Senior Associate / Associate to join our firm and work with Israel-based partner Adam Fisher. If you are considering landing a job in VC- here are a few tips: https://medium.com/@amitkarp/consider-this-advice-when-trying-to-land-a-job-in-vc-31401b0f4ad7 If you want to know why Bessemer is a great place to work…

The benefits of subscription-based services are by now very well-known, and while in the past we had to convince startups to shift to a recurring revenue model, almost all startups these days try to implement one. …

Last week Forbes released the 3rd annual Forbes Cloud 100 list, which includes the world’s top 100 private cloud companies. This list is compiled in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures. …