Anant Vidur Puri
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
· Bangalore, India
Check size
Recent cheques $6.7M–$28M
Lead stage
seed
Deals tracked
15
Sectors
AI, Consumer
AI
Consumer
Data & Cloud
Marketplaces
SaaS
Enterprise AI
seed
Series A
Series B
Seed
India
Southeast Asia
About Anant
Anant Vidur Puri is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners focused on enterprise AI, SaaS, and consumer technology across India and Southeast Asia. He manages a diversified portfolio spanning marketplaces, fintech, healthtech, and software platforms, with a track record of sourcing category-defining exits including Swiggy and UrbanCompany. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Puri combines deep India-market expertise with global venture capital infrastructure
Investment thesis
Backs early-stage consumer technology, internet marketplaces, and India-built SaaS and enterprise AI companies.
Anant Vidur Puri is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners' Bangalore office, focusing on high-potential opportunities in internet marketplaces and India SaaS. He backs early-stage consumer technology, internet marketplaces, and India-built SaaS and enterprise AI companies. His investment approach emphasizes founders with passion for their problem, tenacity, and resilience. He deploys capital across seed and early-stage rounds, with particular conviction in AI-enabled services, consumer internet, mobile technology, and vertical SaaS sectors in India and Southeast Asia
Investment philosophy
Anant Vidur Puri partners closely with early-stage founders to help them find product-market fit, gain traction, and scale into market leaders. His current focus combines India consumer technology and internet marketplaces with enterprise and vertical SaaS built in India and Southeast Asia for global markets.
Investment focus
Enterprise SaaS and AI-native software built from India/SEA for global markets, alongside consumer technology platforms in high-growth emerging markets. Thesis emphasizes verticalised AI services, workflow automation, and teams with genuine AI-native capabilities
Areas of expertise
Recent activity
Live platform data · proprietary, citable layer
Notable portfolio
Leena AI
Urban Company
Entropik
Cashify
Nova Benefits
Pepper Content
Plobal Apps
Swiggy
Zenskar
Boldfit
Seekho
30 Sundays
Notable deals
Swiggy – India's largest food delivery service; sourced and backed early (IPO 2024)
UrbanCompany – India's largest on-demand services marketplace; sourced and backed early
Pharmeasy – Healthcare/pharmacy e-commerce; board member
LivSpace – Home interiors SaaS; board member
Leena AI – Agentic AI platform for enterprise workflow automation; $40.1M funded, 200–300 employees
Frequently asked
Does Anant Vidur Puri invest at seed stage?
Yes. They invest at seed, Series A, Series B stage.
Their geographic focus includes India, Southeast Asia.
What is their typical check size?
Anant Vidur Puri's typical check size is Recent cheques $6.7M–$28M.
They currently invest through Bessemer Venture Partners.
What sectors does Anant Vidur Puri focus on?
Anant Vidur Puri primarily invests in AI, Consumer, Data & Cloud, Marketplaces.
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