Sameer Dholakia — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Partner at Bessemer Growth, scaling its Growth practice.
Invests in AI-native software companies including Anthropic, DeepL, and Jasper, and in robotics and autonomy, such as Waymo.
Led SendGrid as CEO, growing its ARR from approximately $30M to over $200M+, through an IPO and acquisition by Twilio.
Served as Independent Director for ServiceTitan (TTAN), PagerDuty (PD), and Auth0 (acquired by OKTA).

Biography

Sameer Dholakia is a Partner at Bessemer Growth, where he focuses on expanding the firm's Growth practice. In this role, he actively invests in AI-native software companies, partnering with firms such as Anthropic, Fireworks, Legora, Valence, Elise AI, Fieldguide, Abridge, EvenUp, DeepL, and Jasper to support their growth. He also dedicates time to the robotics and autonomy sectors, with investments including Waymo.

Prior to joining Bessemer, Dholakia served as the CEO of SendGrid.