Bessemer Investors

Overview

Bessemer Investors is a New York-based investment firm that specializes in partnering with middle-market businesses to support growth and enhance value creation. The firm combines private equity investing expertise with the benefits of patient, committed capital, offering a differentiated structure that provides the advantages of both private equity and family capital without the shortcomings of either. This approach enables Bessemer Investors to work collaboratively with management teams to create exceptional outcomes for the companies, employees, and communities they partner with, consistent with the Phipps family's history of investing with integrity. The firm's investment strategy focuses on differentiated, growing, market-leading platforms in the industrials, business services, and consumer sectors. Bessemer Investors seeks companies with $5–$50 million in EBITDA and an enterprise value of $75–$500 million, with the flexibility to pursue add-on acquisitions of any size. Their investment size typically ranges from $50–$150+ million in equity, primarily targeting control investments but also open to minority investments on a selective basis. The firm is interested in founder-, employee-, or sponsor-owned businesses, corporate carve-outs, and public-to-privates, with platforms that have organic and/or buy-and-build growth opportunities. Bessemer Investors' capital is provided by the Phipps family, which established one of the first professionally managed family offices and has been investing in leading businesses for over a century. This long-term, flexible capital base allows the firm to make investment decisions based on the optimal point in each business's lifecycle, unconstrained by fund structures. The Phipps family's broader holdings, including Lindsay Goldberg, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bessemer Trust, provide deep resources and a vast network to support their portfolio companies. This unique structure enables Bessemer Investors to offer unique solutions to their partners and the flexibility to maximize long-term value. Recent investments by Bessemer Investors include a significant partnership with W Services Group, a leading provider of vendor-managed facility maintenance services, and a partnership with Tencarva Machinery Company, a distributor of liquid handling equipment. These investments demonstrate the firm's commitment to supporting growth and enhancing value creation in the middle-market sector.

Investment Focus

• Companies with $5–$50 million in EBITDA
• Enterprise value of $75–$500 million
• Investment size of $50–$150+ million in equity
• Primarily control investments, with selective minority investments
• Interest in founder-, employee-, or sponsor-owned businesses, corporate carve-outs, and public-to-privates
• Platforms with organic and/or buy-and-build growth opportunities

Portfolio Companies