Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign, Veritas and Flock. Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... Jump to: navigation, search A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. Like many large cities, San Joses downtown is expansive and encompasses much more area than shown in this view. ...

Its principal limited partner is Bessemer Securities Corporation, which was established in 1911 from Henry Phipps's share of the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Steel. Bessemer is the name, or part of the name, of several places in the United States: Bessemer, Alabama Bessemer, Michigan Bessemer Township, Michigan Bessemer City, North Carolina Bessemer, Pennsylvania Bessemer Bend, Wyoming Other things or people named Bessemer include: Bessemer process, a method of making steel Henry Bessemer, the inventor... Jump to: navigation, search 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Carnegie Steel is the steel corporation originally founded and headed by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. ...

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