Janelle Teng
Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners
Stanford scientist and former Salesforce Inbox product manager turned AI/ML and data infrastructure investor in Bessemer Venture Partners’ San Francisco office.
Janelle Teng is a Stanford scientist and former Salesforce Inbox product manager turned AI/ML and data infrastructure investor in Bessemer Venture Partners’ San Francisco office. Her empirical approach to investing is inspired by the scientific method, and she focuses primarily on early-stage investments in AI/ML, data infrastructure, developer platforms, and defense tech.
Janelle specializes in applied AI and serves as a board director or observer for Claroty, Coactive, Databook, Netlify, Render, and Virtru. She frequently shares her reflections and data-supported insights surrounding startups, software trends in the public market, private market fundraising trends and AI/ML observations on her Next Big Teng substack: https://nextbigteng.substack.com.
