MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bessemer Venture Partners, a global investment group, today announced that Jason Putorti, lead designer at Mint.com (now a division of Intuit), has joined the firm's Menlo Park office as the industry's first Designer-in-Residence at a venture capital firm.

"As Jason proved at Mint, people naturally commit their time and money to the most simple, intuitive and engaging web sites," said David Cowan, a partner at Bessemer. "So we're delighted now to have Jason helping Bessemer's portfolio companies design their online businesses."

"With a portfolio of Series A web investments like Yelp, Hunch, Yodle, LinkedIn, Smule and Wix, Bessemer's a dream platform for me to practice design as a process," said Jason Putorti. "For someone who loves a challenge, what could be better?"

About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. As the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, BVP has partnered as an active, hands-on investor in Ciena, Ingersoll Rand, Parametric, Skype, Staples, VeriSign, and W.R. Grace, among many others. More than 100 BVP-funded companies have gone public on exchanges in Canada, India, London, and the United States. To learn more, visit www.bvp.com.

SOURCE Bessemer Venture Partners

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