

ABOUT US
Bess Ventures and Advisory is the Family Office fund of Lane
Bess focused on bringing operational experience to support the
success of Founders/Entrepreneurs and early to mid-stage
companies across multiple business and government sectors.
Lane turned his passion for leading, developing, and coaching
people – toward helping build great and valuable businesses. He
has invested behind founders across a broad spectrum including:
Zscaler, Arista Networks, Nutanix, Rubrik, FreedomPay, Palo Alto
Networks and most recently Blaize Semiconductor, where he
serves as Chairperson of the Board.
Through decades of executing across all functional and
operational disciplines and building relationships with customers
and executives globally, Bess Ventures and Advisory has
knowledge, operational experience, deep insight, and access to
talent – all the necessary ingredients for scaling companies and
bringing them to profitability and public markets.​

Lane Bess, Principal & Founder

SERVICES
Achieving success in the early and middle stage requires clear vision and strategy followed by a well-defined plan.
Bess Ventures & Advisory advises entrepreneurs and early stage leadership teams in executing in each of these key areas. We bring real operational experience in multiple areas of discipline.

METHODOLOGY
Considering product and market fit, Total Addressable Market (TAM) sizing and segmentation are fundamental in establishing a multi-dimensional Go-to-Market strategy. Taking a comprehensive
approach in developing a plan to achieve scalable, repeatable and predictable revenue performance
models, while considering the overall productivity of resources, is the foundation of the BV&A approach.
