Bentley Ventures

Bentley Ventures is the corporate venture fund of Bentley Systems, a developer of infrastructure engineering software founded in 1984 and listed as operating across 42 countries with 5,500 employees. The fund invests at seed through Series B in infrastructure software and digital-twin companies, a mandate aligned with the parent group's technical domains: 2D and 3D design and modelling, geotechnical analysis, project delivery and collaboration, AI and data integration, and infrastructure lifecycle management.

The strategic rationale is the parent company's position in the sector it serves. Bentley Systems reports more than 42,000 customer accounts across 189 countries, with 93% of top engineering firms and 72% of top infrastructure owners among its users, and annual revenue above $1.5 billion. Its product portfolio includes ProjectWise for infrastructure project delivery, MicroStation for 2D and 3D design, and PLAXIS 3D for geotechnical analysis. The company describes an open ecosystem approach that combines engineering software, data and AI across disciplines and across the infrastructure lifecycle.

Vertical coverage spans transportation, water, energy, cities, facilities and mining. Bentley Systems states its purpose as advancing infrastructure for better quality of life and refers to its employees as colleagues.