Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Bessemer Venture Partners IX L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Velo3D, Inc. [VLD]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 104

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

LARCHMONT, NY 10538

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	37,864,239 ⁽¹⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Earnout Rights (Common Stock)	⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	5,020,528 ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	$ ⁽⁴⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bessemer Venture Partners IX L.P. C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS 1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 104 LARCHMONT, NY 10538		X
Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS 1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 104 LARCHMONT, NY 10538		X
Deer IX & Co. L.P. C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS 1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 104 LARCHMONT, NY 10538		X
Deer IX & Co. Ltd. C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS 1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 104 LARCHMONT, NY 10538		X

Signatures

/s/ Scott Ring, General Counsel, Deer IX & Co. Ltd., the General Partner of Deer IX I & Co. L.P., the General Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners IX L.P.		10/12/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott Ring, General Counsel, Deer IX & Co. Ltd., the General Partner of Deer IX & Co. L.P., the General Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P.		10/12/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott Ring, General Counsel, Deer IX & Co. Ltd., the General Partner of Deer IX & Co. L.P.		10/12/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott Ring, General Counsel, Deer IX & Co. Ltd.		10/12/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As of the date hereof, Bessemer Venture Partners IX Institutional L.P. ("BVP IX Inst") and Bessemer Venture Partners IX, L.P. ("BVP IX", and together with BVP IX Inst referred to collectively, the "Funds") own 16,842,013 shares of Common Stock and 21,022,226 shares of Common Stock, respectively.
(2)	Deer IX & Co. Ltd. ("Deer Ltd.") is the general partner of Deer IX & Co. L.P. ("Deer L.P."), which is the general partner of each of the Funds. Deer Ltd. and Deer L.P. disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Funds, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Deer Ltd. and Deer L.P. are the beneficial owners of such securities, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, if any, by virtue of their direct and indirect general partner interests in the Funds.
(3)	David Cowan is a director of Deer Ltd. and was elected as a member of the board of directors of the Issuer effective immediately after the Effective Time as defined in that Business Combination Agreement, dated March 22, 2021, as amended on July 20, 2021 (the "Business Combination Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Spitfire Merger Sub, Inc., and Velo3D US, Inc. The shares of Common Stock and earnouts rights described in footnotes (1) and (5), respectively, were acquired by the Funds prior to Mr. Cowan joining the board of directors of the Issuer.
(4)	Pursuant to the earnout provisions in the Business Combination Agreement, the Reporting Persons are entitled to receive shares of Common Stock if, from the closing of the transaction until the fifth anniversary thereof, the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds certain thresholds (the "Earnout Rights"). Of these Earnout Rights, one-half will be issued if the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period and one-half will be issued if the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period, in each case, subject to adjustment as provided in the Business Combination Agreement.
(5)	As of the date hereof, BVP IX Inst and BVP IX hold the right to acquire 2,233,130 and 2,787,398 shares, respectively, of the Common Stock upon the satisfaction of the earnout right vesting conditions described in footnote (4) above.

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