About Scale Venture Partners
Scale Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Foster City, United States. As of Mar 2025, Scale Venture Partners is an active investor, having invested in 178 companies, with 9 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it led the $30M Series B round of Regie along with StepStone Group. This round also saw participation from South Park Commons and other investors.
Overall, Scale Venture Partners portfolio has seen 12 unicorns, 10 IPOs and 78 acquisitions including key companies like RingCentral, DocuSign and HubSpot. A lot of funds co-invest with Scale Venture Partners, with names like Domain Associates sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Scale Venture Partners has team of 68 people including 14 partners.
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Scale Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Scale Venture Partners has invested in 178 companies over the last 25 years, with an average of 8 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 12 investments, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Freed and most recent follow-on round was in Regie.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2024 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2023 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2022 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
2021 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
2020 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2019 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
2018 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
2017 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
2016 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
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Scale Venture Partners' Investment Trends by Stage
Scale Venture Partners has made 65 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $25.3M, 38 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $29.3M and 32 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $20M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 65 |
Series C | 38 |
Series A | 32 |
Series D | 13 |
Seed | 10 |
Others | 6 |
Scale Venture Partners' Investment Trends by Sector
Scale Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 155 Tech companies, 149 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 105 Software companies and at least 83 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 105 |
High Tech | 57 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 47 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 26 |
Vertical SaaS | 20 |
Others | 126 |
Scale Venture Partners' Investment Trends by Geography
Scale Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (148), followed by India where it has made 8 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 143 |
India | 8 |
Israel | 8 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Australia | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Scale Venture Partners' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Scale Venture Partners:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 05, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | Sequoia Capital [+3] | |
Feb 26, 2025 | United States | Series B | $30M | Foundation Capital [+4] | |
Jan 30, 2025 | United States | Series A | $12M | Atlassian [+3] | |
Nov 04, 2024 | United States | Series C | $31M | Qualcomm Ventures [+6] | |
Oct 23, 2024 | United States | Series A | $25M | [+2] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Scale Venture Partners' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | Electric vehicle manufacturer offering scooters and other models | 2013 | Bengaluru | Series E | ucehcjl | ||
72 | Cloud based database platform for enterprises | 2010 | Santa Clara | Series G | uaevmpd | ||
53 | AI powered fleet management solutions for fleet operators | 2013 | Seattle | Series F | eqbukpz | ||
64 | Developer of AI and cloud-powered care coordination software for stroke | 2016 | San Francisco | Series D | bydhrvh | ||
51 | Managed detection and response provider | 2016 | Herndon | Series E | tntqw{g |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Scale Venture Partners' Portfolio
Here are Scale Venture Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Scale Venture Partners' Portfolio
Here are Scale Venture Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 14, 2025 | Apr 06, 2021 | Series B | $25M | |
Sep 10, 2024 | Oct 03, 2011 | Series C | $15.5M | |
Jul 17, 2024 | Nov 30, 2005 | Series B | $31.8M | |
Jun 05, 2024 | Apr 01, 2014 | Series C | $11M | |
Aug 10, 2023 | May 21, 2020 | Series B | $29M |
Team profile of Scale Venture Partners
Scale Venture Partners has a team of 68 membersÌýincluding 14 Partners, 6 Venture Partners and 17 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States and India. Scale Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Scale Venture Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Burlingame | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Mateo | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Mountain View | - | ||
Partner | San Mateo | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | - |
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Over the past 25 years, 1095 investors have co-invested in Scale Venture Partners's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Scale Venture Partners:Ìý, Sequoia Capital and 435 others have invested in rounds before Scale Venture Partners. There are 10 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Scale Venture Partners and 6 companies where Sequoia Capital has invested before Scale Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Scale Venture Partners:Ìý297 investors entered a company along with Scale Venture Partners. These include investors like Domain Associates (6 companies).
- Invested after Scale Venture Partners:ÌýA total of 361 investors have invested in Scale Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Insight Partners (7 companies), Tiger Global Management (7 companies) and Sapphire Ventures (6 companies).
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