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Firms / Scale Venture Partners
Scale Venture Partners
We invest in early stage founders building category-defining businesses. Backing companies like DocuSign, HubSpot, Box, and CircleCI with tenacity.
venture manager, reported GAV $2,627M across 7 vehicles
Importance
63
high
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
81
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Foster City, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 1150, Foster City, CA, 94404adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650-378-6000adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.SCALEVP.COM/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 7 (7 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $2.9Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- John R. Dougery Jr. Trust (Member, Scale Venture Management I Llc), B
- business email
- hello@scalevp.comscalevp.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650-378-6000adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
37 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series a 50%series c 50%
Stage at first entry
series a 50%series c 50%
Sectors
unknown 94%Other Technology 6%
lead rate 50%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 37
site says seed/early; 50% of first entries on record are Series B or later
Funds and vehicles
7 reported, 1 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale Venture Partners Viii LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $0 Feb 16, 2024 | 113 | $900M of $900M | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Scale Venture Partners VII LP | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $399M Feb 16, 2024 | 72 | $600M of $600M | Dec 3, 2020 |
| Scale Venture Partners VI, LP | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $713M Feb 16, 2024 | 58 | $400M of $400M | Jul 10, 2018 |
| Scale Venture Partners V LP | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $1.2B Feb 16, 2024 | 31 | $0 of $335M | Nov 19, 2015 |
| Scale Venture Partners IV LP | Fund | 2014 adv first reported | Harvest | $221M Feb 16, 2024 | 32 | $0 of $300M | May 2, 2013 |
| Scale Venture Partners III LP | Fund | 2008 form d first sale | Harvest | $119M Feb 16, 2024 | 33 | $250M of $250M | Feb 1, 2010 |
| Bavp LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $3.6M Feb 16, 2024 | 10 | unknown | unknown |
| Scale Venture Partners II LP | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $7.4M Mar 27, 2019 | 34 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
64 current, 1 departed
Aurelia Han
AssociateAssociate
Claire Yoon
AssociateAssociate
Ishan Pherwani
AssociateAssociate
Ted Chai
AssociateAssociate
Kate Mitchell
Founder or executiveFounder
Nate Lee
Founder or executiveFounder and Chief Information Security Officer
Dana Espeland
Investor relationsController/Investor Relations
Stephan Eberle
Investor relationsGeneral Counsel & Head of Limited Partner Relations
Dale Chang
Operating partnerOperating Partner
Harry Plumer
OtherChief Architect
Tyler Harnish
OtherFormer Head of Global Distribution & GTM Net Zero Cloud / ESG
Alex Niehenke
PartnerPartner
Alexander Niehenke
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management Vii & Viii Llc · since Nov 1, 2020
Andy Vitus
PartnerPartner
Ariel Tseitlin
PartnerPartner
Ariel Tseitlin
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management V, Llc · since Nov 1, 2015
Bob Genchi
PartnerCIO/CISO
Eric Anderson
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc · since Sep 1, 2022
James Joseph Jones
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management I, Llc · since Jun 1, 2001
Javier Redondo
PartnerPartner
Jeremy Kaufmann
PartnerPartner
Jeremy Kaufmann
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc · since Sep 1, 2022
Katherine Dentoni Mitchell
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management Iv & V, Llc · since Nov 1, 2015
Louis Craig Bock
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management Iii, Llc · since Jan 1, 2008
Mark James Brooks
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management Iii, Llc · since May 1, 2008
Max Abram
PartnerPartner
Robert Ignatius Theis
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management Iii Llc · since Jun 1, 2008
Robert Obuch
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management I Llc · since Feb 1, 2000
Robert Roy Herb
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management I-A Llc · since Nov 1, 2012
Rory O'Driscoll
PartnerPartner
Rory Thomas O'Driscoll
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management V, Llc · since Nov 1, 2015
Sharon Louise Wienbar
PartnerMember, Scale Venture Management Iii Llc · since Jan 1, 2008
Siddharth Ramakrishnan
PartnerPartner
Stacey Bishop
PartnerPartner
Stacey Ellen Curry Bishop
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management V, Llc · since Nov 1, 2015
Vitus L. Vitus
PartnerManager, Scale Venture Management V, Llc · since Nov 1, 2015
Abby Strong
Platform and operationsMarketing & Operations Manager
Becca Chambers
Platform and operationsChief Marketing Officer
Ben Liebald
Platform and operationsFormer VP of Engineering at Harvey
Craig Rosenberg
Platform and operationsChief Platform Officer
Geyer Jones
Platform and operationsFormer Chief Strategy Officer
Hayley Hoad
Platform and operationsVP of Operations & Compliance
Hayley Jean Hoad
Platform and operationsChief Compliance Officer, Scale Venture Management I, I-A, Iii, Iv, V, Vi, Vii And Viii Llc · since Jan 1, 2000
Jennifer Yu
Platform and operationsDirector of Finance
Laura Sebastiani
Platform and operationsVP of Finance
Mary Denten
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer
Mary Shannon Mclaughlin-Denten
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer, Scale Venture Management I, I-A, Iii, Iv, V, Vi, Vii & Viii Llc · since Jun 1, 2007
Neha Jewalikar
Platform and operationsDirector of Communications
Ryan Azus
Platform and operationsFormer Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom
Stephan Eberle
Platform and operationsGeneral Counsel, Scale Management, Llc · since Oct 1, 2016
Sydney Sloan
Platform and operationsChief Marketing Officer
Will McGinnis
Platform and operationsChief Data Scientist
Anna Shults Held
PrincipalEditorial Director
Jen Xie
PrincipalTax Director
Jonas Ciplickas
PrincipalPrincipal
Peter Giordano
PrincipalFormer Global Director GTM Strategy
Sabina Smith
PrincipalPrincipal
Eric Anderson
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Damian Gardiner
Vice presidentSenior Associate
David Walter
Vice presidentFormer Vice President
Edi Danalache
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Kristina McMillan
Vice presidentFormer VP of Sales Research
Roger Arnemann
Vice presidentFormer General Manager & Senior Vice President of Analytics
Sanjeev Kriplani
Vice presidentFormer Senior Vice President of Product
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Chad Brian Kinzelberg · Member, Scale Venture Management Ii Llc · Jun 1, 2007 to Mar 30, 2015 Inference
Investments on record
37 edges, 35 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Sempervirens Ventures LLC 3 shared · recurringEmergence Equity Management, Inc 3 shared · recurringAvenir Management Company, LLC 2 shared · recurringStory Ventures 2 shared · recurringSapphire Ventures, LLC 2 shared · recurringGlynn Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFirstmark Capital, LLC 1 shared · one time8-Bit Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMenlo Ventures 1 shared · one time137 Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeTranslink Capital 1 shared · one time · we led 1Threshold 1 shared · one timeDecibel Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeIcon Ventures 1 shared · one timeE14 Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFJ Labs 1 shared · one timeU.S. Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeBling Capital LLC 1 shared · one timeLifeforce Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeIndex Ventures Sa 1 shared · one timeRadical Ventures 1 shared · one timeHOF Capital 1 shared · one timeInstitutional Venture 1 shared · one timeDynamo Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one time · we led 1Acorn Pacific Ventures 1 shared · one timeGrdnt LLC 1 shared · one timeA-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeForesite Capital 1 shared · one timeHabitat Partners Management LLC 1 shared · one timeHeadline 1 shared · one timeThe GP Manager, LLC 1 shared · one timeCivilization Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeProfounders Capital Partners LLP 1 shared · one timeTTV Capital 1 shared · one timeQuiet Capital 1 shared · one timePaychex 1 shared · one timeADP Ventures 1 shared · one timeQuantumLight 1 shared · one timeEli Lilly 1 shared · one timeCamber Creek 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
1 disclosed
- Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois amount undisclosed trsil.org
Timeline
22 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Monto no longer listed on Scale Venture Partners's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceMontoVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Permit Io no longer listed on Scale Venture Partners's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencePermit IoVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Lumos no longer listed on Scale Venture Partners's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceLumosVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Jun 2, 2025Illinois TRS lists Scale Venture Partners among its private equity managers
- Mar 23, 2023Scale Venture Partners Viii LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners Viii LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 1, 2022Eric Anderson joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc
- Sep 1, 2022Jeremy Kaufmann joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc
- Mar 31, 2021Scale Venture Partners VII LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners VII LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 12, 2020Scale Venture Partners II LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceScale Venture Partners II LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 27, 2019Scale Venture Partners VI, LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $81,554,785Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners VI, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 1, 2018Alexander Niehenke joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi Llc
- Oct 1, 2016Stephan Eberle joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as General Counsel; Scale Venture Management I, I-A, Ii, Iii, Iv And V, Llc
- Mar 22, 2016Scale Venture Partners V LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners V LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2015Chad Brian Kinzelberg (Member, Scale Venture Management Ii Llc) no longer on Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners
- Mar 27, 2014Scale Venture Partners IV LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $45,907,570Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners IV LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 1, 2013Ariel Tseitlin joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Member, Scale Venture Management Iv Lp
- Mar 28, 2012Scale Venture Partners II LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $321,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners II LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2012Scale Venture Partners first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2012Bavp LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $133,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactBavp LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2012Scale Venture Partners III LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $391,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactScale Venture Partners III LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 1, 2004Vitus L. Vitus joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Member, Scale Venture Management I-A And Ii Llc
- Jan 1, 2000Hayley Jean Hoad joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Chief Compliance Officer, Scale Venture Management I, I-A, Ii, Iii, Iv And V Llc
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $2,627M across 7 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $1,511M across 3 vehicles
Evidence
53 observations from 3 sources