Scale Venture Partners
We invest in early stage founders building category-defining businesses. Backing companies like DocuSign, HubSpot, Box, and CircleCI with tenacity.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
56 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 53 additional investments, funds and LPs, 19 events, 42 verified contacts (27 professional url, 13 published business email, 1 general firm email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 4 companiesnew in 12 months
4 new companies in the last 12 months.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 2 companiesportfolio raising
2 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 10 Aug 2026 ($41.6M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 6 dealswith Domain Associates
Invests most often alongside Domain Associates (6 shared deals) and Sequoia Capital (4 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 2 Aug 2012, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- CIO/CISOWhy: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decisionNo route on file yet
- Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi LlcWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Member, Scale Venture Management Iii, LlcWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
178 connected entities26 observed rounds13 repeat counterparties6 dated rounds shown here, 2009 to 2012
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
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Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Scale Venture Partners: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
50 companies on record, 4 new in 12 months
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namely | portfolio listing | lead | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| Abacum Inc. | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Bland | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
64 current, 1 departed
- Bob Genchi · CIO/CISOWhy this person: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decision; Named with investment responsibility
- Alexander Niehenke · Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi LlcWhy this person: Named with investment responsibility
- Louis Craig Bock · Member, Scale Venture Management Iii, LlcWhy this person: Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
- CIO/CISO
- Member, Scale Venture Management Iii, Llc · 12 deals attributed
- Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi Llc · 2 deals attributed
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Chad Brian Kinzelberg · Member, Scale Venture Management Ii Llc · Jun 1, 2007 to Mar 30, 2015 Inference
1 general firm email, 13 published business email, 1 firm phone, 27 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
7 vehicles, 1 LPs disclosed
| 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 | $405M Mar 31, 2026 | 113 | $900M of $900M | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Scale Venture Partners VII LP | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $485M Mar 31, 2026 | 72 | $600M of $600M | Dec 3, 2020 |
| Scale Venture Partners VI, LP | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $825M Mar 31, 2026 | 58 | $400M of $400M | Jul 10, 2018 |
- 1 commitment · amounts undisclosed
| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Police Pension Fund Article 2 | PUBLIC PENSION | Scale Venture Partners III LP | $10.0M committed | committed Jan 15, 2010 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Scale Venture Partners at Scale Venture Partners | amount not disclosed | reported as of Jun 2, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
Relationships across DFX
71 co-investors · on 2 other DFX graphs
- 2012-08-026 shared deals · strong
- 2026-10-014 shared deals · strong
- 2026-10-013 shared deals · recurring
Across DFX and the capital chainon 2 other DFX graphs · 2 capital paths ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Allocators, RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Scale Venture Partners is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and RIA and Wealth.
DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Scale Venture Partners sits on 2 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 2 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
24 dated events, 67 observations from 4 sources
- Sep 30, 2026Scale Venture Partners is deploying faster: 4 dated deals in the 90 days to 2026-09-30 against about 1.0 at its rate over the previous 12 monthsDeployment pace changedderived signalInferenceno URL
- Jun 2, 2025Illinois TRS lists Scale Venture Partners among its private equity managersLP commitment disclosedLPsFactTeachers' Retirement System of the State of IllinoisPension disclosure
- Mar 23, 2023Scale Venture Partners Viii LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund)
- Sep 1, 2022Jeremy Kaufmann joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc
- Sep 1, 2022Eric Anderson joined Schedule A of Scale Venture Partners as Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii Llc
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 · 7 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Foster City, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- 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, adviser total
- $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), owns 10% to 25%
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $2.9B across 7 vehicles
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $2.6B across 7 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $1.5B across 3 vehicles
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-28 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-28 | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-31 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-31 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-02-16 | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2012-03-28 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Headquarters | Foster City, CA | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Foster City, CA | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.9B | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.9B | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.6B | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Venture funds reported | 7 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 7 | Mar 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 7 | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Feb 16, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $2.9B across 7 vehicles
- importance
- gav: $1 · funds: 0.67 · people: 1 · investments: 0.67 · co investors: 0.76
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.5 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2026-09-15
- emerging manager
- fund count: 8 · reported gav: $2.9B · first adv filing: 2012-03-28 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- LP commitment disclosed2025-06-02source on record
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-28source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.