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Scale Venture Partners VII LP
Fundmanaged by Scale Venture Partners
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
MatureClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
5 additional principals, 2 additional placement agents
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What matters now
- +22%reported GAV
Reported gross assets rose from $399M to $485M between the Form ADV filings of 16 Feb 2024 and 31 Mar 2026.
The fund's assets as the adviser swears them, never its size or dry powder.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2020basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $600Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-382145, 021-9999999999; 1 joined by exact issuer name, corroborated by the general partner the adviser swears for this fund, the filing's signer sitting on the adviser's roster, the issuer filing from the adviser's state, not sworn
- Form D sold
- $600Mas of the filing of Dec 3, 2020, 71 investors
- First sale
- Nov 20, 2020
- Reported GAV
- $485Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 31, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 72
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2026
Fundraising evidenceWhat counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.
Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2020-12-03: the stated $600.0M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Dec 3, 2020.
LifecycleMature
vintage 4 to 7 years
age years: 6first sale: Nov 20, 2020vintage year: 2020adv gav as of: Mar 31, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $600Mform d offering: $600Mform d latest filed at: Dec 3, 2020
The fund's own reporting through time
5 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $0 | 72 | $500,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $225M | 72 | $500,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Mar 23, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $355M | 72 | $500,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $399M | 72 | $500,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $485M | 72 | $500,000 | 2% |
Principals and agents
8 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Stacey C. Bishop Executive Officer
- Alexander C. Niehenke Executive Officer
- Mary C. Denten Executive Officer
Service providers
5 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorBDO · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianFirst Republic Bank · MENLO PARK, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianSilicon Valley Bank · MENLO PARK, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performanceWhose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).
0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocatorsWhat these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.
0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
3 events
- Mar 29, 2022Auditor changed: BDO replaced SENSIBA SAN FILIPPO LLP, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 29, 2022 (previous filing March 31, 2021)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2021Scale Venture Partners VII LP first reported on Form ADV by Scale Venture Partners (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Dec 3, 2020Scale Venture Partners VII, L.P. filed Form D: $600,000,000 sold of $600,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $600M Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $600M Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7 Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2020-11-20 Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 71 Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 500,000 Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Office address: Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2020 Dec 3, 2020 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
on 1 other DFX graph
Across the graphs
Scale Venture Partners VII LP is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2020-12-03source 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.