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CRV (Charles River Ventures)

Venture capitalActively deploying

San Francisco · Seed–Series A · 30 people tracked

Also known as CRV · CRV, LLC

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Investment thesis

CRV positions itself as an attentive early-stage investor that backs founders with depth, conviction and unique insight rather than chasing patterns or playbooks. The firm concentrates on leading seed and Series A rounds and works closely alongside founders through the difficult, non-formulaic process of building enduring companies — advising on hiring, customer acquisition, and strategic decisions. CRV emphasizes long-term partnership, sitting beside founders across multiple funding stages, and points to a track record of more than 80 portfolio companies reaching public-company status.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$250K – $5M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1970
Last 12 months
27 investments
AUM
$4B
VC funds
20
Tracked investments
241

Team · 30 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Heather Juddin

Member of CRV's operations team.

Mia Krishnamurthyin𝕏

Member of CRV's investing team.

Ipshita Agarwal· Investorin𝕏
Wes Schifone· Scoutin𝕏

What they invest in

from 198 of 241 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×105Enterprise Software ×100SaaS ×71Developer Tools ×39Cybersecurity ×30Data & Infrastructure ×30Cloud Computing ×26Healthtech ×18

HQs:United States×143Canada×2Switzerland×1Colombia×1Spain×1France×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 135 portfolio companies
36%
solo founders
49 of 135 mapped founding teams
47%
repeat founders
of 158 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 31 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×492 founders×483 founders×294+ founders×9

Where their founders studiedfrom 146 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×12Stanford University ×11Harvard University ×9Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×9Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×8Georgia Institute of Technology ×6Brown University ×5Reichman University ×5

Where their founders worked beforefrom 158 founders with career history

Stanford University ×10Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 ×6Facebook ×5Apple ×4McKinsey & Company ×4Uber ×4Carnegie Mellon University ×3Checkmarx ×3

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×27Techstars ×5

15 founders hold a PhD · 20 hold an MBA (of 150 with degree data)

Investments · 241 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 192025 · 112024 · 62023 · 32022 · 82021 · 102020 · 42019 · 52018 · 62017 · 32016 · 32015 · 383 dated

Auraoportun.cominAustralian Securities Exchange (ASX): AXQ

Smart, simple online safety.

CybersecurityBoston, US

Hari Ravichandran(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Brian DeCenzo(President & Chief Financial Officer)Thomas Clayton(President & Chief Operating Officer)Adam Medros(Chief Product Officer)Sarah Cherng(Chief AI Officer)Kristin Lewis(Chief Product Officer (prior to May 2026 CPO reorganization; promoted from SVP Product, May 2022))

Co-investorsAccelCore Venture CapitalDag VenturesFJ LabsGeneral CatalystGlynn Capital Management+6 more

Datadogdatadoghq.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DDOG

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Co-founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Co-founder & CTO)inMichael Jaconi(Executive Officer, Director)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)

BoardCHRISTOPHER MOORE(Director)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersaVentureBantam GroupComcast VenturesContour Venture PartnersEQT Ventures+22 more

DoorDashdoordash.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DASH

DoorDash operates a restaurant delivery platform that connects customers with dining establishments across hundreds of cities in North America through a logistics network.

ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Tony Xu(Co-founder & CEO)inAndy Fang(Co-founder & CTO)inStanley Tang(Co-founder & CPO)inGergely Nemeth(Senior Engineering Manager)

Co-investorsA*BoxGroupBrave CapitalCoatue ManagementDay One VenturesEQUIAM+24 more

Freenomefreenome.cominNASDAQ: FRNMOct 2015

Freenome develops early-stage cancer detection technology using blood tests to identify cancer in its earliest, most treatable phases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon

Riley Ennis(Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer)Charles Roberts(Director)inGabriel Otte(Director)in

BoardStuart Lawson(Director)

Co-investorsRA CapitalAME Cloud VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArtis VenturesAsset Management CompanyAverin Capital+8 more

Recursion PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: RXRXSep 2017

BiotechSalt Lake City, US

Blake C. Borgeson(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher C. Gibson(Executive Officer, Director)Dean Y. Yi(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher C Gibson(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersManta Ray VenturesObvious VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Lux CapitalMenlo Ventures

Instilinstil.ioin✓ verified

Instil provides a modern software platform designed for nonprofits to manage relationships and increase their operational impact.

Impact & Social GoodSaaS

Adam Miller(Founder)in

Co-investorsGreycroftNext Legacy PartnersThreshold VenturesUS Venture Partners

Legit Securitylegitsecurity.comin𝕏✓ verified

Legit Security provides an application security platform that helps organizations identify and manage software vulnerabilities and risks across their development environments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNot stated

Roni Fuchs(CEO & Co-Founder)inLiav Caspi(CTO & Co-Founder)inLior Barak(COO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCyberstartsTCV

317 Labs, Inc.Mar 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Los Angeles, US

Zachary Wise(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Zatulove(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardOmar Hamoui(Director)

Board seatSabri Murat BicerMurat Bicer· per SEC Form D · $76.5M raise · filed Mar 2022

Aviatrixaviatrix.comin𝕏Oct 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

Aviatrix provides cloud network security solutions with embedded, real-time protection through its Cloud Native Security Fabric platform, serving enterprises that need control, security, and visibility across cloud infrastructure.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US

Sherry Wei(Founder)Steve Mullaney(CEO)Doug M.in

BoardShirish Sathaye(Director)inNick Sturiale(Director)in

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D · $46M raise · filed Nov 2019

Co-investors8VCGeneral CatalystMonta Vista CapitalCervinTCV

Cable Tech, Inc.Aug 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Natasha Vernier(Executive Officer, Director)Katherine Savitz(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardCaitlin Bolnick(Director)Michael Wood(Director)Daniel Heck(Director)

Board seatKristin Baker Spohn· per SEC Form D · $5.4M raise · filed Aug 2021

Cord Technologies, Inc.Dec 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Eric Landau(Executive Officer, Director)Ulrik Hansen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardT.J. Rylander(Director)

Board seatSabri Murat BicerAnna Khan· per SEC Form D · $54M raise · filed Dec 2025

Criblcribl.ioin𝕏Aug 2024 · $150M

Cribl builds a vendor-agnostic telemetry platform for IT and Security teams at large enterprises to manage, route, and analyze data for investigations and AI-powered operations.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Clint Sharp(Co-Founder and CEO)inDritan Bitincka(Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer)inLedion Bitincka(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inZachary Johnson(Chief Financial Officer)Matthew Kelly(Chief Legal Officer)Mike Pyle(Chief Revenue Officer)

Board seatMax Gazor· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsSequoia CapitalCapitalGCiti VenturesCrowdStrikeFounders Circle CapitalFriends Family Capital+7 more

Crushpath SystemsJan 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

SAM LAWRENCE(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardCHAMATH PALIHAPITIYA(Director)DAVID HERSH(Director)MATT WILKINSON(Director)

Board seatGeorge Zachary· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Feb 2015

Co-investorsSocial Capital Partnership

Doppler Technologies IncAug 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Walnut, US

Brian Vallelunga(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatSabri Murat Bicer· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Aug 2022

Figure SolutionsJan 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Miles Hobby(Executive Officer, Director)Geoffrey Tisserand(Director)

Board seatAnna Khan· per SEC Form D · $7.4M raise · filed Jun 2021

Fleet Device Management Inc.Jul 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Reid Christian(Director)Mark Hatfield(Director)Mike McNeil(Executive Officer, Director)Suresh Batchu(Director)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D · $27.9M raise · filed Jul 2025

Co-investorsCota CapitalTen Eleven

Greynoisegreynoise.ioin𝕏Jul 2020

GreyNoise collects primary scanning and exploitation data to provide actionable threat intelligence for cybersecurity defenders.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareWashington, US

Andrew Morris(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGula Tech AdventuresIn-Q-TelInner Loop CapitalRadian CapitalStoneMill VenturesPaladin Capital Group

Gtmhub USA, Inc.Jan 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Denver, US

Ivan Osmak(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRebecca Liu-Doyle(Director)Bo Pederson(Director)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D · $115.6M raise · filed Dec 2021

Co-investorsIndex Ventures

Kongkonghq.comin𝕏Dec 2018

Kong builds an API and AI connectivity platform that manages the complete lifecycle of APIs across any cloud environment.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Augusto Marietti(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)inMarco Palladino(Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder)Chirag Shah(Executive Officer)

BoardMike Volpi(Director)inMartin Casado(Director)in

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzIndex VenturesBalderton CapitalFounders Circle CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Notable Capital+4 more

Lokaliselokalise.comin𝕏Jan 2023

Lokalise provides a localization platform that enables businesses to translate and adapt content for multiple markets and languages through automated workflows and integrations.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDover, US

Peteris Antropovs(Director)Nikolajs Ustinovs(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)NickPetr

BoardMichael Chalfen(Director)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDawn Capital3VCChalfen VenturesCreandum

Mercury Technologies, Inc.May 2026SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco-based fintech building banking products for startups, valued at $5.2B after a May 2026 Series D.

San Francisco, US

Immad Akhund(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Zhang(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTom Brown(Director)Sonya Huang(Director)in

Board seatSaar Gur· per SEC Form D · $200M raise · filed May 2026

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSapphire VenturesSequoia CapitalSpark CapitalTCV

Ordwayordwaylabs.comin𝕏Feb 2020

Ordway is a billing and revenue automation platform that supports subscription, usage-based, and other recurring pricing and contract models for finance teams.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSWashington, US

Sameer Gulati(CEO and Founder)Subbu Venkiteswaran(SVP of R&D, Operations, and Product)Steve Keifer(Chief Marketing Officer)

Board seatIzhar Armony· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesSocial Starts

PillPackpillpack.cominAug 2016

PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that organizes and delivers medications to customers, managing automatic refills and coordinating directly with doctors and insurance providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechManchester, US

Timothy Parker(Chief Executive Officer, Director)Elliot Cohen(Chief Technology Officer, Director)inTJ Parker(Founder)in

BoardDavid Frankel(Director)inJon Karlen(Director)Fred Destin(Director)

Board seatGeorge Zachary· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccelAccompliceEntrée CapitalEPIC VENTURESFounder CollectiveFounders Circle Capital+7 more

pistonnobl9.cominDec 2022

Nobl9 provides a software reliability platform that helps developers and DevOps teams deliver reliable features faster using software-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to connect monitoring and observability data to business outcomes.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWaltham, US

Marcin Kurc(Co-Founder / CEO)inBrian Singer(Founder)in

Board seatSabri Murat Bicer· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBattery VenturesBonfire VenturesHarmony PartnersResolute VenturesCisco Investments

Sense LabsDec 2014SEC filingmedium confidence

Cambridge, US

Christopher M. Micali(Executive Officer)Michael Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGabriel Kra(Director)inMatthew Nordan(Director)in

Board seatIzhar Armony· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Apr 2015

Co-investorsAzolla VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersPrelude VenturesTechnology Impact

SignalFxsignalfx.comMay 2018Acquired

Cloud monitoring and observability platform founded in 2013 and acquired by Splunk for $1.05 billion in 2019.

San Mateo, US

Karthik Rau(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Phillip Liu(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)Mark H. Resnick(Executive Officer)Mark Cranney(Executive Officer)

BoardSteve Herrod(Board Director (General Catalyst))

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzEngineering CapitalGeneral CatalystTiger Global Management

Sora SchoolsNov 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Atlanta, US

Garrett W. Smiley(Executive Officer, Director)Indra Sofian(Director)Wesley Samples(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRebecca Kaden(Director)inMichael Lynton(Director)

Board seatTed Dintersmith· per SEC Form D · $7M raise · filed Dec 2025

Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)USV Investors 2024

SpiderCloud WirelessDec 2014SEC filingmedium confidence

San Jose, US

Thomas Scott(Executive Officer)Michael Gallagher(Executive Officer, Director)Theresa McCarthy(Executive Officer)

BoardCarl Showalter(Director)Cyrus Hadidi(Director)Peter Wexler(Director)

Board seatBruce Sachs· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Jan 2015

Co-investorsMatrix

Stacklift Inc.Aug 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Gerta Sheganaku(Executive Officer, Director)Waldemar Hummer(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D · $3.2M raise · filed Aug 2021

Standard CognitionNov 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Jordan Fisher(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Suswal(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony Lutz, Jr.(Executive Officer)John Novak(Director)Angela Westbrock(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Arnold(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D · $51.1M raise · filed Nov 2018

Co-investorsG SquaredLocus VenturesDraper AssociatesInitialized CapitalY Combinator

StarTreestartree.aiin𝕏Sep 2022

StarTree provides a real-time analytics platform built on Apache Pinot that enables organizations to query petabyte-scale data at speed and cost efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Kishore Gopalakrishna(Executive Officer, Director)inXiang Fu(Founder)in

Board seatMax Gazor· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsNotable CapitalSapphire VenturesZero Prime VenturesBain Capital Ventures

Strapistrapi.ioin𝕏Jun 2022

Strapi is a headless content management system that enables content teams to create, update, and publish website and app content without developer assistance.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis

Jim Laurie(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inPierre Burgy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAurelien Georget(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccelIndex VenturesKima VenturesBpifranceStride VC

Superconductive HealthMar 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Cottonwood Heights, US

James Campbell(Executive Officer, Director)Abe Gong(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Castleton(Executive Officer)Elizabeth Immen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBryan Offutt(Director)

Board seatMax Gazor· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Mar 2022

Symphony Commercesymphonycommerce.comin𝕏Jul 2016acquired by IgniteTechSEC filingmedium confidence

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Harish Abbott(Director)Ken Fine(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Vaughan(CEO)Henry Kim(Executive Officer, Director)Justin Jow(Executive Officer)Marc Chapman(Executive Officer)

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D · $15.7M raise · filed Dec 2016

Co-investorsRunway Venture Partners

Vercelvercel.comin𝕏Dec 2021

Vercel is an infrastructure platform for building and deploying applications, with emerging support for agentic capabilities that allow AI agents and humans to collaborate in software development.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Guillermo Rauch(Founder & CEO)in

BoardGeoff Lewis(Director)inDaniel Levine(Director)in

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investors8VCAccelBedrockBeyond CapitalCoatue ManagementCold Start Ventures+25 more

Virtusavirtusa.com𝕏May 2017

Virtusa provides IT and software services for enterprise clients, supporting digital transformation and technology development across multiple industries.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticWestborough, US

Kris Canekeratne(Executive Officer, Director)Roger Keith Modder(Executive Officer)Ranjan Kalia(Executive Officer)Santosh Thomasin

BoardVikram S. Pandit(Director)Robert E. Davoli(Director)

Board seatIzhar Armony· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBPEA EQTGlobespan Capital PartnersEQT

Voyage AI Innovations, Inc.Oct 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Palo Alto, US

Tengyu Ma(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatSabri Murat Bicer· per SEC Form D · $28M raise · filed Oct 2024

Wave AccountingApr 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Toronto

Rebecca Skvorc(Vice President, Finance)Mamoon Hamid(Director)James Lochrie(Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Director)Kirk Simpson(President, CEO and Director)

BoardKevin Kimsa(Director)in

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D · $14M raise · filed May 2015

Co-investorsClimate Innovation CapitalFramework Venture Partners

weblinkridwell.comDec 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Ridwell offers a door-to-door subscription service that collects hard-to-recycle household items such as plastic bags, snack packaging, wine corks, and old clothes, and routes them to vetted recycling and reuse partners.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechConsumerSeattle, US

Ryan Metzger(Executive Officer, Director)inRyanDavidAliya Marder(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRyan Panchadsaram(Director)

Board seatSaar Gur· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Dec 2025

Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesTMVWestbound Equity PartnersSpark Capital

WHEEL HEALTH, INC.Mar 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Austin, US

Michelle Davey(Executive Officer, Director)Griffin Mulcahey(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Donus(Executive Officer)

BoardLing Wong(Director)Morgan Flager(Director)in

Board seatKristin Baker Spohn· per SEC Form D · $35M raise · filed Jun 2021

Co-investorsSilverton Partners

Xariable, Inc.Jan 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

Columbus, US

Kyle Hency(Director)Corbett Morgan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardMatthew Gartland(Director)Jonathan Poma(Director)David Wardell(Director)

Board seatSabri Murat Bicer· per SEC Form D · $125M raise · filed Jan 2023

Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalLerer HippeauPeterson VenturesRidge VenturesShopify

ZobaJan 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

Boston, US

Joseph Brennan(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brennan(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatIzhar Armony· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jan 2019

Co-investorsFounder CollectiveMark CubanNTT Venture Capital

3T Biosciences3tbiosciences.comin𝕏

3T Biosciences develops TCR-based immunotherapies for cancer using a proprietary platform that combines machine-learning algorithms with immunological research to identify and validate T cell receptor targets.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

K. Christopher GarciaMarvin Gee(Founder)in

Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyWestlake Village BioPartnersMenlo VenturesOS FundStarlight Ventures

61 percentoecd.org

Co-investorsExtantia CapitalICONIQ

62 percent of organizationsmckinsey.com
7AI7ai.comin

7AI develops AI agents for cybersecurity teams to automate alert triage and response, reducing manual work and improving security outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

Brian(CEO & Co-Founder)inLior Div(Co-Founder & CEO)inYonatan Striem Amit(Executive Officer, Director)inYonatan Striem-Amit(Co-Founder & CTO)Allen Lieberman(Chief Product Officer)inIsrael Barak(CISO)in

Co-investorsBlackstoneGreylock PartnersIndex VenturesSpark Capital

99 percenthamel.dev

A personal blog and consulting/teaching practice by a machine learning engineer focused on "evals" — helping teams debug, analyze, and measure their AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningEdTech

Hamel Husain(Machine Learning Engineer)

Abacus Insightsabacusinsights.comin𝕏

Abacus Insights provides a unified data infrastructure platform that standardizes healthcare data across silos, enabling analytics and cost reduction for healthcare organizations.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechBoston, US

Minalkumar Patel(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardGraham Brooks(Director)inMatthew Downs(Director)Mike Spadafore(Director)Dale White(Director)William McIvor(Director)

Co-investors.406 VenturesEcho Health VenturesEscalate Capital Partners

Accompanyaccompany.com

Accompany was a relationship intelligence and business insights platform that has been acquired by Cisco and integrated into their collaboration products suite.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

Ryan McDonough(Founder)in

Co-investorsVista Venture PartnersICONIQ Capital

ActiveAIin𝕏Acquired

Gupshup provides AI-powered conversational communication solutions for businesses to automate, personalize, and scale customer interactions across multiple channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsKalaari CapitalTiger Global Management

ActiveFenceactivefence.comin𝕏

ActiveFence (trading as Alice) provides AI safety and security research, red teaming services, and governance tools for organizations deploying generative AI and agentic systems.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsResolute VenturesSamsung Next

Aerodomeaerodome.comin𝕏acquired by Flock Safety

Aerodome, part of Flock Safety, provides a Drone as First Responder (DFR) system that remotely deploys docked drones to 911 calls, license-plate hits, and gunshot alerts, streaming live HD, thermal, and night-vision video to first responders and dispatch.

Defense TechGovTechHardwareRobotics

Co-investors2048 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntiPreston-Werner Ventures

Agoragetagora.com

Co-investorsBling CapitalGarage Capital

Airfoxcbinsights.comin𝕏

CB Insights provides a market intelligence platform that offers verified data, analytics, and predictive scoring on over 12 million private and public companies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCartaInCountryOne Way VenturesPilot Growth Equity+5 more

Airtableairtable.comin𝕏Nov 2018 · $100Macquired by Bending Spoons

Airtable is a San Francisco-based no-code platform that lets teams build apps and workflows on a flexible database.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Howie Liu(Co-Founder and CEO)inAndrew Ofstad(Co-Founder)inEmmett Nicholas(Co-Founder and senior engineering leader)inAmbereen Toubassy(Chief Financial Officer)Paul Ohls(Chief Revenue Officer)David Azose(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsBling CapitalCaffeinated CapitalCoatue ManagementCSC UpshotDCVC (Data Collective)Draft Ventures Llc+25 more

Alicealice.ioin𝕏

Alice provides trust and safety services for communicative technologies, protecting users across social platforms and AI models from abuse and threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Iftach Orr(Founder)Noam Schwartz(Founder)

Co-investorsClaltechHighland EuropeNorwest Venture PartnersVintage Investment Partners

Anthropic cut off accessbrookings.edu

The Brookings Institution is a nonpartisan research organization that conducts and publishes policy research and analysis across areas such as international affairs, economics, education, and technology.

Media & Entertainment

Apexapexhq.aiin

Apex provides a security platform for enterprise use of generative AI and large language models, offering a unified portal to interact with public, private, or self-hosted LLMs alongside visibility, policy enforcement, and threat detection.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsIndex VenturesSequoia CapitalVillage GlobalGlade Brook Capital PartnersInterlagos

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 11

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

AuraAustralian Securities Exchange (ASX): AXQCienaNYSE: CIENDatadogNASDAQ: DDOGDoorDashNASDAQ: DASHFreenomeNASDAQ: FRNMRecursion PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: RXRXSymphony Commerceacq. by IgniteTechAerodomeacq. by Flock SafetyAirtableacq. by Bending SpoonsCursoracq. by SpaceXNianticacq. by Scopely, Inc.

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Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 2

as of Dec 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Crv XIX LPLPs: Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System, Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association20221.07x0.00x
Crv XVIII LPLPs: Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System, Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association20201.03x0.00x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has CRV (Charles River Ventures) made?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) has 187 tracked investments, 12 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 16 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does CRV (Charles River Ventures) invest at?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is CRV (Charles River Ventures)'s typical check size?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) typically writes checks of $250K – $5M.
What sectors does CRV (Charles River Ventures) focus on?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is CRV (Charles River Ventures) located?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does CRV (Charles River Ventures) lead rounds?
Yes, CRV (Charles River Ventures) leads investment rounds.
Who does CRV (Charles River Ventures) co-invest with?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, among 604 tracked co-investors.

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Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$1.6M – $70M
Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.

$500K – $15M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.

$540K – $10.8M
Coatue Management

Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.

$1M – $20M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$4.4M – $214M
Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders building across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, energy and resilience, and health and bio.

$500K – $15M
Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.

$500K – $25M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global is a research-driven investment firm that partners with innovative companies across various stages of their lifecycle, taking a long-term approach.

$1M – $100M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

$1.7M – $87M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.

$1M – $20M
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