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CRV (Charles River Ventures)

Venture capitalActively deploying

Bay Area · Pre-Seed–Series A · 26 people tracked

Also known as CRV · CRV, LLC

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Investment thesis

CRV positions itself as an investor that pays attention rather than chasing patterns and playbooks. For over five decades the firm has backed founders who identify opportunities before the broader market, valuing depth, conviction, and unusual insight. CRV works closely alongside founders during the company-building process, helping with critical decisions around hiring, reaching customers, and determining what to protect and what to evolve. The firm leads seed and Series A rounds and emphasizes helping turn early traction into enduring companies.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
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$250K – $5M
HQ
Bay Area, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1970
Last 12 months
29 investments
AUM
$4B
VC funds
20
Tracked investments
259

Team · 26 people

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Founder mafia

2 people who came through CRV (Charles River Ventures) went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 210 of 259 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×105Enterprise Software ×99SaaS ×75Developer Tools ×43Cybersecurity ×33Data & Infrastructure ×31Cloud Computing ×25Fintech ×21

HQs:United States×151Canada×3United Kingdom×2Australia×1Brazil×1Switzerland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 137 portfolio companies
35%
solo founders
48 of 137 mapped founding teams
45%
repeat founders
of 221 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 55 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×482 founders×493 founders×334+ founders×7

Where their founders studiedfrom 207 founders with education data

Harvard University ×15Stanford University ×14Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×13University of California, Berkeley ×13Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×10Georgia Institute of Technology ×7Tel Aviv University ×6Brown University ×5

What their founders studiedfrom 198 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×96Business & Management ×36Engineering ×31Mathematics & Statistics ×17Economics ×13Physics ×13Life Sciences ×12Finance & Accounting ×11

Where their founders worked beforefrom 221 founders with career history

Stanford University ×11Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 ×8Facebook ×6McKinsey & Company ×5VMware ×5Apple ×4Carnegie Mellon University ×4DeepMind ×4

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×27Techstars ×5

28 founders hold a PhD · 25 hold an MBA (of 214 with degree data)

Investments · 259 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 222025 · 132024 · 72023 · 82022 · 232021 · 182020 · 62019 · 52018 · 62017 · 32016 · 32015 · 4121 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)inThomas Clayton(President & Chief Operating Officer)Adam Medros(Chief Product Officer)inSarah Cherng(Chief AI Officer)Kristin Lewis(Chief Product Officer (prior to May 2026 CPO reorganization; promoted from SVP Product, May 2022))in

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

Cienaciena.comNYSE: CIEN

Ciena is a NYSE-listed American optical networking systems, routing and automation software company based in Hanover, Maryland.

Gary B. Smith(President and Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersKinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Kleiner PerkinsNorwest Venture PartnersOpus CapitalRho Capital Partners+2 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-investors8-Bit CapitalAmplify PartnersaVentureBantam GroupBoxGroupComcast Ventures+25 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)in

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

Freenomefreenome.comin𝕏NASDAQ: 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)inCharles Roberts(Director)inGabriel Otte(Director)in

BoardStuart Lawson(Director)

Co-investorsRA CapitalAgent CapitalAME Cloud VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArtis VenturesAsset Management Company+8 more

Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX)recursion.comin𝕏NASDAQ: RXRXSep 2017

Recursion applies computational and data-driven approaches to biological science, aiming to accelerate drug discovery and develop new treatments.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechMedical DevicesSalt Lake City, US

Chris Gibson(Co-founder, Chairman of the Board)inBlake C. Borgeson(Executive Officer, Director)inChristopher C. Gibson(Executive Officer, Director)Dean Y. Yi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Lux CapitalBaillie GiffordAir Street CapitalAmplify PartnersCatalio Capital Management, LP+14 more

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.aiin𝕏Sep 2021 · $200M

Aviatrix provides cloud network security solutions with embedded, real-time protection through a Cloud Native Security Fabric platform.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US

Sherry Wei(Founder)inSteve Mullaney(CEO)inDoug M.in

BoardShirish Sathaye(Director)inNick Sturiale(Director)in

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D

Co-investors8VCGeneral CatalystMonta Vista CapitalCervinGreenspring AssociatesInsight Partners+3 more

Cable Tech, Inc.Aug 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Natasha Vernier(Executive Officer, Director)inKatherine 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)inMatthew Kelly(Chief Legal Officer)inMike Pyle(Chief Revenue Officer)in

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)in

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

Mike McNeil(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMark Hatfield(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)in

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGula Tech AdventuresIn-Q-TelInner Loop CapitalPaladin Capital GroupRadian CapitalStoneMill Ventures

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)inChirag Shah(Executive Officer)in

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)inJason Zhang(Executive Officer, Director)in

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)inSubbu Venkiteswaran(SVP of R&D, Operations, and Product)inSteve Keifer(Chief Marketing Officer)in

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)inElliot 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-investorsAccelAccompliceACME CapitalEntrée CapitalEPIC VENTURESFounder Collective+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 VenturesBlue Earth Capital AGEnergy Impact PartnersPrelude VenturesSchneider ElectricTechnology Impact+1 more

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 SchoolsinNov 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Atlanta, US

Indra Sofian(Director)inWesley Samples(Executive Officer, Director)Garrett Smiley(Founder)in

BoardRebecca Kaden(Director)inMichael Lynton(Director)

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

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystHoneystone VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)USV Investors 2024

SpiderCloud WirelessDec 2014SEC filingmedium confidence

San Jose, US

Thomas Scott(Executive Officer)Michael Gallagher(Executive Officer, Director)inTheresa 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-investorsMatrixOpus CapitalShasta Ventures

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 Cognitionstandardcognition.comNov 2018

San Francisco, US

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

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesG SquaredLocus VenturesEQT VenturesInitialized 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 · $31M

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)in

Board seatReid Christian· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccelIndex VenturesKima VenturesBpifranceStride VC

Superconductive HealthMar 2022

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

Co-investorsRoot VenturesTiger Global Management

Symphony Commercesymphonycommerce.comin𝕏Jul 2016acquired by IgniteTech

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

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

Board seatDevdutt Yellurkar· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsRunway Venture PartnersBain Capital VenturesFirstMark CapitalMercia Ventures

Vercel'svercel.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)inGriffin 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 2019

Boston, US

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

Board seatIzhar Armony· per SEC Form D

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

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)inAllen Lieberman(Chief Product Officer)inIsrael Barak(CISO)inNathan Burke(Chief Marketing Officer)in

Co-investorsBlackstoneGreylock PartnersIndex VenturesSpark Capital

99 percenthamel.dev𝕏

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.comin𝕏Jun 2020 · $35M

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.com𝕏

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 PartnersARCH Venture PartnersICONIQ CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Venrock

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

Aeraercompliance.comin𝕏Dec 2022 · $2.8Macquired by StarCompliance

Aer Compliance offers a platform that consolidates compliance functions—including code of ethics management, marketing review, calendars, regulatory filings, and workflows—into one system to help firms meet SEC obligations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Co-investorsY Combinator

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

Affirmedaffirmednetworks.comin𝕏Feb 2019Acquired

Acton, US

Hassan Ahmed(Executive Officer, Director)inDenis Cashman(Executive Officer)inGeorge Hale(Executive Officer)in

BoardJon Auerbach(Director)Timothy Barrows(Director)Nael Kassar(Director)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersBloc VenturesCenterview Capital TechnologyLightspeed Venture PartnersMatrixQualcomm 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 · Aug 2026 · $1.3B

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)inPaul Ohls(Chief Revenue Officer)inDavid 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)inNoam Schwartz(Founder)in

Co-investorsClaltechHighland EuropeNorwest Venture PartnersVintage Investment Partners

Alicealice.style

Alice.style is an online shopping platform selling brand-name consumer products across categories such as beauty, fitness, kitchen, home, AV/IT, hobby, bags, baby goods, jewelry, and golf.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces

Co-investorsColopl NextApax DigitalGroveHighland EuropeResolute Ventures

Alicealice.com.brinAug 2026 · $140M

Alice is a Brazilian corporate health plan (plano de saúde empresarial) for companies, combining a curated network of doctors and hospitals with an app-based care team and a data-driven, proactive care model.

Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTech

Guilherme [Gui] Azevedo(Founder)inIsabela Chusid

Co-investorsEndeavor CatalystKaszek VenturesMAYA Capital VenturesNext Billion Capital PartnersSoftbank Latin America FundApax Digital+6 more

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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 · 12

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

AuraAustralian Securities Exchange (ASX): AXQCienaNYSE: CIENDatadogNASDAQ: DDOGDoorDashNASDAQ: DASHFreenomeNASDAQ: FRNMRecursion (NASDAQ: RXRX)NASDAQ: RXRXSymphony Commerceacq. by IgniteTechAeracq. by StarComplianceAerodomeacq. 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 183 tracked investments, 17 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 15 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does CRV (Charles River Ventures) invest at?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) invests at the Pre-Seed, 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, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Marketplaces, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is CRV (Charles River Ventures) located?
CRV (Charles River Ventures) is headquartered in Bay Area, 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 618 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 265

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
$1.6M – $70M
SV Angel

SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.

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
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
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 primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.

$500K – $15M
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
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
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$5M – $100M
253 more co-investors

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)General CatalystGV (Google Ventures)Notable CapitalMenlo VenturesBattery VenturesGreylock PartnersRedpoint VenturesAmplify PartnersResolute VenturesMatrixTCVFounders Circle CapitalTechstarsInsight PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesCyberstartsCraft VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Bonfire VenturesDreamers VCMango CapitalFounders FundKhosla VenturesFounder CollectiveBain Capital VenturesBoxGroupGreycroftSignalFireUnusual VenturesICONIQ CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)FirstMark CapitalMadrona Venture GroupScale Venture PartnersBond Capital ManagementSoma CapitalVenrockRidge VenturesUS Venture PartnersHomebrewRenegade Partners8-Bit CapitalComcast VenturesLocus VenturesGreenoaksFlucas VenturesMaven VenturesTheory VenturesLong Journey VenturesUncork CapitalBenchmarkFJ LabsTrue VenturesSound VenturesDST GlobalUnion Square Ventures (USV)Canaan PartnersLiquid VenturesBling CapitalInnovation EndeavorsCaffeinated CapitalObvious VenturesMeritech Capital PartnersSouth Park CommonsAcrew CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundPoint Nine01 AdvisorsThrive CapitalPear VCCreandumEQT VenturesEntrée CapitalFootworkOperator CollectiveAugust CapitalAcequia Capital (AceCap)Qualcomm Ventures83NorthHighland Capital PartnersMucker CapitalTusk Venture PartnersHeavybitA.Capital VenturesContraryXYZ Venture Capital645 VenturesBasis Set VenturesSilverton PartnersDrive CapitalTenOneTen VenturesS32Engineering CapitalPenny Jar Capital VentureRain CapitalAlumni VenturesFirst Round CapitalB Capital GroupAtomicoStreamlined VenturesSusa VenturesACME CapitalMayfield FundFreestyle CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersCota CapitalFloodgateStride VCUlu VenturesF-Prime CapitalTrinity VenturesNext47Not Boring CapitalPolaris PartnersHanabi CapitalM13Intel CapitalBitkraft Esports VenturesTwo Sigma VenturesUncorrelated VenturesTribe Capital FirstlookAngelPadInspired CapitalDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Transmedia CapitalOrbiMedLead Edge CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Fika9Yards CapitalJetstreamSLVCPitangoCorrelation VenturesMerus CapitalNational Science FoundationOpenView Venture PartnersUnderscore VCGutbrain VenturesF2 Venture CapitalSingular3VCKfundSwift VenturesStage 2 CapitalUnknown VenturesUberFoundation CapitalEverywhere VenturesKrakenGreat Oaks Venture CapitalQuiet CapitalGoat CapitalNextView VenturesPioneerC2 InvestmentsSciFi VCLookout VenturesKapor CapitalCanvas VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersStellar CapitalPractical Venture CapitalElectric CapitalTrajectory VenturesLowercase CapitalAtlas VentureGustoHarrison MetalLightbankHustle FundSalesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.General PartnershipCowboy VenturesSaga Venturesboldstart ventures23andMeBrainchild Holdings468 CapitalBaseline VenturesPassion CapitalDnx VenturesOurCrowdVine VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersDecibel Partners2xNEarlybird Venture CapitalTorch CapitalThe Finger GroupRocketship.vcFormation GroupTeam8MMC VenturesBlue Owl CapitalBlueRun VenturesPropeller VCThird Kind Venture CapitalBasementConstruct CapitalVertex Ventures IsraelHighbury HoldingsMorado Venture PartnersConvective CapitalVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Visionaries ClubWormhole Capital14WGlobal Innovation FundGreatPoint VenturesLAUNCHub VenturesAdjacent Ventures LlcSutter Hill VenturesAI FundBINARY CAPITALBlu Venture InvestorsSyngenta Group VenturesArriveNeu Venture CapitalAlpine VenturesKindred CapitalTeam GlobalAsset Management VenturesNKM CapitalFortress Investment GroupInvariantes FundLightspeed India PartnersBoston Seed CapitalIndie.vcTelescope PartnersArbor VenturesGSFInterlace VenturesK5 VenturesOceans VenturesThe Fintech FundFitz Gate VenturesSilversmith Capital PartnersMagnetic VenturesBronze InvestmentsPace CapitalApollo Asset ManagementGoldcrest CapitalNine Four VenturesSherpa VenturesBungalow Capital7 Gate VenturesAlabasterHex CapitalTeam Builder VenturesScaleX Ventures

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