Franklin Templeton
Venture capitalSan Mateo
Also known as FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC. Β· FRANKLIN ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC Β· FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS, LLC Β· Franklin Templeton Blockchain Β· FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INSTITUTIONAL, LLC Β· FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL SERVICES S.A R.L. Β· FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED Β· FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS CORP. Β· Franklin Templeton Private Β· PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Β· TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. Β· TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LIMITED Β· TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC Β· THE PUTNAM ADVISORY COMPANY, LLC
Deal analysis
- Airtable Γ Bending Spoons: who got the money home
An estimated liquidation waterfall: the late-stage pref stack took $1.29bn at ~1x, founders took ~$190m, and seed money made ~42x.
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Fund manager profile
Franklin Templeton is a venture fund manager based in San Mateo. SEC filings show 1 venture fund on record, most recently Franklin Templeton Blockchain Fund I, L.P. ($20M offering) filed September 2021.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
What they invest in
from 23 of 26 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning Γ9Enterprise Software Γ7SaaS Γ6Cloud Computing Γ5Data & Infrastructure Γ5Fintech Γ4Consumer Γ3Developer Tools Γ3
HQs:United StatesΓ17United KingdomΓ1JapanΓ1
Investments Β· 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 Β· 72025 Β· 42021 Β· 22020 Β· 316 dated
Allbirds is a footwear brand that makes shoes using natural and regenerative materials such as merino wool, with a focus on reducing product carbon footprints.
Circular EconomyClimate TechConsumerDirect to ConsumerSan Francisco, US
Timothy Brown(Director)Joseph Zwillinger(Director)Ravi Thanawala(Director)Joe Vernachio(Executive Officer, Director)Ann Mitchell(Executive Officer)
BoardDan Levitan(Director)in
Co-investorsAurumBay Bridge Ventures ClimateExpansion Venture CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalIPD CapitalK2 Global+9 more
Checkout.com offers Flow, a hosted payment page that businesses can deploy with a low-code, one-time integration to accept payments online.
Developer ToolsE-commerceFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Guillaume Pousaz(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAltimeter CapitalCoatue ManagementDragoneer Investment GroupDST GlobalGICInsight Partners+4 more
BiotechBerkeley, US
Thomas Dubensky(Executive Officer)Dirk G. Brockstedt(Executive Officer)Stephen Isaacs(Executive Officer, Director)Jennifer Lew(Executive Officer)Gregory W. Schafer(Executive Officer)Gregory Schafer(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsForesite CapitalOrbiMed
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 ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)CSC UpshotDCVC (Data Collective)+23 more
Amberdata provides institutional-grade data, analytics, and infrastructure solutions for digital assets and Web3, covering market data, portfolio and risk management, compliance, and tax management.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechFremont, US
Joanes Espanol(Executive Officer, Promoter)Tongtong Gong(Executive Officer, Promoter)Shawn Douglass(CEO)
BoardLars Leckie(Director)in
Co-investorsAspenwoodCoinbase VenturesFenbushi CapitalHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)VU Venture Partners
Astranis manufactures small, high-powered geosynchronous satellites equipped with advanced digital processing technology for global telecommunications and connectivity services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
John Gedmark(Founder/CEO)inRyan McLinko(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlack FlagBoxGroupCantos VenturesCherubic VenturesCommonweal Ventures+36 more
Houston, US
JASON CALEY-BRANNIGAN(Executive Officer)BRIAN BERMAN(Executive Officer)SAMUEL GREEN(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFlow TradersNomad CapitalPaper VenturesPolychain CapitalSelini Capital
Confluent provides a cloud-native platform for real-time data streaming and movement, enabling organizations to connect applications and respond to business events as they occur.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Neha Narkhede(Co-founder; former Chief Technology Officer and board member)inJay Kreps(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inJun Rao(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAltimeter CapitalAmpersandAxevil CapitalBattery VenturesCoatue Management+14 more
Corastone operates a platform for accessing and managing private market investments, aimed at helping firms handle more investors, counterparties, and complex investments.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsMotive PartnersApolloFidelity InvestmentsHamilton Lane
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+68 more
Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players.
ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSocialSan Francisco, US
Jason Citron(Co-Founder; CEO (2015-2025); now Board Member & CEO Advisor)Stanislav Vishnevskiy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)Humam Sakhnini(Chief Executive Officer)Tomasz Marcinkowski(Chief Financial Officer)Ben Shanken(VP of Product)
Co-investorsAccelAccess IndustriesAcquire FiAcrew CapitalAppWorks VenturesArcane Group+36 more
The U.S.
EnergyGovTech
Co-investorsWireframe VenturesPrelude VenturesSequoia CapitalT. Rowe Price
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with large corporations to fund and support companies working on transforming the global economy toward decarbonization.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesEvergy VenturesJERAMOL SwitchBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy Ventures+7 more
Form Energy develops and manufactures iron-air batteries designed to store energy for up to 100 hours, targeting utility-scale grid reliability and multi-day energy storage.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergy
Mateo Jaramillo(Founder & CEO)inTed Wiley(Founder)inBilly Woodford(Founder)Yet-Ming Chiang(Founder)inMarco Ferrara(Founder)
Co-investors2045 VenturesBlindspot Ventures Management CoCongruent VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGigascale CapitalGood Growth Capital+9 more
Forterra develops autonomous weapons, sensors, and battlefield systems using distributed control networks for defense operations.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Alberto Lacaze(Chairman of the Board and President)Joseph Putney(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsEnlightenment CapitalGlynn Capital ManagementNightDragonSoftBank Vision FundVanedge CapitalVanedge Capital Limited Partnership+8 more
HashiCorp builds multi-cloud infrastructure automation and security tools such as Terraform and Vault; an IBM subsidiary since 2025.
San Francisco, US
Mitchell Hashimoto(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Armon Dadgar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDavid McJannet(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardScott Raney(Director)inGlenn Solomon(Director)inRobin Vasan(Director)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersFounders Circle CapitalGeodesic CapitalICONIQIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+9 more
Illumio provides a breach containment platform powered by AI security graphs that enables Zero Trust security across hybrid, multi-cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US
Andrew Rubin(Co-founder)PJ Kirner(Co-founder)
BoardSteve Herrod(Director)Alan Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)inJoe Lonsdale(Director)inJohn M. Jack(Director)
Co-investors8VCAndreessen HorowitzDCVC (Data Collective)Glynn Capital ManagementHarmony PartnersM33 Growth+8 more
Impact Partners is an impact investing firm active since 2007, focused on supporting a more inclusive society.
Impact & Social Good
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGigascale CapitalNgp+3 more
incident.io Investigations is an AI agent for incident response that automatically triages incidents, gathers evidence from logs, code, telemetry, and deployment history, and generates hypotheses about what broke and why.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Stephen Whitworth(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundIndex VenturesInsight PartnersMantis CapitalCalibrate VenturesGaingels+2 more
Lycia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing LYTAC (Lysosomal Targeting Chimera) therapeutics that bind disease-causing extracellular and cell-surface proteins and route them into the cell's lysosome for degradation.
BiotechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US
Aetna Wun Trombley(President and CEO)Amy Bachrodt(Chief Financial Officer)Jeremy S. Caldwell(Executive Officer, Director)Chin Lee(Chief Medical Officer)Steve Staben(Chief Scientific Officer)Sofia Touami(Chief Business Officer)
Co-investorsREDMILEVersant VenturesBAM ElevateHBM Healthcare InvestmentsInvusJanus Henderson Investors+4 more
Pinwheel manufactures smartphones and smartwatches designed for children and teens, featuring parental controls, app curation, contact safeguards, and location tracking.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel NetworkCircadian VenturesNotable CapitalAmex VenturesFirst Round CapitalGGV Capital+3 more
Plaid (γγ¬γ€γ) is a Japanese technology company that builds products using data and technology to make large-scale, complex unstructured data intuitively usable by people.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Kenta Kurahashi(Representative (CEO))
Co-investorsFemto PartnersSMBC Venture CapitalBlackRockNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Ribbit Capital
Polychain is an investment firm that manages actively managed portfolios of blockchain-based digital assets, focusing on returns from the cryptocurrency sector.
Crypto & Web3
Olaf Carlson-Wee(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBollinger Investment GroupMirana VenturesMoonhill Capital+7 more
San Francisco, US
Jeff Smith(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Sunil Pareenja(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardChristopher Hollenbeck(Director)David Cowan(Director)inJason Pressman(Director)inDavid Welsh(Director)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersFloodgateRembrandt Venture PartnersAdams Street PartnersGranite VenturesShasta Ventures
Sumo Logic provides an AI-powered cloud-native log analytics platform that unifies and analyzes enterprise data for development, security, and operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureRedwood City, US
Christian Beedgen(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Director)Kumar Saurabh(Co-Founder & VP Engineering)Bruno Kurtic(Founding VP of Product / Chief Strategy Officer)Mark Ties(Chief Executive Officer)Chris DeBiase(Chief Financial Officer)Nello Franco(Chief Customer Officer)in
Co-investorsAccelBattery VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsFrancisco PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementGreatPoint Ventures+10 more
TIFIN builds AI-driven fintech platforms for wealth management, asset management, and insurance, serving home offices, advisors, and end clients.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalThirdstream PartnersBroadridgeHamilton LaneMotive Partners
Exits Β· 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPortfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Energy Β· mercomcapital.com Β· Aug 19, 2026
Energy Impact Partners Β· esgtoday.com Β· Aug 13, 2026
Databricks Β· techcrunch.com Β· Aug 13, 2026
Form Energy Β· esgtoday.com Β· Aug 13, 2026
Airtable Β· inc.com Β· Aug 13, 2026
Impact Partners Β· esgtoday.com Β· Aug 13, 2026
Sumo Logic Β· Cyber Trust Podcast (UK) Β· Aug 12, 2026
Amberdata Β· coinstats.app Β· Aug 9, 2026
Fund performance Β· per public LP disclosures Β· 4
as of Sep 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin VC Opp IILPs: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma | 2024 | β | β | 0.98x | 0.00x |
| Franklin Venture OppLPs: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma | 2022 | β | 3.1% | 1.06x | 0.00x |
| Franklin Templeton Private Real Estate FundLPs: New York City Board of Education Retirement System | 2011 | β | 19.2% | 1.37x | 1.34x |
| FRANKLIN TEMP PR RE FDLPs: New York City Board of Education Retirement System | β | β | β | 0.07x | β |
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
- What sectors does Franklin Templeton focus on?
- Franklin Templeton focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Where is Franklin Templeton located?
- Franklin Templeton is headquartered in San Mateo, US.
- Does Franklin Templeton lead rounds?
- Franklin Templeton has led 4 of the 26 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Franklin Templeton co-invest with?
- Franklin Templeton most often shares deals with Accel, Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners, among 69 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors Β· 20
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Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs breakout companies at critical inflection points, helping them grow into enduring market leaders.
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Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building transformative deep technologies, having been among the first investors in category-defining companies across AI, robotics, biotech, defense, and infrastructure.
Thrive Capital invests in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies. The firm focuses on early-stage and growth-stage ventures.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
King River Capital is a venture capital firm with a global presence that partners closely with founders, offering flexible capital and network support as companies scale.
Emergence Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders building B2B software companies, from early-stage cloud and SaaS pioneers to AI-native innovators.
βΆ8 more co-investors
Bond Capital ManagementSalesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.AIX VenturesRenegade PartnersDeerfield Management CompanyAsset Management VenturesWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)SJF Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Franklin Templeton, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Franklin Templeton's recorded portfolio.
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