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Practical Venture Capital
Venture capitalSilicon Valley · Growth–Late Stage · 7 people tracked
Also known as PRACTICAL VC INVESTMENT ADVISOR, LLC
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Investment thesis
PVC pursues a 'Skip the J-Curve' strategy centered on the venture secondary market. Rather than backing early-stage startups, it buys LP and GP fund interests and direct secondary stakes in mature private companies that are typically 5-10 years old, after winners have emerged and weaker companies have been written down. Through its PVC-3 Halftime Fund, it offers LPs discounted access (typically 20-50% discounts) to proven, established companies and unicorns with anticipated liquidity via exits or IPOs within 3-5 years, effectively halving the usual 10-15 year VC holding period and reducing early-stage risk.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Practical Venture Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 11 of 13 portfolio companiesSaaS ×5Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Enterprise Software ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2Marketplaces ×2AgTech ×1
HQs:United States×10Australia×1Brazil×1Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:2 founders×33 founders×24+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
Duke University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×6Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history
Google ×2Heyzap ×2ISPRIME ×2Ramp ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 22019 · 12017 · 14 dated
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Mueller(Founder)
BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)in
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures1802 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures+211 more
Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(Founder)inTrae Stephens(Founder)inJoe Chen(Founder)Joseph Chen(Founder)inMatt Grimm(Founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures1435 Capital1Flourish Capital8VCAliya Capital PartnersAltra Venture+105 more
Design platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
SocialSurry Hills, Nsw, AU
Melanie Perkins(Founder)inClifford Obrecht(Executive Officer, Director)Cliff Obrecht(Founder)inCameron Adams(Founder)inIan LeeJeffrey Story
Co-investors3Spoke Capital500 GlobalAirTree VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+58 more
Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA
Aidan Gomez(Co-founder & CEO)Ivan Zhang(Founder)inNick Frosst(Founder)inAidan N. Gomez(Founder)Rahul Sengottuvelu(Founder)inYunyu Lin(Founder)in
Co-investors1802 VenturesAccess Ventures (New York)Advaita CapitalAju IB InvestmentAlumni VenturesBasecamp Fund+36 more
EquityZen operates an online marketplace that gives accredited individual investors access to shares in late-stage private companies through secondary market transactions.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechNew York, US
Atish Davda(Executive Officer, Director)inShriram Bhashyam(Executive Officer, Director)inPhil Haslett(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAmino CapitalChasella Capital PartnersClick VenturesDraper AssociatesKhosla Ventures+6 more
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Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Immad Akhund(Founder)inJason Zhang(Founder)inMax Tagher(Founder)inMax Tazhitdinov(Founder)Max Tazhnudinov(Founder)
BoardTom Brown(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundAtaraxia CapitalBetter Tomorrow VenturesBuilders + Backers+51 more
Mottu is a motorcycle rental service that allows users to rent motorbikes for short-term urban mobility.
B2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Caetano Minuzzo(Founder)Rubens Zanelatto(Founder)
Co-investorsAllievo CapitalCaravela CapitalFJ LabsLinkinFirmQED InvestorsBicycle+1 more
NEXT Insurance (ERGO NEXT) sells small-business insurance online, including general liability policies with product liability coverage for retailers, online sellers, wholesalers, and product makers.
FintechInsurTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Guy Goldstein(Founder)Alon Huri(Founder)inNissim Tapiro(Founder)in
BoardNick Shalek(Director)inEitan Bek(Director)inMatthew McElhattan(Director)
Co-investors1435 CapitalAllianz XBattery VenturesCapitalGG SquaredGroup 11+36 more
Quicknode provides blockchain infrastructure services that enable developers and enterprises to build and deploy decentralized applications across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMiami, US
Dmitry Shklovsky(Founder)inManuel Kreutz(Founder)inAlexander Nabutovsky(Founder)inAlex Nabutovsky(Founder)Auston Bunsen(Founder)inAlexander Nabutovskyin
Co-investorsY Combinator10T FundAngel Collective Opportunity FundArrington CapitalLG Technology VenturesNvested Equity+13 more
Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(President)inPatrick Collison(CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)inGreg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inSarah HeckinRyan Seekely(Engineering Manager)
Co-investors1435 Capital500 GlobalAdvaita CapitalAdventure FundAglae VenturesAir Street Capital+101 more
Terraformation develops technology and operational expertise to restore forests and combat climate change at scale.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodKamuela, US
Yishan Wong(Founder)inMax Altman(Director)
BoardSteve Jang(Engineer and climate activist)
Co-investorsBrighter CapitalKnockout CapitalAPOLLO PROJECTSBlackPineLocus VenturesLombardstreet Ventures
Financial services and credit lines for startups and SMEs with blockchain-based cross-border payments.
Huntsville, US
Rachael Marie Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Holloway(Director)Robert Thurber(Director)Lee Dannelly(Executive Officer, Director)David Kingsbury(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Windham(Director)
Co-investorsAGE CryptoCircle VenturesCOTU VenturesDigital Currency GroupRising TideBECO Capital+1 more
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(CEO and Founder, Vercel)inNaoyuki Kanezawa(Founder)Tony Kovanen(Founder)
BoardGeoff Lewis(Director)inDaniel Levine(Director)inReid Christian(Director)in
Co-investors8VCAccelBedrockBeyond CapitalCoatue ManagementCold Start Ventures+35 more
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsPortfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Anduril · geekwire.com · Jul 24, 2026
Mercury · thesaasnews.com · Jul 8, 2026
Stripe · techcrunch.com · Feb 24, 2026
EquityZen · help.equityzen.com · Feb 19, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Practical Venture Capital made?
- Practical Venture Capital has 13 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does Practical Venture Capital invest at?
- Practical Venture Capital invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Practical Venture Capital focus on?
- Practical Venture Capital focuses on Deep Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Practical Venture Capital located?
- Practical Venture Capital is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Who does Practical Venture Capital co-invest with?
- Practical Venture Capital most often shares deals with CRV (Charles River Ventures), Khosla Ventures, QED Investors, among 121 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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