What stage does Scale Venture Partners invest at?

Scale Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.

What is Scale Venture Partners's typical check size?

Scale Venture Partners typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.

Where is Scale Venture Partners located?

Scale Venture Partners is headquartered in Bay Area, US.

Does Scale Venture Partners lead rounds?

Yes, Scale Venture Partners leads investment rounds.

Scale Venture Partners

Venture capital

Bay Area · Seed–Series B · 57 people tracked

Also known as SCALE MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Scale Venture Partners focuses on backing early-stage artificial intelligence companies. The firm positions itself as a partner to founders through the transition from founder-led growth to building a repeatable go-to-market engine, offering support in the form of guidance, resources, and the freedom for founders to build. It emphasizes long-term commitment to companies capable of enduring and scaling.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Cloud Computing Cybersecurity Data & Infrastructure Developer Tools Enterprise Software Fintech Robotics SaaSNorth AmericaUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Seed–Series B

Check

$5M – $25M

Bay Area, California, US

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2000

AUM

$900M

VC funds

Tracked investments

Team · 57 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Alexander Niehenke· Partner· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Alex Niehenke specializes in modernizing legacy verticals—trucking, insurance, construction—through early bets like Motive and Root, and publishes a History Lessons series advocating a vertical-first view of AI.

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Andy Vitus· Partner· Palo Alto, Californiain 𝕏

Andy Vitus is an engineer-turned-VC who still ships code, with a hands-on mindset for AI infrastructure, devops and data platforms, backing software that lets computing perceive and act physically.

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Ariel Tseitlin· Partner· Sunnyvale, Californiain 𝕏

Ariel Tseitlin, ex-Netflix Director of Cloud Solutions, backs technical security and infrastructure teams and uses his Netflix Simian Army/Chaos Monkey experience to advise scaling from product-market fit to enterprise.

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Eric Anderson· Partner· Mountain View, Californiain 𝕏

Eric Anderson, a former Alluxio and Apache Beam contributor/PMC who hosts The Contributor podcast, draws on a GE aircraft-engine and Google Cloud Dataprep/Dataflow background to help founders anticipate platform dynamics.

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Javier Redondo· Partnerin

Javier Redondo combines hands-on distributed-systems engineering—leading Ray at Anyscale and building infrastructure at Confluent and Klarna—with investment theses on agent protocols and database consolidation, focusing on AI-enabled developer tools.

Jeremy Kaufmann· Partner· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Jeremy Kaufmann, an ex-Fed statistician and Salesforce data scientist, uses quantitative analysis and Scale Studio's 20-year, 300-company SaaS benchmark to find AI opportunities where data and clear ROI align.

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Kate Mitchell· Partner· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Founder of Scale Venture Partners, now Partner Emeritus.

Rory O'Driscoll· Partner· Burlingame, Californiain 𝕏

Rory O'Driscoll is a veteran enterprise software investor who backed Box, DocuSign, Bill and Omniture IPOs, known for pattern recognition in go-to-market, a market-first focus, and structured board work.

Rory O’Driscoll· Partner

Rory O'Driscoll is a Partner at Scale Venture Partners, where he has invested since the mid-1990s across the internet, SaaS/cloud, and AI eras. He currently focuses on business applications enabled by AI in both digital and physical domains. He grew up in Ireland, studied at the London School of Economics, and moved to the United States in 1991, entering venture within a year of arriving.

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Stacey Bishop· Partner· San Mateo, Californiain 𝕏

Stacey Bishop has been at the same firm since 2002, offering deep SaaS and go-to-market pattern recognition while centering customer success and revenue efficiency for sales, HR, and finance workflows.

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Chris Yin· Principal· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Jonas Ciplickas· Principalin

Jonas Ciplickas combines a technical BA and MS in mathematics/computer science with a 1990s San Jose deep‑tech upbringing and focuses on AI-driven, underserved, workflow-specific verticals like architecture, engineering, and construction.

Sabina Smith· Principal· San Francisco

Principal at Scale focused on cybersecurity, infrastructure software, and creative tools. Previously a product manager at Microsoft Security working on identity security and multifactor authentication. Holds a B.S. in Engineering Science from Vanderbilt University.

Siddharth Ramakrishnan· Principal· Bay Area

Siddharth Ramakrishnan, a decade-long AI operator who scaled ML teams while overseeing $10B in assets and built reinforcement learning for marketing, focuses on AI applications, infrastructure and researcher dinners.

A.J. Aldana· Head of Ecosystem

Abby Strong· Marketing & Operations Manager· Bay Area

Abby Strong works on events, community programming, marketing operations, and brand at Scale. She previously led growth marketing at Series B startup Teambridge and spent six years running integrated campaigns at Salesforce, including the Dreamforce marketing plan.

Anika Ayyar· Associate· Saratoga, Californiain 𝕏

Anna Shults Held· Editorial Directorin

Anna joined Scale Venture Partners in 2023 to lead content and editorial efforts. She previously managed editorial for various startups and VC firms and works as a ghostwriter, with publications including Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Vox. She holds a BA and MA from Tulane University.

Aurelia Han· Associate· San Franciscoin

Aurelia Han is an Associate at Scale Venture Partners focused on vertical software, fintech, and AI applications, with investments including Range. She previously worked at Orion Group, a private equity arm of Alpine Investors, and holds a B.A. from Harvard College.

Becca Chambers· Chief Marketing Officer· San Francisco Bay Areain

Becca Chambers leads Scale Venture Partners' marketing organization, focusing on the firm's brand, amplifying the investment team, and advising portfolio companies through growth stages. She previously built marketing teams at enterprise tech companies including McAfee, Ivanti, and MobileIron, and holds degrees from the London School of Economics and USC.

Ben Liebald· Executive-In-Residence

Executive-in-Residence; former VP of Engineering at Harvey.

Bob Genchi· CIO/CISO· Southern Californiain

Bob Genchi leads the development and management of Scale Venture Partners' IT and security infrastructure. A Santa Clara University graduate in Management Information Systems, he has held IT and information security roles over a 20-year career at companies including Gap Inc., Salesforce, and Xactly.

Claire Yoon· Associate

Claire Yoon is an Associate at Scale focused on AI infrastructure, AI apps, and developer tools. Originally from South Korea, she holds a B.A. in Data Science and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley and previously held product roles at Scale AI, serving as its first ML TPM and Chief of Staff to the VP of Strategic Product.

Craig Rosenberg· Chief Platform Officerin

Craig Rosenberg joined Scale in 2022 to build and manage the firm's Go-To-Market Platform. He was previously a Distinguished VP in Gartner's Sales Practice and co-founder and Chief Analyst of TOPO (acquired by Gartner in 2019), and is a UCLA graduate.

Dale Chang· Operating Partner· Bay Areain

Dale Chang leads Scale Venture Partners' operations, spanning marketing, platform, and data science, building tools and teams to support portfolio go-to-market strategies and benchmarking. A Bay Area native, he previously worked in sales and operations at startups like Proofpoint and Jaspersoft and led the cloud practice at the Alexander Group, and he created Scale Studio, a startup benchmarking database.

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Damian Gardiner· Senior Associatein

Damian Gardiner is a Senior Associate at Scale focused on fintech and vertical software. A UCLA mechanical engineering graduate, he previously worked in investment banking at Qatalyst Partners advising on M&A for companies such as Coupa, Zendesk, and New Relic.

Dana Espeland· Controller/Investor Relations

Dana has been part of Scale Venture Partners' finance team since 2007, serving as Controller responsible for distributions, capital calls, and quarterly LP reporting. She previously held finance and operating roles at Global Catalyst Partners and Ketchum Thomas, and holds a B.S. in Commerce from Santa Clara University.

David Walter· Advisorin

Advisor; former Vice President at RSA Archer.

Edi Danalache· Senior Associatein

Geyer Jones· Advisorin

Advisor; former Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security.

Hayley Hoad· VP of Operations & Compliance

Hayley has managed finance, legal, and administrative functions at Scale and its predecessor organizations for around 30 years, overseeing investment compliance and the firm's operations and administrative staff. Before Scale, she spent many years with the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

Ishan Pherwani· Associatein

Ishan Pherwani is a GTM Associate at Scale. He previously worked on strategy at Rune Labs and in Bain's Private Equity Group and Strategy practice, supporting PE diligences and advising high-growth AI and technology companies. He studied Computer Science, Mathematics, and English at Occidental College.

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Jamie Watson· GTM Coordinatorin

Jamie Watson is an Operations & GTM Coordinator at Scale, focused on operations and go-to-market support. She holds a Creative Arts degree from San Jose State University and previously worked as an executive assistant at Oracle, Sevin Rosen Funds, Vanguard Ventures, and Ingres (now Actian).

Jen Xie· Tax Director

Jennifer Xie joined Scale's finance team as tax director in 2023, overseeing the firm's tax reporting and analysis. She previously served as tax manager at Mayfield Fund and at PwC's venture capital tax team, and holds a B.S. in Business Science from the University of Houston and is a CPA.

Jennifer Yu· Director of Finance

Jennifer Yu became Finance Director at Scale in 2023, with more than fifteen years in venture finance. She began at BDO, rising to audit manager, and previously served as VP of Finance at BlueRun Ventures and as a consultant to various venture firms. She is an inactive CPA and holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, East Bay.

John Gianakopoulos· Vice President· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Kristina McMillan· Executive-In-Residence

Executive-in-Residence; former VP of Sales Research at Gartner.

Laura Sebastiani· VP of Finance

M.G. Thibaut· Executive-In-Residencein

Executive-in-Residence; former CFO at DroneDeploy.

Maggie Basta· Investorin 𝕏

Marc-Anthony Larco· Associatein

Associate at Scale Venture Partners focused on AI-first applications. Previously an Associate at Bain & Company in the Private Equity Group, working on growth-equity due diligence and go-to-market transformations for software and technology companies. Holds a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce; originally from Haiti and founded an education-access nonprofit.

Mary Denten· Chief Financial Officerin

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Maxwell Abram· Associate· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Max Abram is an investor who hosts Contributor and YouTube content, focuses on AI-native B2B startups like Tavus and Bland, partners at or just after product‑market fit, uses AI tools.

Misha Bansal· Investor· New York, New Yorkin 𝕏

Nate Lee· Executive-In-Residencein

Executive-in-Residence; founder and Chief Information Security Officer.

Neha Jewalikar· Director of Communications· San Francisco

Neha leads communications at Scale Venture Partners and supports its portfolio. She previously led product communications at Slack and headed comms at Checkr and Productboard, and holds degrees in Sociology and Economics from UC Santa Cruz.

Noah Gross· Senior Associate· San Francisco, Californiain

Peter Giordano· Executive-In-Residencein

Executive-in-Residence; former Global Director of GTM Strategy.

Roger Arnemann· Advisor

Advisor; former General Manager & SVP of Analytics at Guidewire.

Ryan Azus· Executive-In-Residencein

Executive-in-Residence; former Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom Video Communications.

Sam Baker· Vice President· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

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Sanjeev Kriplani· Advisor

Advisor; former SVP of Product at Bill.com.

Stephan Eberle· General Counsel & Head of Limited Partner Relationsin

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Sydney Sloan· Executive-In-Residencein

Executive-in-Residence; Chief Marketing Officer.

Ted Chai· Associate· San Franciscoin

Ted Chai is an Associate at Scale focused on AI applications. He previously founded Sonnet, a YC-backed AI notetaking startup, and was Chief of Staff at Recall.ai, where he helped scale the company from $3M to $30M ARR. He studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley.

Tyler Harnish· Executive-In-Residence

Executive-in-Residence; former Head of Global Distribution & GTM for Net Zero Cloud/ESG at Salesforce.

Will McGinnis· Chief Data Scientist· Atlantain

Will McGinnis is an entrepreneur and data science executive with over a decade of experience spanning AI/ML, technology, and business strategy. He trained as a mechanical engineer at Auburn University, then co-founded Predikto, a predictive maintenance startup for heavy industry that was acquired by United Technologies in 2018. He went on to lead Applied Data at Raytheon Technologies/UTC, built the data science function at Aumni (acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2023), and led Data Science for Aumni within JPMorgan through 2025. He is now Chief Data Scientist at Scale Venture Partners, where he builds AI infrastructure to augment investment decision-making. He is also an active open-source contributor in the Python data science ecosystem.

What they invest in

from 49 of 97 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×35Enterprise Software ×28SaaS ×23Cybersecurity ×8Developer Tools ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×5Robotics ×4

HQs:United States×55Canada×1Ireland×1Israel×1

Investments · 97 tracked

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DocuSigndocusign.comin 𝕏NASDAQ: DOCUSEC filingmedium confidence

DocuSign provides AI-powered agreement management, electronic signature, and contract lifecycle management solutions for enterprises.

Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

John Hinshaw(Director)Pete Solvik(Director)Mike Dinsdale(Executive Officer)Louis Lavigne(Director)Tom Gonser(Director)Neil Hudspith(Executive Officer)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $115M raise · filed Jan 2015

FortiveNYSE: FTVSEC filingmedium confidence

Everett, US

Board seatKate Mitchell· per SEC Form D · filed Mar 2020

BILLNYSE: BILL

Financial automation software for small and midsize businesses

Boxbox.com𝕏NYSE: BOX

Box provides intelligent content management and secure collaboration for enterprise teams, combining unstructured data access and sharing with AI-powered workflows and insights.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Carl Bass(Director)Dana L. Evan(Director)John Park(Director)Peter Leav(Director)Jack Lazar(Director)Dylan Smith(Executive Officer)

DocuSignNASDAQ: DOCU

E-signature and agreement management platform serving over 500,000 customers across 180+ countries

HubSpothubspot.comin 𝕏NYSE: HUBS

HubSpot is a software platform that provides customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation tools for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Brian HalliganDharmesh ShahYamini Rangan(CEO)in

JFrogNASDAQ: FROG

Continuous and secure software delivery.

Demandbasedemandbase.comin 𝕏✓ verified

Demandbase provides an AI-powered B2B intelligence platform that integrates go-to-market data, tools, and execution across the GTM ecosystem.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Chris Golec(Founder)Gabriel Rogol(Chief Executive Officer)Umberto Milletti(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Anthony Lee(Director)David Karnstedt(Director)Gregory Sands(Director)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Flatfileflatfile.ioin 𝕏✓ verified

Flatfile provides a platform for automating data onboarding, mapping, transformation, and validation using AI-guided workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US

AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)FRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Matillionmatillion.comin 𝕏✓ verified

Matillion provides a data integration platform for building and managing data pipelines to cloud data warehouses, enabling data teams to extract, load, and transform enterprise data for analytics and AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US

Matthew Scullion(CEO)inEd Thompson(CTO)inSimon Finch(Director)Angela Warner(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)Andreas Welskam(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)Andy Vitus(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)in

Board seatAndrew Lennart Vitus· per SEC Form D

Lumoslumos.comin✓ verified

Lumos builds autonomous security systems that protect companies' access and identity infrastructure in an AI-first world.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Andrej Safundzic(Co-founder)Alan Flores-López(Co-founder)Leo Mehr(Co-founder)

Namelynamely.comin 𝕏✓ verified

Namely is a cloud-based HR platform that combines HRIS, payroll, benefits administration, and talent management for mid-market companies.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York, US

Matthew Straznitskas(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAdam D'Augelli(Director)David Skok(Director)

PartnerStacey Bishop· quoted

Observe.AIobserve.aiin 𝕏✓ verified

Observe.AI builds an AI agent platform that enables businesses to deploy specialized autonomous agents to handle customer conversations, support frontline teams, and optimize contact center operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Swapnil Jain(Founder/CEO)in

Agari DataSEC filingmedium confidence

San Mateo, US

Ammar Hanafi(Director)Scott Johnston(Director)Martin Brauns(Director)Ariel Tseitlin(Director)Patrick Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Jan 2016

AppOmni, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $90M raise · filed Jun 2022

AxcientSEC filingmedium confidence

Mountain View, US

Rory O'Driscoll(Director)Peter Bodine(Director)Tom van Overbeek(Director)Don Butler(Director)Justin Moore(Executive Officer, Director)John Finegan(Executive Officer)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Aug 2016

BigIDbigid.comin 𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

BigID is a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and governs enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and unstructured environments to enable privacy, security, and compliance.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMamaroneck, US

Gil Beyda(Director)Nimrod Vax(Secretary, Director)Dimitri Sirota(President, Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEd Sim(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $61.4M raise · filed Feb 2024

BILL.COM, INC.SEC filingmedium confidence

Palo Alto, US

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Apr 2015

CloudHealth TechnologiesSEC filingmedium confidence

Cloud infrastructure cost and performance management platform.

Boston, US

Robert Davoli(Member of Board of Directors)Joe Kinsella(Chief Technology Officer and member of Board of Directors)Bob Brennan(Member of Board of Directors)Daniel Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Eicher(Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer)Lawrence Begley(Member of Board of Directors)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $46M raise · filed Jun 2017

Cyber Global Risk ExchangeSEC filingmedium confidence

Denver, US

Frederick H. Kneip(Chief Executive Officer)Jay Leek(Director)Robert R. Ackerman, Jr.(Director)Anthony J Urbanovich(Chief Operating Officer)Stuart McClure(Director)Alexander Weiss(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Dec 2019

DataStaxdatastax.com

DataStax provides enterprise-grade database infrastructure and AI development tools, including Astra DB (a NoSQL vector database built on Apache Cassandra), Hyper-Converged Database for on-premises deployments, and Langflow (an open-source low-code platform for building generative AI applications).

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Board seatAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Dusty Roboticsdustyrobotics.comin

Dusty Robotics builds the FieldPrinter, a mobile robot that automates layout and marking tasks on construction job sites.

Construction TechHardwareRoboticsMountain View, US

Tessa Lau(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Avidan Ross(Director)Richard Boyle(Director)Philipp Herget(Director, Promoter)

Board seatAlexander Niehenke· per SEC Form D

Expelexpel.comin 𝕏

Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) services for cybersecurity threats, helping organizations detect and respond to security incidents.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Dave Merkel(Chief Executive Officer)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

General Counsel AISEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Cecilia Ziniti(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $55.6M raise · filed Nov 2025

Hound Technology, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Ariel Tseitlin(Director)Chris Wasik(Executive Officer)Kelly Shearon(Director)George Mathew(Director)Charity Hope Majors(Director)Thomas Gieselmann(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Apr 2023

IntelligaSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Isaiah Granet(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Eric Nejad(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatAndrew Vitus· per SEC Form D · $37.6M raise · filed Jan 2025

Lumos App, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Peter Levine(Director)Andrej Safundzic(Executive Officer, Director)Leo Mehr(Executive Officer)Alan Ernesto Flores-Lopez(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $35M raise · filed Jun 2024

Motive TechnologiesSEC filingmedium confidence

Dover, US

Aaron Schildkrout(Director)Alexander Niehenke(Director)Shoaib Makani(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Block(Executive Officer)Shulamite White(Executive Officer)Dana Evan(Director)

Board seatAlexander Niehenke· per SEC Form D · $150M raise · filed Jul 2025

Painted CaveSEC filingmedium confidence

Santa Barbara, US

Ryan Millner(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAshwin Singhania(Director)Yongbai Choi(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $13.2M raise · filed Dec 2024

Pantheon SystemsSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Rory O'Driscoll(Director)Chris Moody(Director)Zachary Rosen(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan McIntyre(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $28.8M raise · filed Jul 2016

Prosciaproscia.comin 𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Proscia provides a digital pathology software platform that converts glass microscope slides into high-resolution digital images for viewing, management, and analysis by pathologists and research teams.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical Devices<UNKNOWN>, US

Tom Loftus(Director)Robert Epstein(Director)David West, Sr.(Executive Officer, Director)David West, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAlex Niehenke(Director)

Board seatAlexander Niehenke· per SEC Form D · $35M raise · filed Mar 2025

Range Finance, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Mclean, US

Simon Wu(Director)Fahad Hassan(Executive Officer, Director)Haroon Mokhtarzada(Director)Alexander Niehenke(Director)David Cusatis(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDarian Shirazi(Director)

Board seatAlexander Niehenke· per SEC Form D · $63.5M raise · filed Feb 2026

Sailthrusailthru.comSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Neil Capel(Director)Stacey Bishop(Director)Amy Shapero(Executive Officer)Tien Tzuo(Director)Neil Lustig(Executive Officer, Director)Raju Rishi(Director)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D · $477.7K raise · filed Apr 2016

Singularity TopCoSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Tamer Hassan(Director)Isaac Itenberg(Executive Officer, Director)Stuart Solomon(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJonathan Heiliger(Director)Jay Leek(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $53.4M raise · filed Oct 2024

Socuresocure.com

Socure provides an AI-driven platform for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk decisioning, serving enterprises and government agencies across financial services, gaming, healthcare, e-commerce, and other sectors.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechNew York, US

John F. Frankel(Director)Sunil Madhu(Executive Officer, Director)Alessandro Piol(Director)Pavlo Protopapa(Director)John Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Soft Robotics Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Bedford, US

George Whitesides(Director)Adam Sharkawy(Director)Carmichael Roberts(Director)Jeff Beck(Executive Officer, Director)Rory O'Driscoll(Director)Kevin Dunlap(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $35.9M raise · filed Dec 2022

Spruce HoldingsSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Alexander Niehenke(Director)Matthew McElhattan(Director)Patrick Burns(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Weisgall(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Birnbaum(Director)

Board seatAlexander Niehenke· per SEC Form D · $60M raise · filed Jun 2021

System Initiative, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $6.2M raise · filed Apr 2025

TalkIQtalkiq.comin 𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Dialpad is an AI-powered communication platform that handles customer service, outbound sales, and autonomous agent workflows across voice, chat, SMS, and email channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Rory O'Driscoll(Director)Johnny Chen(Executive Officer)Dan O'Connell(Executive Officer, Director)Jack Abraham(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D · $10.9M raise · filed Sep 2017

Textiotextio.comin

Seattle, US

Kieran Snyder(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jensen Harris(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Threat Stackthreatstack.cominSEC filingmedium confidence

CybersecurityBoston, US

Brian Ahern(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $37.5M raise · filed Sep 2017

Abacumabacum.ioin 𝕏

Abacum is a board and investor reporting software that helps finance teams prepare and present quarterly meeting materials to boards and investors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Abacumabacum.aiin 𝕏

Abacum is a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform designed for mid-market finance teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Jorge Lluch(Founder)inJulio Martinez(Founder)in

Airspace Technologiesairspacetechnologies.comin 𝕏

AppOmni

Scale portfolio company where Eric Anderson is a board observer.

Archipelago

Bill.com

Bland

Platform for building customizable AI voice agents, featuring a no-code Conversational Pathways workflow builder, call observability/analytics, enterprise integrations, and self-hosted HIPAA/GDPR-compliant deployment.

Clearvector

Identity-first cloud detection and response platform giving security teams real-time visibility in cloud-native environments.

CodeRabbitcoderabbit.aiin 𝕏

CodeRabbit provides AI-powered code review tools for developers to improve software quality and efficiency in development workflows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsWalnut Creek, US

Harjot Gill(Executive Officer, Director)Vishavjeet Kaur(Executive Officer)Guritfaq Singh(Executive Officer, Director)

Cortex

Scale portfolio company where Eric Anderson serves as a board member.

Drone Deploydronedeploy.comin 𝕏

DroneDeploy provides a robotics and AI platform used for data collection and site intelligence across construction, energy, infrastructure, and agriculture.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechConstruction TechImpact & Social GoodRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Mike Winn(CEO & Co-Founder)inNick Pilkington(CTO & Co-Founder)inJono Millin(Chief Data Officer & Co-Founder)in

ExactTarget

A leading cloud marketing platform.

Expelexpel.ioin 𝕏

Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) services powered by AI and 24/7 human security analysts.

Cybersecurity

Fixifyfixify.comin

Forter

Freed

AI medical scribe that takes clinical notes at the point of care.

Galileo

AI debugging and observability platform offering evaluation, error analysis, and tracing for AI models.

GC AI

Generalistgeneralistai.comin 𝕏

Generalist develops embodied foundation models for robots, focusing on dexterity and enabling machines to intelligently interact with the physical world.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsBay Area, Boston, US

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Scale Venture Partners invest at?: Scale Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Scale Venture Partners's typical check size?: Scale Venture Partners typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
What sectors does Scale Venture Partners focus on?: Scale Venture Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Robotics, SaaS.
Where is Scale Venture Partners located?: Scale Venture Partners is headquartered in Bay Area, US.
Does Scale Venture Partners lead rounds?: Yes, Scale Venture Partners leads investment rounds.

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Scale Venture Partners has written about AI product differentiation through execution and user experience rather than technical moats, the adoption sequencing of AI across industry verticals based on integration complexity and historical software investment, and released a GTM benchmarking tool to track performance metrics as selling dynamics shift for AI-enabled products. AI summary

Which AI verticals will have the next unicorn?Jun 2026AI adoption across verticals depends on integration complexity and prior software investment, with legal and healthcare leading due to low integration needs and historic tech laggardness.Let the commodities be commoditiesMay 2026Great AI products differentiate through superior user experience and workflow design rather than technical novelty, with commoditized underlying technology enabling sustainable companies.Introducing our GTM benchmark toolFeb 2026Scale released a benchmarking tool measuring Go-to-Market performance metrics across AI and non-AI startups to address shifting sales dynamics in the AI era.

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Andreessen Horowitz

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$500K – $50M

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies, with a strong current focus on artificial intelligence.

$4.4M – $214M

General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital and investment firm that backs founders across industries, with a strong focus on AI-driven transformation, fintech, healthcare, and other sectors.

$30M

GV (Google Ventures)

Google Ventures is a venture capital investor that backs innovative founders across multiple industries, focusing on long-term partnerships and providing value across multiple funding stages and company milestones.

$250K – $50M

Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across sectors, backing companies such as Anduril and Palantir.

$500K – $5M

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm known for backing AI and technology founders, emphasizing deep, hands-on partnerships with the companies it funds.

$1.7M – $87M

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from early stages through every stage of growth, publishing investment roadmaps across multiple technology sectors.

$5M – $100M

Accel

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

$1.6M – $70M

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm known for backing bold, contrarian bets in world-class teams that can reshape entire industries.

$5K – $50M

Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across the globe, investing in the people behind ideas from early through later stages.

$540K – $10.8M

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture firm that gives accredited individual investors access to professionally managed, diversified venture portfolios by co-investing alongside leading lead VC firms. It offers annual funds, syndicate deal-by-deal investing, and various investor clubs.

$100K – $10M

Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.

$100K – $10M

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$5K – $50M

Menlo Ventures

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