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Scale Venture Partners

Venture capital

San Francisco · Seed–Series B · 49 people tracked

Also known as SCALE MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Scale Venture Partners focuses on backing early-stage AI companies, positioning itself as a partner throughout the journey from founder-led growth to a repeatable go-to-market machine. The firm emphasizes providing reasoning, resources, and the freedom for founders to build, supporting the few companies it believes can go the distance.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 4, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
Check
$5M – $25M
HQ
San Francisco, California, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2000
Last 12 months
7 investments
AUM
$900M
VC funds
7
Tracked investments
132

Team · 49 people

from the firm's website
A.J. Aldana· Head of Ecosystem
Harry Plumer· Chief Architect
Stephan Eberle· General Counsel & Head of Limited Partner Relationsin

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Scale Venture Partners went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 88 of 132 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×68SaaS ×47Enterprise Software ×45Developer Tools ×12Cybersecurity ×11Data & Infrastructure ×11Healthtech ×9Fintech ×8

HQs:United States×90Israel×3Ireland×2Canada×1Switzerland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 55 portfolio companies
25%
solo founders
14 of 55 mapped founding teams
48%
repeat founders
of 95 founders with career history
~5 yrs
old at investment
median across 20 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×142 founders×283 founders×84+ founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 90 founders with education data

Stanford University ×10Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Case Western Reserve University ×4Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×4Dartmouth College ×3The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×3The University of Texas at Austin ×3Trinity College Dublin ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 95 founders with career history

Facebook ×58Vc ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×3DeepMind ×3Goldman Sachs ×3Stanford University ×3Livingsocial ×2Lumos App, Inc. ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×7

13 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 93 with degree data)

Investments · 132 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 162024 · 102023 · 42022 · 102021 · 112020 · 12019 · 12018 · 22017 · 72016 · 62015 · 274 dated

DocuSigndocusign.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DOCUMar 2014

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

Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Tom Gonser(Director)inMike Dinsdale(Executive Officer)Neil Hudspith(Executive Officer)inReggie Davis(Executive Officer)inKeith Krach(Executive Officer, Director)inAllan Thygesenin

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersComcast VenturesDraper AssociatesLinus VenturesPropel Venture Partners+9 more

Fortivefortive.comin𝕏NYSE: FTVJan 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

Fortive is a global industrial technology company that develops products for medical device safety, radiation protection, workflow automation, gas detection, and predictive maintenance.

Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechIoTEverett, US

James A. Lico(Executive Officer, Director)Charles E. McLaughlin(Executive Officer)Martin Gafinowitz(Executive Officer)inBarbara B. Hulit(Executive Officer)inPatrick K. Murphy(Executive Officer)William W. Pringle(Executive Officer)

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

Co-investorsBright Pixel Capital

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.bill.comin𝕏NYSE: BILLJun 2021

BILL is a unified financial operations platform that automates accounts payable, receivables, and spend management for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Jose, US

Rene A. Lacerte(Executive Officer, Director)inRené Lacerte(Founder)inBora Chung(Executive Officer)inThomas J. Clayton(Executive Officer)inJohn R. Rettig(Executive Officer)inRajesh A. Aji(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAugust CapitalBYU Cougar CapitalCommerce Venturescoreteq venturesCross Creek AdvisorsDCM Ventures+6 more

Boxbox.comin𝕏NYSE: BOXMay 2021

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

Dylan Smith(Executive Officer)inAaron Levie(Executive Officer, Director)inDan Levin(Director)inStephanie Carullo(Executive Officer)inPeter McGoff(Executive Officer)inGraham Younger(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersHercules Capital, Inc.Kleiner PerkinsLobby Capital+9 more

HubSpothubspot.comin𝕏NYSE: HUBS

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

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Brian Halligan(Co-founder)inDharmesh Shah(Co-founder)inYamini Rangan(CEO)inSarika Gargin

Co-investorsBantam GroupMatrixSequoia CapitalCross Creek AdvisorsGROOVE CAPITAL

Israel Israel Israeljfrog.comin𝕏NASDAQ: FROG

JFrog AI Catalog is a governance layer that manages AI assets — including models, MCP servers, agent skills, and plugins — as native artifacts within the same system of record used to control software supply chains.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSSunnyvale, US

Shlomi Ben Haim(Founder)in

Co-investorsBattery VenturesDell Technologies CapitalMS&AD VenturesNotable CapitalQumra CapitalSapphire Ventures+1 more

Demandbasedemandbase.comin𝕏Jul 2015✓ 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)inChristopher Golec(Executive Officer, Director)inGabriel Rogol(Chief Executive Officer)Umberto Milletti(Chief Product & Technology Officer)in

BoardAnthony Lee(Director)in

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCamber PartnersFirstMark CapitalJackson Square VenturesNewView CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersRembrandt Venture Partners+3 more

Extoleextole.cominMar 2017✓ verified

Extole offers an enterprise referral marketing platform that lets brands build, run, and optimize customer referral programs across web, mobile, in-store, and call-center touchpoints.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Matthew Roche(Executive Officer, Director)inErik Zech(Executive Officer)in

BoardJeff Crowe(Director)Chris Moore(Director)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsShasta VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersSaaS CapitalRedpoint Ventures

Flatfileflatfile.ioin𝕏Oct 2022✓ verified

Flatfile is an AI-powered data migration platform that lets enterprises collect, map, clean, transform, and validate data from files, APIs, webhooks, databases, and cloud storage.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US

David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardFRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAfore CapitalTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesDesigner FundGradient Ventures+1 more

Matillionmatillion.comin𝕏Sep 2021 · $150M✓ 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)inPeter McCord(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAndreas Welskam(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)Simon Finch(Director)

Board seatAndrew Lennart VitusAndrew VitusAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBattery VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesGeneral AtlanticBalderton CapitalG Squared+2 more

Flatfileflatfile.comin𝕏✓ verified

Flatfile provides a platform that automates data onboarding by mapping, transforming, and validating raw customer data with AI assistance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

David Boskovic(Co-founder)Eric Crane(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAfore CapitalGradient VenturesTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesEssence Venture Capital

Lumoslumos.comin✓ verified

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

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Andrej Safundzic(Co-founder)inAlan Flores-López(Co-founder)inLeo Mehr(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzHarpoon Ventures

Namelynamely.comin𝕏Dec 2016✓ verifiedAcquired

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)Larry Dunivan(CEO (appointed July 2019))in

BoardAdam D'Augelli(Director)inDavid Skok(Director)in

PartnerStacey Bishop· quoted

Co-investorsNotable CapitalSequoia CapitalTrue VenturesBullpen CapitalGolub GrowthMatrix+6 more

Observe.AIobserve.aiin𝕏Apr 2022 · $125M✓ 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)inJithendra Vepa(Founder)in

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesNexus Venture Partners01 AdvisorsCommon OceanEMERGENT VENTURESMGV.VC+7 more

Agari DataDec 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

San Mateo, US

Patrick Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)Jesper Stroe(Executive Officer)

BoardAmmar Hanafi(Director)inScott Johnston(Director)Martin Brauns(Director)

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

Co-investorsMoment Ventures, Llc

AppOmniappomni.comin𝕏Jun 2022 · $40M

AppOmni provides SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) software that secures enterprise SaaS and AI-driven applications to prevent data breaches, using threat research and continuous monitoring.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Brian Soby(Co-Founder)inBrendan O'Connor(Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder)Bridget Gleason(CRO and Chief Customer Officer)inTina Hawk(Chief People Officer)in

BoardPatrick Heim(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsClearSkyInner Loop CapitalProsperity7 VenturesSilicon Valley Data CapitalCostanoa Ventures+3 more

AxcientinAug 2016

Mountain View, US

Justin Moore(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Finegan(Executive Officer)

BoardPeter Bodine(Director)Don Butler(Director)Gregory Robinson(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsALLEGIS CAPITALIndustry VenturesPeninsula VenturesThomvest Ventures

BigIDbigid.comin𝕏Feb 2024

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 & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMamaroneck, US

Nimrod Vax(Co-Founder and CPO)inDimitri Sirota(CEO)in

BoardGil Beyda(Director)inEd Sim(Director)in

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partnersboldstart venturesCisco InvestmentsClearSkyComcast VenturesGaia Ventures+8 more

Bill.comDec 2014

Palo Alto, US

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDCM VenturesEmergence Capital Partners

CloudHealth TechnologiesMay 2016

Cloud infrastructure cost and performance management platform.

Boston, US

Joe Kinsella(Chief Technology Officer and member of Board of Directors)Daniel Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Eicher(Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer)

BoardRobert Davoli(Member of Board of Directors)Lawrence Begley(Member of Board of Directors)Bob Brennan(Member of Board of Directors)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

Co-investors.406 VenturesSigma Prime Ventures, Llc

Cyber Global Risk ExchangeNov 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

Denver, US

Frederick H. Kneip(Chief Executive Officer)Anthony J Urbanovich(Chief Operating Officer)Jonathan SW Simkins(Chief Financial Officer)

BoardJay Leek(Director)Robert R. Ackerman, Jr.(Director)Alexander Weiss(Director)in

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

Co-investorsClearSkyTen Eleven

DataStaxdatastax.cominMay 2021Acquired

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

Jonathan Ellis(Executive Officer, Director)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)Billy Bosworth(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Wolf(Executive Officer)inDavor Bonaciin

BoardEric Chin(Director)

Board seatAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesComcast VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalInvestXKleiner Perkins+9 more

Dusty Roboticsdustyrobotics.comin𝕏Mar 2022 · $45M

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)inPhilipp Herget(Director, Promoter)in

BoardAvidan Ross(Director)Richard Boyle(Director)in

Board seatAlex Niehenke· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCantos VenturesGRIDS CapitalHumba VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersRoot Ventures Manager, Llc+1 more

Elastic ProjectsFeb 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Josh Brewer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAileen Lee(Director)Michael Polansky(Director)Michael Dauber(Director)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Mar 2019

Expelexpel.comin𝕏Nov 2022 · $140.3M

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

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMclean, US

Yanek Korff(Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer)inJustin Bajko(Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inDave Merkel(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardMourad Yesayan(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBattery VenturesBurda Principal InvestmentsCapitalGCisco InvestmentsGreycroftIndex Ventures+4 more

General Counsel AINov 2025SEC 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

Co-investorsFellows

Hound Technology, Inc.Apr 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Charity Hope Majors(Director)Christine Yen(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Wasik(Executive Officer)

BoardKelly Shearon(Director)George Mathew(Director)

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

Co-investorsHeadline

IntelligaDec 2024SEC 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

Co-investorsEmergence Capital Partners

Leverlever.coin𝕏Jan 2016Acquired

Lever is a modern applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting CRM platform that combines candidate management, automation, and AI-powered tools to help companies attract, nurture, and hire top talent more efficiently.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nate Smith(Founder/CEO/CTO)inBrian Noguchi(Founder)inSarah Nham(Founder)Randal Truong(Founder)inSarah Nahm(Founder/CEO)in

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBling CapitalCorrelation VenturesIndex VenturesMatrixY CombinatorCatalyst Investors+1 more

Locus Roboticslocusrobotics.comin𝕏Aug 2026 · $117M

Locus Robotics builds warehouse automation using autonomous mobile robots to support fulfillment and logistics operations.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsAndover, US

Michael Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)inBruce Welty(Executive Officer, Director)inAl Dekin(Founder)inMike Johnson(Founder)inJason Walker(Founder)inRick H. Faulk(Executive Officer)in

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDefined VCG2 Venture PartnersNext47Stack CapitalBONDGoldman Sachs+2 more

Lumos App, Inc.Jun 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Andrej Safundzic(Executive Officer, Director)inLeo Mehr(Executive Officer)inAlan Ernesto Flores-Lopez(Director)

BoardPeter Levine(Director)

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

Motive TechnologiesMay 2025 · $150M

Dover, US

Shoaib Makani(Executive Officer, Director)inObaid Khan(Director)Adam Block(Executive Officer)inShulamite White(Executive Officer)Amish Babu(Executive Officer)Hemant Banavar(Executive Officer)in

Board seatAlex Niehenke· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAllianceBernsteinGreenoaksGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesInsight PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+1 more

Painted CaveDec 2024SEC 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 SystemsJun 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Zachary Rosen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChris Moody(Director)inRyan McIntyre(Director)inAdam Gross(Director)

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

Co-investorsFoundry

Prosciaproscia.comin𝕏Mar 2025SEC 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 DevicesPhiladelphia, US

David West, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)David West(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid West, Sr.(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTom Loftus(Director)Robert Epstein(Director)

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

Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalEmerald Development ManagersFlybridge Capital PartnersFusionGreen Park & Golf VenturesHitachi Ventures+8 more

Range Finance, Inc.Nov 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Range is a McLean, Virginia AI-powered wealth management platform combining financial planning software with in-house advisers.

Mclean, US

Fahad Hassan(Executive Officer, Director)David Cusatis(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSimon Wu(Director)Haroon Mokhtarzada(Director)inDarian Shirazi(Director)inAlexander Niehenke(Director)in

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

Co-investorsArdent VentureGradient Ventures

Sailthrusailthru.cominMar 2016Acquired

Sailthru is a cross-channel marketing platform that lets brands run personalized email, SMS, mobile push, in-app, and web campaigns using AI-driven unified customer profiles.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Neil Capel(Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer; later Chairman)Ian White(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)Chris Chapman(Co-founder / engineering leader)Amy Shapero(Chief Financial Officer)Neil Lustig(Chief Executive Officer)

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBowery CapitalHatteras Venture PartnersRunway Venture PartnersThrive CapitalBenchmarkRRE Ventures

Singularity TopCoOct 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

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

BoardJonathan Heiliger(Director)Jay Leek(Director)

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

Co-investorsSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc

Socuresocure.comin𝕏Nov 2021 · $450M

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 Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJohn F. Frankel(Director)inSunil Madhu(Executive Officer, Director)inAlessandro Piol(Director)Pavlo Protopapa(Director)Philip Eytan(Director)

Board seatRory O'Driscoll· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccelAlpha PartnersAltaIR CapitalAmity VenturesCommerce VenturesConnectivity Ventures+17 more

Soft Robotics Inc.softroboticsinc.cominDec 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Soft Robotics Inc. rebranded as Oxipital AI after divesting its robotic gripper business to the Schmalz Group in August 2024, shifting its focus to machine vision inspection and defect detection technology.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsBedford, US

Jeff Beck(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardGeorge Whitesides(Director)inAdam Sharkawy(Director)inCarmichael Roberts(Director)inKevin Dunlap(Director)

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

Co-investorsTekfen VenturesHyperplane Venture CapitalMaterial Impact

Spruce HoldingsMay 2021 · $60M

New York, US

Patrick Burns(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Weisgall(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAlexander Niehenke(Director)inMatthew McElhattan(Director)Charles Birnbaum(Director)

Board seatAlex Niehenke· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCollaborative FundOmidyar NetworkZigg Capital

System Initiative, Inc.Apr 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

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

TalkIQtalkiq.comin𝕏Aug 2017acquired by DialpadSEC filingmedium confidence

TalkIQ (operating under Dialpad) offers an AI-powered customer experience platform that combines contact center, outbound sales, and unified communications with autonomous AI agents that handle tasks like scheduling, orders, and refunds across voice, chat, SMS, and email.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Johnny Chen(Executive Officer)Dan O'Connell(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJack Abraham(Director)in

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

Co-investorsAspect VenturesAtomicTransmedia Capital

Textiotextio.cominJun 2017

Textio offers AI-powered recruiting and feedback tools that help managers, recruiters, and HR teams write job posts, interview documentation, and performance feedback that reduce bias and support employee growth.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSeattle, US

Kieran Snyder(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJensen Harris(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Board seatStacey Bishop· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCowboy VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersOperator CollectiveBloomberg BetaEmergence CapitalUpside Partnership

Threat Stackthreatstack.cominSep 2017

CybersecurityBoston, US

Jennifer M. Andre(Executive Officer)Dustin Webber(Director)Brian Ahern(Executive Officer, Director)inDoug Cahill(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardChristopher P. Lynch(Director)Maria Cirino(Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D

Co-investors.406 VenturesF-Prime Capitalfama Ventures, LLCTechstarsAccompliceEight Roads Ventures

TightdbAug 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Bjarne Christiansen(Executive Officer, Director)Alexander Swane Stigsen(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D · $17.2M raise · filed Aug 2018

Treasure DataDec 2014

Customer data platform unifying operations, service, sales and marketing.

Mountain View, US

Kazuki Ota(Executive Officer, Director)Hironobu Yoshikawa(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTim Guleri(Director)inMorlo Kurosaki(Director)William Tai(Director)in

Board seatAndrew VitusAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCarbide VenturesHeavybitIT-Farm CorporationSierra VenturesAME Cloud VenturesSoftBank Group

Unbabelunbabel.comin𝕏Dec 2017Acquired

Unbabel provides AI-powered machine translation software combined with human editors to enable multilingual customer support and localization for businesses globally.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Vasco Pedro(Founder/CEO)inJoão Graça(Founder/CTO)inBruno Prezado Silva(Founder/Lead Designer)inHugo Silva(Founder/Developer)inPhil Shawe(President and CEO)inJin Lee(Co-CEO)

Board seatAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAmino CapitalFaberFundersClubGreycroftNotion CapitalPoint72 Ventures+10 more

Unifi SoftwareinMar 2017

San Mateo, US

Ayush Parashar(Executive Officer)inJames Carr(Executive Officer)Sean Keenan(Executive Officer)inRobert Carlson(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRoseanne Wincek(Director)Mike Asher(Director)

Board seatAndy Vitus· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBlue Cloud VenturesCanaan PartnersRenegade Partners

VntgMar 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Benjamin Schaechter(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAriel Tseitlin· per SEC Form D · $21M raise · filed Mar 2023

Abacumabacum.aiin𝕏

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

Co-investorsCreandumFJ LabsKfundWestern Technology InvestmentY CombinatorAtomico

Airspace Technologiesairspacetechnologies.comin𝕏

Airspace provides a logistics platform that uses AI to calculate routes and auto-dispatch drivers for time-critical shipments, with monitoring to prevent delays.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Nick Bulcao(Co-founder)Ryan Rusnak(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsDefy PartnersMaC Venture CapitalTitanium Ventures

Applauseapplause.comin𝕏

Applause provides fully managed software testing services that combine a global community of over 1.5 million testers with AI and automation to validate web, mobile, and AI-powered applications.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Doron Reuveni(Founder)in

Co-investorsHarmonic Growth PartnersQuestMark PartnersUpper90Wessel ManagementCredit SuisseGoldman Sachs+1 more

Archipelagoonarchipelago.comin𝕏Apr 2021 · $34M

Archipelago operates a data network for insurance brokers and their commercial property customers, connecting brokers, owners, insurers, and service providers to replace spreadsheet-based processes with more accurate property risk data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Hemant Shah(Founder)inRoger Bodamer(Chief Technical Officer and Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersThompson Hutton, LLCZigg CapitalPrologis VenturesStone Point

Biziblein

Seattle, US

Daniel Todd(Director)inAaron Bird(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardLen Jordan(Director)

Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupMHS Capital

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.

Co-investorsEmergence Capital Partners

Bland AIbland.comin𝕏Feb 2025 · $40M

Bland builds proprietary voice AI infrastructure for automated phone calls using in-house models for voice, language, and speech processing.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Isaiah Granet(Founder)inSobhan Nejad(Founder)in

Co-investorsConvergeHorizonUpfront VenturesY CombinatorDell Technologies CapitalEmergence Capital

Circlecicircleci.comin𝕏

CircleCI develops continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling that helps software development and developer-experience teams build, test, and ship code faster and more reliably.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Allen RohnerinPaul BiggarinJim Rose(Chief Executive Officer)inRob Zuber(Chief Technology Officer)inChitra Balasubramanian(Chief Financial Officer)Judson Griffin(Chief Revenue Officer)

Co-investors500 GlobalDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesHeavybitIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)NextEquity Partners+4 more

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Harjot Gill(Executive Officer, Director)inGuritfaq Singh(Executive Officer, Director)inVishavjeet Kaur(Executive Officer)Alex Berkenkamp(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Flex Capital PartnersFoothill VenturesHarmony PartnersNVenturesAtomico+5 more

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 · 8

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Scale Venture Partners made?
Scale Venture Partners has 74 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
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 San Francisco, US.
Does Scale Venture Partners lead rounds?
Yes, Scale Venture Partners leads investment rounds.
Who does Scale Venture Partners co-invest with?
Scale Venture Partners most often shares deals with Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Y Combinator, among 265 tracked co-investors.

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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

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Eric Anderson (Partner at Scale Venture Partners) on CFOs balancing act

Repeatability · Eric Anderson

Venturing into B2B Software with Scale Venture Partners’ Eric Anderson

IT Visionaries · Eric Anderson

Ep104: Ariel Tseitlin | Partner at Scale Venture Partners

The Matias Experiment · Ariel Tseitlin

The Future of the Contact Center is AI (Andy Vitus, Partner at Scale Venture Partners)

ObserveAI · Andy Vitus

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FinTech Silicon Valley · Jeremy Kaufmann

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Co-investors · 186

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
Kleiner Perkins

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

$500K – $15M
Sequoia Capital

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

$4.4M – $214M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

$120M – $350M
Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies aiming to become category leaders.

$5M – $20M
Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.

$500K – $100M
Emergence Capital Partners

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.

$500K – $10M
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
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
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
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs breakout companies at critical inflection points, helping them grow into enduring market leaders.

$15M – $75M
8VC

8VC is a venture capital firm investing across logistics, life sciences, healthcare, IT infrastructure, and government/defense, guided by its Smart Enterprise thesis focused on data integration and platform network effects.

$100K – $50M
174 more co-investors

GV (Google Ventures)Bain Capital VenturesNewView CapitalCommerce VenturesAccelRedpoint VenturesNotable CapitalMenlo VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)Canaan PartnersDCM VenturesThreshold VenturesDell Technologies CapitalCostanoa VenturesComcast VenturesHigh AlphaCisco InvestmentsBMW i VenturesMax VenturesWorkday VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersKhosla VenturesFoundation CapitalAtomicoSusa VenturesAME Cloud VenturesMadrona Venture GroupSoftBank Vision FundSierra VenturesCrosslink CapitalNext47CreandumNexus Venture PartnersTwo Sigma Venturesboldstart venturesInspired CapitalMarch Capital PartnersHeavybitJackson Square VenturesG2 Venture Partners.406 VenturesPaladin Capital GroupOpenView Venture PartnersTola CapitalAlumni VenturesUncork CapitalBenchmarkTrue VenturesSound VenturesDST GlobalStreamlined VenturesRRE VenturesInnovation EndeavorsAfore CapitalPICUS CAPITALBond Capital ManagementBowery CapitalF-Prime CapitalBullpen CapitalFoundryUS Venture PartnersIntel CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Unusual VenturesAngelPadCiti VenturesCapitalGNotion CapitalTenaya CapitalRenegade PartnersPelion Venture PartnersMaC Venture CapitalBaseline VenturesZetta Venture PartnersPoint72 VenturesOurCrowdQualcomm VenturesMouro CapitalThird Point VenturesFELIX CAPITALGreenoaksBloomberg BetaFusionThomvest VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, LlcTen ElevenMangrove Capital PartnersTTV CapitalGlasswing VenturesEngineering CapitalRembrandt Venture PartnersSchematic VenturesFlint CapitalGroup 11Eight Roads VenturesA*Moment Ventures, LlcKfundArbor VenturesMHS CapitalAnsa CapitalCardumen CapitalFlyover CapitalTekfen VenturesAllegion VenturesGeneral CatalystFounders FundLong Journey VenturesLiquid VenturesHCVCPioneerC2 InvestmentsSciFi VCAccel-KKRCanvas VenturesAdditionAmplify PartnersCota CapitalMeritech Capital PartnersIA VenturesSoma CapitalRed Swan VenturesHack VCRidge VenturesPolaris PartnersHarrison MetalUncorrelated VenturesSalesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.Tribe Capital FirstlookDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Digital Currency GroupViola VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersSpider CapitalAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Giant Ventures Global LlpBlue Owl CapitalRelay VenturesZ47Propeller VCConvective CapitalEnsemble VCRally Ventures Management, LlcVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.20VCPlaidTLV PartnersAZ-VCVerified CapitalGFT VenturesL Cattertonmuru-DH.I.G. Growth PartnersSID Venture PartnersGutbrain VenturesIlluminate VenturesAllegisCyber CapitalAdams Street PartnersSyngenta Group VenturesOkta VenturesEqual VenturesJerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Alkeon CapitalClearvision VenturesUbiquity VenturesIronspring VentureTop Tier Capital PartnersDBL PartnersWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)Monta Vista CapitalOperator StackVista Equity PartnersGenerative Ventures

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