IVP
San Francisco, California · Invests in US; Europe · Website
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We supercharge growth in breakout companies, converting momentum into market dominance. We invest exclusively at Series B and beyond in companies that have achieved product-market fit and are ready to scale from millions to hundreds of millions in revenue.
Likely not a fit for
No early-stage companies without product-market fit, market-timing bets without defensibility, founder teams lacking operational depth or prior scaling experience
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 months
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $2.5B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
15 contacts on file
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IVP in the news
Newcomer | Substack
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