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Conviction

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 15 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowNew fund $149M, Mar 2026Website unconfirmed

SeedSeries AAISoftware

Deploying now
100%of best year12cheques in 12 months, 15 on record
Since the last cheque52days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$160MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $25MRounds led1 of 15Mostly inUnited States, 85%
Pitch Conviction

Conviction highlights

  1. 01

    12 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series B: 50% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

Type
VC firm
Cheque size
$1.0M – $25M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
AISoftware
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first15 appearances

  1. 2026

    11 rounds

  2. Sept
    PrimeroSeed · MX · Contxto$12MWith 3 others
  3. Sept
    HarveyGrowth · US · TechCrunch$550MWith 15 others
  4. Aug
    RetroSeries A · US · TechCrunch$21MWith 8 others
  5. Aug
    Valar AtomicsSeries B · US · TechCrunch$1.0BWith 9 others
  6. Aug
    IntelligenceSeed · TechCrunch$7.9MWith 3 others
  7. Jun
    BasetenGrowth · US · Crunchbase News$1.5BLed
  8. May
    FractileSeries B · GB · Ventureburn$220MWith 9 others
  9. Mar
    HarveyGrowth · US · TechCrunch$200MWith 7 others
  10. Mar
    RunSybilSeed · US · TechStartups$40MWith 6 others
  11. Feb
    RowspaceSeries A · US · TechStartups$50MWith 5 others
  12. Jan
    Listen LabsSeries B · US · Ventureburn$69MWith 4 others
  13. 2025

    4 rounds

  14. Dec
    HarveySeries F · TechCrunch$160MWith 6 others
  15. Jun
    Harvey AISeries E · US · TechCrunch$300MWith 5 others
  16. Apr
    Thinking Machines LabSeed · US · Crunchbase News$2.0BWith 2 others
  17. Feb
    BasetenSeries C · US · TechStartups$75MWith 6 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

MVMike VernalManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SGSarah GuoManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$881Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Conviction Partners, LLC
SEC number
CRD 324113

What they claim to have backed

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Conviction. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Conviction put money into.

Quick answers about Conviction

What does Conviction invest in?

Conviction invests most often at Seed and Series B (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI and Software.

How active is Conviction?

15 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Conviction invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Primero (Seed, Sept 2026), Harvey (Growth, Sept 2026) and Retro (Series A, Aug 2026).

How big are Conviction's cheques?

The median round it joins is $160M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $25M.

Does Conviction lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 15 investments on record (7%).

Where does Conviction invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (85%), Mexico (8%) and the United Kingdom (8%).

Is Conviction investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 12 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Conviction invest alongside?

Most often Sequoia Capital (7 rounds together), Elad Gil (5 rounds together) and Andreessen Horowitz (4 rounds together).

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