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What does CRV invest in?
CRV invests most often at Series A and Seed (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Productivity Tools, SaaS and Software.
CRV highlights
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41 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 50% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 34 rounds, median $5.0M
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75 exits from the portfolio
What they do
CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer startups.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $50M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- Productivity ToolsSaaSSoftware
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first588 appearances
- 2026
34 rounds
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- Sept
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- Aug
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- Jul
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- 2025
43 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- DecVegaSeries B · GB$120MWith 2 others
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
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 registration19 named
BRBrett RochkindMember of CRV Growth I GP, LLCiFiling they signed
BIBruce Ira SachsMember of Charles River XIV GP, LLC which serves as the General Partner to Charles River XIV GP, LP which serves as the General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
CBChristopher BaldwinMemberiForm ADV
DDDevdutt Dinkar YellurkarMember of Charles River XVI GP, LLCiFiling they signed
GPGeorge P. ZacharyMember of Charles River XIV GP, LLC which serves as the General Partner to Charles River XIV GP, LP which serves as the General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
IAIzhar ArmonyMember of Charles River XIV GP, LLC which serves as the General Partner to Charles River XIV GP, LP which serves as the General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
IAIzhar ArmoryMember of Charles River XVI GP, LLCiFiling they signed
JGJon Gabriel AuerbachMember of Charles River XIV GP, LLC which serves as the General Partner to Charles River XIV GP, LP which serves as the General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
JRJr. Richard BurnesMemberiForm ADV
MGMatthew GarrattMember of CRV Select II GP, LLCiFiling they signed
MGMax GazorMember of CRV Select II GP, LLCiFiling they signed
MJMichael John ZakMemberiForm ADV
MBMurat BicerMember of CRV Growth I GP, LLCiFiling they signed
RMReid Mueller ChristianMember of CRV Select II GP, LLCiFiling they signed
SGSaar GurMember of Charles River XVI GP, LLCiFiling they signed
SMSabri Murat BicerMember of CRV Select II GP, LLCiFiling they signed
S(Sachin (nmn) SoodChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
TDTed DintersmithMemberiForm ADV
WPWilliam Ping TaiMember of Charles River XIV GP, LLC which serves as the General Partner to Charles River XIV GP, LP which serves as the General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
We also hold 40 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
$8.0Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Crv, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 160470
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
60 of 60 we have independently watched raise
3tbiosciences7aiAccompanyAerodomeAffirmednetworksAirtableAliceApexspaceAviatrixBirdBlockchainBrowserbaseCareforceCiroClasspassClerkCoderabbitCollateConcourseCratejoyCriblCursorCybereasonDatadoghqDatumDoordashDopplerEmotiveEncordEventualExo-therapeuticsFactorialhrFlocksafetyFlutterflowFreenomeGiversGorgiasGreatexpectationsGupshupHadriusIterableJoyfulhealthKapwingKetchKodiakKonghqLancedbLegitsecurityLokaliseLumalabsMablMeilisearchMileiqNapkinNianticlabsNobl9NorthspyreOneloginOportunOsmosisand 85 more
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed75 in all
Affirmed NetworksBought by Microsoft$1.4BMar 2020
InVisage TechnologiesBought by AppleUndisclosedNov 2017
SimpliVityBought by Hp$650MMay 2017
bop.fmBought by LifeLockUndisclosedOct 2015
FundlyBought by NonProfitEasyUndisclosedSept 2015
Millennial MediaBought by AOL$238MSept 2015
Refresh.ioBought by LinkedInUndisclosedApr 2015
ScanBought by Snapchat$50MDec 2014
Pencil LabsBought by AirbnbUndisclosedDec 2014
GrabCADBought by Stratasys$100MSept 2014
Concept.ioBought by Apple$30MJul 2014
EarbitsBought by You42UndisclosedJun 2014
COLOURloversBought by AutodeskUndisclosedMar 2014
ACTIVE NetworkBought by Vista Equity PartnersUndisclosedNov 2013
SincerelyBought by Provide CommerceUndisclosedNov 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.