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Institutional Venture Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2026, closing $1,600M. Last cheque observed Oct 2024.

VC firmQuietNew fund $1.6B, Sept 2026

GrowthSeries C

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque746days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$140MRounds led1 of 3Sole investor1 rounds
Pitch Institutional Venture Partners

Institutional Venture Partners highlights

  1. 01

    3 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Growth and Series C: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $500M

What they do

Filed 3 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-10From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Based in
United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2024

    2 rounds

  2. Oct
    PerplexityGrowth · US · TechCrunch$500MLed
  3. Aug
    ChainguardSeries C · US · Firms' own news pages$140MWith 7 others
  4. 2017

    1 round

  5. Nov
    QuboleUS · FinSMEs$25MWith 4 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 registration12 named

AVAjay VasheeA Manager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
ALAlexander LimExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
CWCatherine WilhelmA Managing Member of the ManageriFiling they signed
DBDennis B. PhelpsA Managing Director of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
EAEric A. LiawA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JSJ. Sanford J. MillerA Managing Director of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
JAJules A. MaltzA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NANorman A. FogelsongA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SASomesh A. DashA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SJStephen J. HarrickA Managing Director of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
TLThomas LoverroA Manager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TCTodd C. ChaffeeA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 13 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

19+funds on filenumbered funds in its name

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Institutional Venture Partners's funds

Committed
$100M
Funds
1
Vintages
2024

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Institutional Venture Partners put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Institutional Venture Partners in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Institutional Venture Partners

What does Institutional Venture Partners invest in?

Institutional Venture Partners invests most often at Growth and Series C (100% of the rounds on record).

How active is Institutional Venture Partners?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2024.

What has Institutional Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Perplexity (Growth, Oct 2024), Chainguard (Series C, Aug 2024) and Qubole (Undisclosed round, Nov 2017).

How big are Institutional Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $140M.

Is Institutional Venture Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2024.

Who does Institutional Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Lightspeed Venture Partners (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Institutional Venture Partners?

Institutional Venture Partners is a VC firm based in United States.

Has Institutional Venture Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2026, reporting $1.6B raised.

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