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What does Scale Venture Partners invest in?
Scale Venture Partners invests most often at Series C and Series B (47% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as SaaS, Generative AI and Security.
Scale Venture Partners highlights
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11 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series C and Series B: 47% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $8.5M
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20 exits from the portfolio
What they do
We invest in early stage founders building category-defining businesses.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $5.0M – $50M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- SaaSGenerative AISecurity
- Based in
- Foster City, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first229 appearances
- 2026
8 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- Jan
- 2025
14 rounds
- DecPrime SecuritySeries A · US$20MWith 2 others
- Nov
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2024
8 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- Feb
- 2023
5 rounds
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- 2022
8 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- May
- May
- Mar
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 registration24 named
ACAlexander C. NiehenkeManager, Scale Venture Management Vi LLCiForm ADV
ALAndrew L. VitusMember of the GPLLC.iFiling they signed
ATAriel T. TseitlinManager, Scale Management LLCiForm ADV
AWAustin WalkerManageriFiling they signed
ELEric L. AndersonManager, Scale Venture Management Viii LLCiForm ADV
HJHayley Jean HoadChief Compliance Officer, Scale Management LLCiForm ADV
JJJames Joseph JonesMember, Scale Venture Management I, LLCiForm ADV
JLJeremy L. KaufmannManager, Scale Venture Management Viii LLCiForm ADV
JJJim J. JonesManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
KDKate D. MitchellManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
KDKatherine Dentoni MitchellMember, Scale Venture Management I and I-a LLCiForm ADV
LCLouis Craig BockManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
MJMark James BrooksManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
MCMary C. DentenChief Financial Officer of the GPLLC.iFiling they signed
MSMary Shannon Mclaughlin-DentenChief Financial Officer, Scale Management LLCiForm ADV
RIRobert Ignatius TheisManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
RMRobert Michael ObuchMember, Scale Venture Management I LLCiForm ADV
RRRobert Roy HerbMember, Scale Venture Management III LLCiForm ADV
RTRory Thomas O'DriscollManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
SLSharon L. WeinbarManager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
SLSharon Louise WienbarMember, Scale Venture Management IV LLCiForm ADV
SEStacey Ellen Curry BishopManager, Scale Venture Management Vi LLCiForm ADV
SCStephan C. EberleGeneral Counsel; Scale Venture Management I, I-a, III, IV, V, Vi, Vii and Viii, LLCiForm ADV
VLVitus L. VitusMember, Scale Venture Management I-a LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 63 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
$2.9Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
2+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Scale Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 162728
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed20 in all
LivescribeBought by Anoto Group$15MNov 2015
BrightRollBought by Yahoo!$640MNov 2014
JaspersoftBought by TIBCO Software Inc.$185MApr 2014
RingCentralListed$98MSept 2013
ExactTargetBought by Salesforce$2.5BJun 2013
HubspanBought by Liaison TechnologiesUndisclosedAug 2012
VitrueBought by Oracle Corporation$300MMay 2012
ExactTargetListedUndisclosedMar 2012
MerchantCircleBought by BuyerLink$60MJun 2011
ZogenixListedUndisclosedNov 2010
Siimpel CorporationBought by Tessera Technologies$15MMay 2010
Biz360Bought by AttensityUndisclosedApr 2010
Alimera SciencesListedUndisclosedApr 2010
OmnitureBought by Adobe Systems$1.8BSept 2009
AGEIA TechnologiesBought by NvidiaUndisclosedFeb 2008
PicolightBought by JDSU$115MMay 2007
OuterBay TechnologiesBought by Hewlett-PackardUndisclosedFeb 2006
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.