# Scale Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Scale Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 229 investments on record, 11 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Scale Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 229 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $127K, Sept 2024 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B SaaS Generative AI Security

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**79%** of best year **11** **cheques in 12 months**, 229 on record

Since the last cheque **24** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$40M** Cheque size, as they say **$5.0M – $50M** Rounds led **9 of 229** Sole investor **8 rounds** Exits **20 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 95%**

Pitch Scale Venture Partners

## Scale Venture Partners highlights

- 01 11 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 47% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $8.5M
- 04 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** SaaS Generative AI Security
- **Based in:** Foster City, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **229 appearances**

- **2026** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[Namespace](https://millionrounds.com/company/namespace)** Series B · US · Firms' own news pages **$42M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Inspiren](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspiren)** Series C · US · Ventureburn **$70M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Locus Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/locus-robotics)** Growth · US **$42M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Within](https://millionrounds.com/company/within)** Venture · US **$70M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Rillet](https://millionrounds.com/company/rillet)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$100M** With 9 others
- **Aug** **[CodeRabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/coderabbit)** Series C · US · TechStartups **$143M** With 12 others
- **Jun** **[Bland](https://millionrounds.com/company/bland)** Series C · US · Tribeca Venture Partners **$50M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Sixfold AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sixfold-ai)** Series B · US **$30M** With 2 others
- **2025** 14 rounds
- **Dec** **Prime Security** Series A · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[General Counsel AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/general-counsel-ai)** Series B · US **$60M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Range](https://millionrounds.com/company/range)** Series C · US **$60M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[CodeRabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/coderabbit)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$60M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Motion](https://millionrounds.com/company/motion)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$38M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Inspiren](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspiren)** Series B · US **$100M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Hello Patient](https://millionrounds.com/company/hello-patient)** Series A · US **$23M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Thread AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/thread-ai)** Series A · US **$20M** With 5 others
- **May** **[ClearVector](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearvector)** Series A · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Freed](https://millionrounds.com/company/freed)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$30M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Proscia](https://millionrounds.com/company/proscia)** Series D · US **$50M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[LLVision](https://millionrounds.com/company/llvision)** Venture **$14M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Regie.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/regie-ai)** Series B · US **$30M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Unwrap.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/unwrap-ai)** Series A · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[Fixify](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixify)** Series A · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Spot AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/spot-ai)** Series B · US **$31M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Galileo](https://millionrounds.com/company/galileo)** Series B · US **$45M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Cortex](https://millionrounds.com/company/cortex)** Series C · US **$60M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[QA Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/qa-wolf)** Series B · US **$36M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Monto](https://millionrounds.com/company/monto)** Seed · US **$9.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[LUMOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumos)** Series B · AU **$35M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Permit.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/permit-io)** Series A **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **2023** 5 rounds
- **Jun** **[Rose Rocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/rose-rocket)** Series B · CA **$38M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[System Initiative](https://millionrounds.com/company/system-initiative)** Series A · US **$15M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Honeycomb](https://millionrounds.com/company/honeycomb)** Series D · US **$50M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Plus One Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/plus-one-robotics)** Series C · US · Tyche Partners **$50M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Vantage](https://millionrounds.com/company/vantage)** Series A · US **$21M** With 1 other
- **2022** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[Loops](https://millionrounds.com/company/loops)** Seed · US **$10M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Robin Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/company/robin-healthcare)** Debt · US **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Airspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/airspace)** Series D · US **$70M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Dusty Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dusty-robotics)** Series B · US **$45M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Pocketly](https://millionrounds.com/company/pocketly)** Debt **$2.0M** With 1 other

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 registration **24 named**

AC **Alexander C. Niehenke** Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi LLC i Form ADV

AL **Andrew L. Vitus** Member of the GPLLC. i Filing they signed

AT **Ariel T. Tseitlin** Manager, Scale Management LLC i Form ADV

AW **Austin Walker** Manager i Filing they signed

EL **Eric L. Anderson** Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii LLC i Form ADV

HJ **Hayley Jean Hoad** Chief Compliance Officer, Scale Management LLC i Form ADV

JJ **James Joseph Jones** Member, Scale Venture Management I, LLC i Form ADV

JL **Jeremy L. Kaufmann** Manager, Scale Venture Management Viii LLC i Form ADV

JJ **Jim J. Jones** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

KD **Kate D. Mitchell** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

KD **Katherine Dentoni Mitchell** Member, Scale Venture Management I and I-a LLC i Form ADV

LC **Louis Craig Bock** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

MJ **Mark James Brooks** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

MC **Mary C. Denten** Chief Financial Officer of the GPLLC. i Filing they signed

MS **Mary Shannon Mclaughlin-Denten** Chief Financial Officer, Scale Management LLC i Form ADV

RI **Robert Ignatius Theis** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

RM **Robert Michael Obuch** Member, Scale Venture Management I LLC i Form ADV

RR **Robert Roy Herb** Member, Scale Venture Management III LLC i Form ADV

RT **Rory Thomas O'Driscoll** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

SL **Sharon L. Weinbar** Manager of Scale Venture Management III, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

SL **Sharon Louise Wienbar** Member, Scale Venture Management IV LLC i Form ADV

SE **Stacey Ellen Curry Bishop** Manager, Scale Venture Management Vi LLC i Form ADV

SC **Stephan C. Eberle** General Counsel; Scale Venture Management I, I-a, III, IV, V, Vi, Vii and Viii, LLC i Form ADV

VL **Vitus L. Vitus** Member, Scale Venture Management I-a LLC i Form 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

**$2.9B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 listed **20 in all**

**[Wrike](https://millionrounds.com/company/wrike)** Bought by [Citrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix) **Undisclosed** Mar 2021

**[Livescribe](https://millionrounds.com/company/livescribe)** Bought by Anoto Group **$15M** Nov 2015

**[BrightRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightroll)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **$640M** Nov 2014

**[Jaspersoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/jaspersoft)** Bought by TIBCO Software Inc. **$185M** Apr 2014

**[RingCentral](https://millionrounds.com/company/ringcentral)** Listed **$98M** Sept 2013

**[ExactTarget](https://millionrounds.com/company/exacttarget)** Bought by Salesforce **$2.5B** Jun 2013

**[Enpirion](https://millionrounds.com/company/enpirion)** Bought by [Altera](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altera) **$140M** May 2013

**[Hubspan](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubspan)** Bought by Liaison Technologies **Undisclosed** Aug 2012

**[Vitrue](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitrue)** Bought by [Oracle Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oracle) **$300M** May 2012

**[ExactTarget](https://millionrounds.com/company/exacttarget)** Listed **Undisclosed** Mar 2012

**[MerchantCircle](https://millionrounds.com/company/merchantcircle)** Bought by BuyerLink **$60M** Jun 2011

**[Zogenix](https://millionrounds.com/company/zogenix)** Listed **Undisclosed** Nov 2010

**[Siimpel Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/siimpel-corporation)** Bought by Tessera Technologies **$15M** May 2010

**[Biz360](https://millionrounds.com/company/biz360)** Bought by Attensity **Undisclosed** Apr 2010

**[Alimera Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alimera-sciences)** Listed **Undisclosed** Apr 2010

**[Omniture](https://millionrounds.com/company/omniture)** Bought by [Adobe Systems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adobe-systems) **$1.8B** Sept 2009

**[AGEIA Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ageia-technologies)** Bought by [Nvidia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) **Undisclosed** Feb 2008

**[Picolight](https://millionrounds.com/company/picolight)** Bought by JDSU **$115M** May 2007

**[OuterBay Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/outerbay-technologies)** Bought by [Hewlett-Packard](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hewlett-packard) **Undisclosed** Feb 2006

**[Teros](https://millionrounds.com/company/teros)** Bought by [Citrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix) **Undisclosed** Nov 2005

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$127K**

raised in Sept 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$40M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$8.5M**

Led 9 of 229 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $5.0M – $50M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 20 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *53*
- Series B said *42*
- Series D *36*
- Venture *31*
- Series A said *22*
- Series E *17*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) 13
- [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) 11
- [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) 11
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 10
- [Domain Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates) 9
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) 9

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)[**DFJ** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj)[**Sapphire Ventures** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Domain Associates** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[**U.S. Venture Partners** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp)[**Foundation Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)[**Menlo Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[**Rho Capital Partners** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-capital-partners)[**BA Venture Partners** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ba-venture-partners)[**Norwest Venture Partners** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Scale Venture Partners put money into.

[**Namespace** $42M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/namespace)[**Inspiren** $70M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspiren)[**Locus Robotics** $42M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/locus-robotics)[**Rillet** $100M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rillet)[**CodeRabbit** $143M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coderabbit)[**Bland** $50M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bland)

## Quick answers about Scale Venture Partners

### 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.

### How active is Scale Venture Partners?

229 investments on record, 11 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 9. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Scale Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Namespace (Series B, Oct 2026), Inspiren (Series C, Sept 2026) and Locus Robotics (Growth, Sept 2026).

### How big are Scale Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $40M. It says it writes cheques of $5.0M to $50M.

### Does Scale Venture Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 9 of its 229 investments on record (4%).

### Where does Scale Venture Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%).

### Is Scale Venture Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 11 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Scale Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Battery Ventures (13 rounds together), DFJ (11 rounds together) and Sapphire Ventures (11 rounds together).

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