# Top Tier Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Top Tier Capital Partners is a fund of funds based in United States. 28 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Top Tier Capital Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 28 cheques on record.

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Seed Series A Series B Banking Fintech Wealthtech

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 28 on record

Since the last cheque **18** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$50M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $15M** Rounds led **4 of 28** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Top Tier Capital Partners highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series D: 52% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Top Tier Capital Partners is an investment manager with families of funds focused on primary commitments to venture funds, LP and direct secondaries, and direct investments. From their own website

- **Type:** Fund of funds
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $15M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Banking Fintech Wealthtech
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **28 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Reach Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/reach-security)** Series B · US · Cheyenne Ventures **$50M** *Led*
- **2025** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Ditto](https://millionrounds.com/company/ditto)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$82M** *Led*
- **2024** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Concentric AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/concentric-ai)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$45M** *Led*
- **2023** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Plus One Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/plus-one-robotics)** Series C · US · Tyche Partners **$50M** With 6 others
- **2019** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[GoExpedi](https://millionrounds.com/company/goexpedi)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Datameer](https://millionrounds.com/company/datameer)** US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Shape Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/shape-security)** US · FinSMEs **$51M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Lucidworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucidworks)** US · FinSMEs **$100M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[CircleCI](https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$56M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Remitly](https://millionrounds.com/company/remitly)** Series E · US · TechCrunch **$135M** With 8 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Jan** **[CircleCI](https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$31M** With 5 others
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Anaplan](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaplan)** Series F · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[2nd Watch](https://millionrounds.com/company/2nd-watch)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$19M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[ProtectWise](https://millionrounds.com/company/protectwise)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 2 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Datameer](https://millionrounds.com/company/datameer)** Series E · US **$40M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Localytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/localytics)** Series D · US **$35M** With 3 others
- **2014** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Endgame](https://millionrounds.com/company/endgame)** Series C · US **$30M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[2nd Watch](https://millionrounds.com/company/2nd-watch)** Series C · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Smartsheet](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsheet)** Series E · US **$35M** With 3 others
- **2013** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[AlienVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/alienvault)** Series D · US **$30M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[AlienVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/alienvault)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$27M** With 8 others
- **Jan** **[Accurate Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/accurate-group)** Debt · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 1 other
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[Awarepoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/awarepoint)** Venture · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$14M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Virtustream](https://millionrounds.com/company/virtustream)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$15M** With 5 others
- **2011** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Recyclebank](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyclebank)** US **Undisclosed** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Ogin](https://millionrounds.com/company/ogin)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Engine Yard](https://millionrounds.com/company/engine-yard)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Awarepoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/awarepoint)** Series F · US · finsmes.com **$27M** With 5 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 registration **13 named**

BD **Brendan Danford Baker** Head of Legal and Compliance i Form ADV

BC **Brian Christopher Dillon** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

DA **David Arthur York** Director, Executive Officer and Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

DP **Denis Patrick Donovan** Director i Form ADV

ET **Eric Timothy Fitzgerald** Executive Officer and Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

GA **Garth Andrew Timoll** Director, Executive Officer and Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

JL **Jessica Lee Archibald** Director, Executive Officer and Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

KE **Kevin Eric Dunlap** Director i Form ADV

LM **Lisa Marie Edgar** Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

P(**Promit (nmn) Bhattacharya** Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV

RJ **Robert James Eu** Director i Form ADV

SC **Sean Charles Warren** Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

SM **Sean Michael Engel** Executive Officer and Member (Common Class) i Form ADV

We also hold **27** 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

**$7.3B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** TOP TIER Capital Partners, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 144546

Funds on its Form ADV

**39** private funds, **$7.3B** in gross assets · filed May 2024

- Top Tier Venture Capital VII, L.P. *Private equity* 7 investors $664M
- Top Tier Venture Capital VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 15 investors $569M
- Top Tier Venture Capital X, L.P. *Private equity* 71 investors $558M
- Top Tier Venture Velocity Fund 4, L.P. *Private equity* 75 investors $517M
- Top Tier Venture Capital IX, L.P. *Private equity* 31 investors $442M
- Top Tier Venture Capital VII-B, L.P. *Private equity* 1 investor $383M
- Top Tier Venture Velocity Fund 2, L.P. *Private equity* 21 investors $345M
- Top Tier CT Venture Partners L.P. *Private equity* 1 investor $302M
- Top Tier Venture Capital VIII-B, L.P. *Private equity* 1 investor $301M
- Top Tier Venture Capital VI, L.P. *Private equity* 7 investors $277M

And 29 more on the filing.

Funds they back

## 1 fund commitment on record

- **Managers:** 1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news.

Managers it backs most

- [Concept Ventures 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/concept-ventures)

Most recent commitments

- [Concept Ventures Fund II](https://millionrounds.com/fund/concept-ventures)

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 4 we have independently watched raise

Avcal Bvca Nvca Unpri

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 listed **1 in all**

**[Virtustream](https://millionrounds.com/company/virtustream)** Bought by [EMC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emc) **$1.2B** May 2015

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$50M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 4 of 28 rounds **14%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $15M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *6*
- Series D *5*
- Series C *4*
- Venture *3*
- Series E *3*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) 6
- [Columbia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbia-capital) 4
- [Ballistic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ballistic-ventures) 2
- [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 2
- [Cardinal Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cardinal-partners-cp-venture-capital) 2
- [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**Columbia Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbia-capital)[**Ballistic Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ballistic-ventures)[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**Cardinal Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cardinal-partners-cp-venture-capital)[**Citi Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures)[**GGV Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital)[**Generation Investment Management** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/generation-investment-management)[**Harrison Metal** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal)[**Icon Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures)[**Industry Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Top Tier Capital Partners put money into.

[**Reach Security** $50M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/reach-security)[**Ditto** $82M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ditto)[**Concentric AI** $45M · Oct 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/concentric-ai)[**Plus One Robotics** $50M · Mar 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/plus-one-robotics)[**GoExpedi** $25M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/goexpedi)[**Datameer** $40M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/datameer)

## On podcasts

3 episodes naming Top Tier Capital Partners in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [How I Invest](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-invest) 5 Nov 2024 · 32 min E109: Top Tier Capital Partners ($7B+ AUM) - Lessons Learned from Investing in 450 Funds Mentions [Top Tier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier)[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners)[Ben Challgren](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-challgren) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 23 Sept 2020 · 46 min Lisa Edgar, Top Tier Capital Partners With [Lisa Edgar](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-edgar) Mentions [Top Tier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier)[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners)[WR Hambrecht](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wr-hambrecht-co) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 4 Nov 2019 · 33 min 20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners With [Lisa Edgar](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-edgar) Mentions [Top Tier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier)[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners)[WR Hambrecht](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wr-hambrecht-co) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 22 Jan 2025 · 23 min Minisode: Franchise Funds: Grading Performance Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 8 Jan 2025 · 54 min Franchise Funds: Metrics To Be Extraordinary with Jessica Archibald Apple PodcastsShow page
- [How I Invest](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-invest) 12 Mar 2024 · 26 min E49: Top Tier Capital Founder David York on 30 Years in Venture Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/upfront-ventures) 22 Mar 2023 · 30 min How Institutional LPs are Thinking About VC and Evaluating Managers In 2023 | 2023 Upfront Summit Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Top Tier Capital Partners

### What does Top Tier Capital Partners invest in?

Top Tier Capital Partners invests most often at Series B and Series D (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Banking, Fintech and Wealthtech.

### How active is Top Tier Capital Partners?

28 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Top Tier Capital Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Reach Security (Series B, Oct 2026), Ditto (Series B, Mar 2025) and Concentric AI (Series B, Oct 2024).

### How big are Top Tier Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $50M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $15M.

### Does Top Tier Capital Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 4 of its 28 investments on record (14%).

### Where does Top Tier Capital Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Top Tier Capital Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Top Tier Capital Partners invest alongside?

Most often Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (6 rounds together), Columbia Capital (4 rounds together) and Ballistic Ventures (2 rounds together).

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