Institutional Venture Partners

IVP
Private
Industry Venture Capital
Founded 1980
Founder Reid Dennis
Headquarters Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California
Total assets $4.0 billion
Number of employees
 ~30+
Website www.ivp.com

IVP is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on later-stage venture capital and growth equity investments. IVP is one of the oldest venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road founded by Reid W. Dennis in 1980.

The Firm

With $5.4 billion of committed capital, IVP is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms in the United States. Founded in 1980, IVP has invested in over 300 companies and 103 have gone public. IVP is one of the top-performing firms in the industry and has a 34-year IRR of 43.2%. IVP specializes in venture growth investments, industry rollups, founder liquidity transactions, and select public market investments. IVP investments include such notable companies as AppDynamics, ArcSight (HPQ), Buddy Media (CRM), ComScore (SCOR), Datalogix (ORCL), Domo, Dropbox, Dropcam (GOOG), Fleetmatics (FLTX), HomeAway (AWAY), Kayak (PCLN), LegalZoom, LifeLock (LOCK), Marketo (MKTO), MySQL (ORCL), Netflix (NFLX), Omniture (ADBE), OnDeck (ONDK), Prosper, Pure Storage (PSTG), RetailMeNot (SALE), Shazam, Slack, Snapchat, SoundCloud, Supercell, Synchronoss (SNCR), The Honest Company, Twitter (TWTR), Zenefits, and Zynga (ZNGA). For more information, visit www.ivp.com or follow IVP on Twitter: @ivp.

Investments

IVP has invested in more than 300 companies since its inception, including ArcSight (ARST, HPQ), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), AppDynamics (privately owned), Ask Jeeves (IACI), Aspect Communications (ASPT), @Road (ARDI), Buddy Media (CRM), Business.com (RHD), Care.com (CRCM), Clarify (CLFY), ComScore (SCOR), Concur Technologies (CNQR), Danger (MSFT), Digital River (DRIV), Dropbox, Form Factor (FORM), Foundry Networks (FDRY), HomeAway (AWAY), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Kayak.com (PCLN), LegalZoom, LifeLock (LOCK), LSI Corporation (LSI), Marketo (MKTO), Mobile 365 (SY), MySQL (JAVA, ORCL), Netflix (NFLX), ngmoco (DeNA), Polycom (PLCM), Quigo (TWX), RetailMeNot (SALE), Seagate Technology (STX), Shazam, Spiceworks (privately owned), Synchronoss (SNCR), TiVo (TIVO), TuneIn (TuneIn), Websense (WBSN), Zynga (ZNGA) and Voxer.

IVP invested in Twitter in February 2009.[1]

IVP invested in FleetMatics in December 2010.[2]

In 2013, IVP invested in AppDynamics, Ayasdi, Datalogix, Dataminr, Dropcam that was later acquired by Nest in 2014,[3] OnDeck, Oportun,[4] Pure Storage, Snapchat, Supercell (Softbank and GungHo acquired a 51% interest in Supercell in October 2013 at a $3.1 billion valuation[5]) and TuneIn.[6]

In 2014, IVP invested in SoundCloud,[7] Indiegogo[8] (as part of the deal, IVP General Partner Jules Maltz joined Indiegogo‘s board of directors[9]), ZEFR[10] (as part of the deal, IVP General Partner Dennis Phelps joined ZEFR‘s board of directors[11]), General Assembly (school)[12] (as part of the deal, IVP General Partner Todd Chaffee joined General Assembly‘s board of directors[13]), AdRoll,[14] Prosper Marketplace,[15] Zendesk (ZEN),[16] Zenefits.[17]

IVP’s full portfolio can be seen on its website.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Twitter raises $35 million. New York Times, February 16, 2009
  2. ↑ . CrunchBase, December 6, 2010
  3. ↑ Nest press release
  4. ↑ Press Release
  5. ↑ The New York Times, October 15, 2013
  6. ↑ IVP Press Release
  7. ↑ SoundCloud press release
  8. ↑ Indiegogo press release
  9. ↑ Recode, January 28, 2014
  10. ↑ The Wrap
  11. ↑ Streamdaily, February 26, 2014
  12. ↑ General Assembly blog
  13. ↑ March 2014
  14. ↑ Adroll press release
  15. ↑ Prosper Marketplace press release
  16. ↑ Pando, July 7, 2014
  17. ↑ . TechCrunch, June 3, 2014
  18. ↑ IVP website

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