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IVP

Private Equity, Venture Capital · Founded 1980 · Menlo Park, United States

Institutional Venture Partners, one of the premier later-stage venture capital firms in the US

234 portfolio companies Private Equity, Venture Capital · $42B invested · 386 investments · Investor rank #69 · Last investment 6/2026
Portfolio companies 234 ↑ 18% 5y
Decacorns 30 ↑ 18% 5y
Thoroughbreds 98 ↑ 13% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

IVP’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies IVP still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names IVP directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 KalshiDecacorn · Fintech · USA $22.0B
  2. 2 PerplexityDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA 9.5% $20.0B $1.9B
  3. 3 ClickHouseDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA $15.0B
  4. 4 DiscordDecacorn · Gaming · USA 5% $15.0B $750M
  5. 5 BaseTenDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA 12% $13.0B $600M
  6. 6 GrammarlyDecacorn · Education · USA 5% $13.0B $650M
  7. 7 WhoopDecacorn · Health · USA 7.5% $10.1B $758M
  8. 8 VercelUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $9.3B
  9. 9 TaniumUnicorn · Security · USA $9.0B
  10. 10 GleanUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $7.2B
  11. 11 Lyra HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $5.8B
  12. 12 HarnessUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $5.5B

Estimated value = IVP’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. IVP also appears inside investor groups in Aledade, Checkr, ClickHouse, Glean, Kalshi, Lyra Health, Skydio, Sorare and 2 more, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

IVP’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from IVP’s transaction record.

$309M IPO · 2002
Entered Series B+Now $314BMedia
AT&T
IPO · 1983
Now $308BMedia
$6.6B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $215BSecurity
$82B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $163BFood
$32B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $90BFintech
$86B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $38BFintech
$7.8B IPO · 2019
Now $80BEnterprise Software
$2.6B IPO · 2006
Entered Series B+Now $69BTelecom
$36B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $6.6BEnterprise Software
$25B IPO · 2013
Entered Series B+Now $33BMedia
$33B IPO · 2017
Entered Series B+Now $11BMedia
$16B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $23BEnterprise Software
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where IVP’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 234 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA242
  2. UK5
  3. China4
  4. Finland4
  5. France4
  6. Germany4
  7. Netherlands3
  8. India2
  9. Israel2
  10. Australia1
  11. Bahamas1
  12. Canada1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software95
  2. Media42
  3. Fintech39
  4. Security29
  5. Health26
  6. Marketing25
  7. Telecom22
  8. Transportation12
  9. Gaming10
  10. Education9
  11. Jobs Recruitment8
  12. Music8
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+208
  2. Series A26
  3. Seed2
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth175
  2. Breakout Stage82
  3. Early Growth17
  4. Mature7
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside IVP’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 234 tracked.

Uber
Food · Centicorn
$163B
Robinhood
Fintech · Decacorn
$90B
Klarna
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.9B
SoFi
Fintech · Decacorn
$19B
Snap
Media · Decacorn
$11B
Kalshi
Fintech · Decacorn
$22B
BaseTen
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$13B
UiPath
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.6B
Perplexity
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$20B
FTX
Fintech
X.
Media · Decacorn
$33B
Compass
Real Estate · Decacorn
$13B
Lime
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.4B
Slack
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$23B
Playlist | Mindbody
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$7.5B
Brex
Fintech · Unicorn
$5.2B
Dataminr
Security · Unicorn
$4.1B
ClickHouse
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$15B
Hopin
Event Tech
$38M
Whoop
Health · Decacorn
$10B
Discord
Gaming · Decacorn
$15B
LivingSocial
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.5B
Chainguard
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.5B
Zynga
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
Vercel
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$9.3B
Attentive
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.9B
Skydio
Robotics · Unicorn
$4.4B
Tanium
Security · Unicorn
$9.0B
Glean
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$7.2B
Suno
Music · Unicorn
$5.4B
Niantic Labs
Gaming · Unicorn
$3.5B
Abridge
Health
$10M
Figma
Media · Decacorn
$11B
Sorare
Gaming · Unicorn
$4.3B
Nextdoor
Media
$588M
Domo
Marketing
$299M
Lyra Health
Health · Unicorn
$5.8B
Aledade
Health · Unicorn
$3.5B
Dropbox
Security · Decacorn
$11B
Harness
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.5B
Cribl
Hosting · Unicorn
$3.5B
Zenefits
Jobs Recruitment
$200M
Rubrik
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$18B
Motive
Security · Unicorn
$2.9B
Checkr
Legal · Unicorn
$4.6B
Coinbase
Fintech · Decacorn
$38B
The Honest Company
Wellness Beauty
$488M
CrowdStrike
Security · Centicorn
$215B
Pure Storage
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$22B
Dream Games
Gaming · Unicorn
$5.0B
SoundCloud
Music
$500M
MasterClass
Education · Unicorn
$2.5B
Vrbo
Travel · Unicorn
$3.9B
Papaya Global
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.7B
Constant Contact
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
Aiven
Security · Unicorn
$3.0B
Podium
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.0B
DeepL
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
Grammarly
Education · Decacorn
$13B
Eightfold
Education · Unicorn
$2.1B
05 · Portfolio founders

Where IVP’s portfolio founders come from.

200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States133
  2. Germany8
  3. Argentina6
  4. Israel6
  5. Canada5
  6. Türkiye5
  7. United Kingdom4
  8. Finland3
  9. France3
  10. Indonesia2
UniversityCount
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
  2. Stanford University10
  3. Harvard University8
  4. University of California, Berkeley7
  5. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi5
  6. Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
  7. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania5
  8. Stockholm School of Economics4
  9. Carnegie Mellon University3
  10. Columbia University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google22
  2. Microsoft10
  3. IBM6
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  5. Yahoo!5
  6. AT&T4
  7. Harvard University4
  8. Sunopsis4
  9. Tangosol4
  10. ClearCarbon3