Scale Venture Partners

An early-stage venture capital firm focused on AI and B2B software.

Venture Capital Active Foster City, United States Est. 2000
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Last updated 2026-07-20
Portfolio
6
in our dataset
Rounds participated
13
Rounds led
5
Rounds' value
$969.0M
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
A Round, B Round, C Round

About

Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in AI and B2B software companies. The firm leads Series A or Series B rounds in software companies across the United States, Europe, and Israel. Scale Venture Partners was founded in 2000 as BA Venture Partners, the venture capital arm of Bank of America, and spun out as an independent entity in 2007.

Portfolio · 6

Freed Inc.
AI-powered medical scribe for clinicians that transcribes patient information.
1 round $30.0M committed Latest: 2025-03
Spotlight.ai Inc.
Developer of an AI-powered sales platform designed to transform sales discovery and auto-build differentiated business cases.
Led ★ 2 rounds $71.0M committed Latest: 2024-10
Forter
Forter is a software as a service (SaaS) company that unifies identity protection, payments optimization and fraud prevention in a single consumer authentication platform.
Led ★ 4 rounds $507.0M committed Latest: 2021-05
Perimeters Inc.
A SaaS security platform designed to assist organizations in identifying and addressing potential security risks in the SaaS applications they are using.
Led ★ 2 rounds $100.0M committed Latest: 2021-02
TechSee Augmented Vision
TechSee provides Sophie AI, a visual Agentic AI platform for customer service teams in various service-heavy industries.
Led ★ 2 rounds $46.0M committed Latest: 2020-10
JFrog
Provider of a hybrid, universal software supply chain platform for DevOps and security.
Led ★ 2 rounds $215.0M committed Latest: 2018-10

Investment activity

5 portfolio exits on record.

Portfolio by sector

Business Software8
Cyber Security5
Health Tech & Life Sciences1
Automotive & Mobility Technologies1
Fintech & Insurtech1

Funds · 7

  • 7 — $600M Dec 2020
  • 6 — $400M Jul 2018
  • 5 — $335M Jan 2016
  • 4 — $300M May 2013
  • 3 — $255M Feb 2010
  • 2 — $400M Feb 2005
  • 1 — $500M Jan 2000

Q&A

What is Scale Venture Partners' primary investment focus?
Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
What is the most recent fund raised by Scale Venture Partners?
Scale Venture Partners closed Fund 7 in December 2020, raising $600 million.
Can you name some of Scale Venture Partners' notable portfolio companies?
Scale Venture Partners has invested in companies such as BigID, a cloud-native data and AI security platform, and Forter, an identity intelligence platform.
Which sectors does Scale Venture Partners primarily invest in?
Scale Venture Partners primarily invests in Business Software and Cyber Security sectors, with 8 and 5 portfolio companies respectively.
Has Scale Venture Partners had any recent exits?
Yes, Upsolver, a portfolio company, was acquired by Qlik in January 2025. PerimeterX was acquired by HUMAN Security in July 2022.
What investment stages does Scale Venture Partners typically target?
Scale Venture Partners typically targets A Round, B Round, and C Round investments.
When was Scale Venture Partners founded?
Scale Venture Partners was founded in 2000.
What was the size of Scale Venture Partners' Fund 6?
Scale Venture Partners closed its sixth venture capital fund, Fund 6, at $400 million in July 2018.
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