Scale Venture Partners

Venture Capital Active Foster City, United States Est. 2000
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Last updated 2026-06-18
Portfolio
14
in our dataset
Rounds participated
24
Rounds led
6
Rounds' value
$1.0B
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
A Round, B Round, C Round

About

Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software with a Scaling Platform that has helped companies like Box, Bill.com, Hubspot, Docusign, JFrog, and WalkMe move from founder-led growth to a repeatable go-to-market machine.

Portfolio · 14

Prime Security
AI Tool for Security Guardrails in Software
Led ★ 1 round $20.0M committed Latest: 2025-12
Monto AI
A Secure and Innovative Platform to Streamline Billing and Collections
Led ★ 1 round $9.0M committed Latest: 2024-07
Permit.io
End-to-end Authorization Platform
Led ★ 1 round $8.0M committed Latest: 2024-02
Loops
Analytics Platform for Product Managers and Growth Managers
Led ★ 1 round $14.0M committed Latest: 2022-11
Datagen
Synthetic Data to Train Deep-learning Systems
Led ★ 1 round $50.0M committed Latest: 2022-03
Viz.ai
AI-powered Intelligent Care Coordination
2 rounds $171.0M committed Latest: 2022-03
Upsolver
SQL Data Pipelines for Cloud Data Lakes
Led ★ 1 round $25.0M committed Latest: 2021-04
PerimeterX
Cyber Defense Against Automated Web Attacks
2 rounds $100.0M committed Latest: 2021-02
BigID
Connect the Dots in Data & AI - Cloud Native Data and AI Security Platform
3 rounds $150.0M committed Latest: 2020-12
TechSee Augmented Vision
Visual Agentic AI for Remote Customer & Field Support using Multimodal Vision and GenAI
2 rounds $46.0M committed Latest: 2020-10
JFrog
Software Supply Chain Platform for DevOps and Security
2 rounds $215.0M committed Latest: 2018-10
Cognata
Data Generation for AV and ADAS platforms
1 round $18.5M committed Latest: 2018-10
Applause
App Tools and Services
3 rounds $91.0M committed Latest: 2016-09
WalkMe
AI-powered Digital Adoption Platform for Enterprises
3 rounds $86.0M committed Latest: 2016-05

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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