IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Venture capital firm
Menlo Park, California, USAFounded 1972ivp.comSee connections →

Venture capital firm investing in growth-stage technology companies.

At a glance

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) appears in 12 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2025, leading 3. Its most frequent sectors in these rounds are AI & Infrastructure and Developer Tools, and its most recent tracked deal was Scuba's $34M round (Oct 13, 2026). It co-invests most often with Conviction, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures. ValueAddVC also tracks 2 funds managed by IVP (Institutional Venture Partners).

Strategy

Stages
Series ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
SoftwareFintechConsumerEnterpriseCloud Infrastructure
Geographies
USAMenlo Park, California, USA
Check size
$10M–$100M

Recent changes

  1. Oct 13, 2026Invested in Scuba ($34M) SiliconANGLE
  2. Sep 29, 2026New fund: IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) Fund XIX SEC EDGAR Form D
  3. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Software, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise, Cloud Infrastructure ivp.com
  4. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Series A, Series B, Growth ivp.com
  5. Sep 5, 2026Check size updated: $10M–$100M ivp.com
Earlier changes (11)
  1. Sep 2, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series C, $550M) TechCrunch
  2. Jul 23, 2026IVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRR Pulse story
  3. Jun 22, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Baseten (Series F, $1.5B) Baseten
  4. Jun 3, 2026Invested in Suno (Series D, $400M+) Music Business Worldwide
  5. Mar 12, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series B, $150M) TechCrunch
  6. Jan 21, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Baseten (Series E, $300M) Tech Funding News
  7. Dec 11, 2025Invested in Harness (Series E, $240M) TechCrunch
  8. Nov 11, 2025Invested in Wonderful (Series A, $100M) TechCrunch
  9. Oct 20, 2025Follow-on: Invested in LangChain (Series B, $125M) LangChain
  10. Jul 9, 2025Invested in LangChain (Series B, $100M)Rumored SiliconANGLE
  11. Feb 19, 2025Invested in Baseten (Series C, $75M) Tech Startups

Funds

2
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) Fund XIX2026—Other
As of Sep 29, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
IVP XVII-C2022$16.125MSide vehicleSide vehicle (parallel, feeder, affiliate or SPV) — not the flagship close
As of Apr 4, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D

Portfolio

7 total

Recent Investment Activity

12

Track record: led 3 and participated in 9 of 12 tracked venture rounds · 9 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series B

DateCompanyEventRoleAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Oct 13, 2026Scubafunding roundLed$34M—
AccelLeadunverifiedIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)LeadunverifiedBoxGroupunverifiedConvictionunverifiedHomebrewunverifiedScribble Venturesunverified
Pulse story
Sep 2, 2026WonderfulSeries CParticipated$550M$5BTechCrunch
Jun 22, 2026BasetenSeries FParticipated$1.5B$13BBaseten
Jun 3, 2026SunoSeries DParticipated$400M+$5.4BMusic Business Worldwide
Mar 12, 2026WonderfulSeries BParticipated$150M$2BTechCrunch
Jan 21, 2026BasetenSeries EParticipated$300M—Tech Funding News
Dec 11, 2025HarnessSeries EParticipated$240M—TechCrunch
Nov 11, 2025WonderfulSeries AParticipated$100M—TechCrunch
Oct 20, 2025LangChainSeries BLed$125M$1.25BLangChain
Jul 9, 2025LangChainSeries BRumoredParticipated$100M—SiliconANGLE
Feb 19, 2025BasetenSeries CParticipated$75M—Tech Startups
Scubafunding roundLed$34M—
AccelLeadunverifiedIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)LeadunverifiedBoxGroupunverifiedConvictionunverifiedHomebrewunverifiedScribble Venturesunverified
SiliconANGLE

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
3 · 43%
Developer tools
2 · 29%
Enterprise SaaS
1 · 14%
Consumer AI
1 · 14%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series B
3 · 25%
Series C
2 · 17%
Series E
2 · 17%
Series F
1 · 8%
Series D
1 · 8%
Series A
1 · 8%

Co-Investors

12

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Value Add Research

Latest Pulse

  1. Scuba Raises $34M To Build AI's 'Context Engine'Scuba, founded by ex-Slack CPO Noah Desai Weiss and former Browser Company engineering lead Dolapo Falola, raised $34M across two rounds for a workplace 'context engine' that feeds data to both humans and AI agents.→
  2. Harness Acquires Augment Code's Cosmos AI ToolsHarness acquired select assets from Augment Code, including its Cosmos software-factory agent and Auggie CLI tools, with the product team joining Harness.→
  3. Wonderful Doubles Valuation to $5B in Six MonthsThe enterprise AI operating system startup raised $550 million led by Insight Partners with Salesforce joining as a new investor, more than doubling its valuation from $2 billion just six months after its last round.→
  4. Nvidia Weighs Perplexity Investment Above $30BNvidia has discussed investing in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion and separately considered a technology licensing arrangement with the AI search company.→
  5. Fitness Startup Funding Rebounds to $3.6B in H1 2026Fitness and wellness startups raised $3.6 billion in H1 2026, a third higher than 2025's six-year funding low, though the recovery is concentrated in fewer, larger AI-enabled rounds.→
  6. IVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRRGrowth-stage firm IVP is raising a new $1.8 billion fund and pitching LPs on a 31.1% net IRR since the firm's inception, according to fundraising documents reviewed by Newcomer.→

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) FAQ

What companies has IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) invested in?

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)'s portfolio includes Scuba, Harness, Baseten, Wonderful, Suno, LangChain, and 1 more tracked companies.

Who does IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) most often invests alongside Accel (2 shared deals), Alkeon Capital (2 shared deals), Bessemer Venture Partners (2 shared deals), BoxGroup (2 shared deals), CapitalG (2 shared deals).

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