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 5 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2025, leading 1. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is AI & Infrastructure, and its most recent tracked deal was Wonderful's $550M Series C round (Sep 2, 2026). It co-invests most often with Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures and Insight Partners. 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. Sep 29, 2026New fund: IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) Fund XIX SEC EDGAR Form D
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Software, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise, Cloud Infrastructure ivp.com
  3. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Series A, Series B, Growth ivp.com
  4. Sep 5, 2026Check size updated: $10M–$100M ivp.com
  5. Sep 2, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series C, $550M) TechCrunch
Earlier changes (5)
  1. Jul 23, 2026IVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRR Pulse story
  2. Jun 3, 2026Invested in Suno (Series D, $400M+) Music Business Worldwide
  3. Mar 12, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series B, $150M) TechCrunch
  4. Nov 11, 2025Invested in Wonderful (Series A, $100M) TechCrunch
  5. Oct 20, 2025Invested in LangChain (Series B, $125M) LangChain

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

5 total

Recent Investment Activity

5

Track record: led 1 and participated in 4 of 5 tracked venture rounds · 5 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series B

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
3 · 60%
Developer tools
1 · 20%
Consumer AI
1 · 20%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series B
2 · 40%
Series C
1 · 20%
Series D
1 · 20%
Series A
1 · 20%

Co-Investors

12

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Value Add Research

Latest Pulse

  1. 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.→
  2. 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.→
  3. 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.→
  4. 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.→
  5. 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 Wonderful, Baseten, Suno, LangChain, Perplexity.

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

In the rounds Value Add tracks, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) most often invests alongside Bessemer Venture Partners (2 shared deals), Nvidia (2 shared deals), 01 Advisors (1 shared deal), 9Yards Capital (1 shared deal), Accel (1 shared deal).

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