Battery Ventures

aid: battery-ventures
name: Battery Ventures
description: >-
  Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm founded in
  1983 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in
  San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London, and Tel Aviv. Battery invests
  across every stage of a company's life, from seed and early-stage venture
  through growth equity and private-equity buyouts, giving the firm a
  distinctive multi-stage perspective on technology markets. Its core areas of
  focus are application software, infrastructure software, consumer technology,
  and industrial tech plus life-science tools. As of 2025 the firm reports
  having invested in more than 530 companies over its 40-plus-year history, of
  which roughly 70 have gone public and another 185 have been merged or
  acquired. Battery is currently investing out of its 15th flagship fund,
  Battery Ventures XV, capitalized at $3.25 billion, and has raised more than
  $16 billion across all of its funds since inception. The firm describes itself
  as decisive, hard-working, and thesis-driven, backing category-defining
  companies including Affirm, Amplitude, AppDynamics, Avalara, Akamai, Coupa,
  Wonolo, and many others. This profile tracks Battery Ventures' identity and
  its portfolio graph across the API Evangelist network.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Growth Equity
  - Seed
  - Early Stage
  - Buyout
  - Application Software
  - Infrastructure Software
  - Consumer
  - Industrial Tech
  - Life Science Tools
  - Boston
  - United States
  - Global
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/battery-ventures/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.battery.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.battery.com/company/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.battery.com/list-of-all-companies/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/battery-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.battery.com/people/
  - type: Team
    url: team/battery-ventures-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.battery.com/about/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.battery.com/blog/
  - type: News
    url: https://www.battery.com/news-events/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://www.battery.com/venture-growth-newsletter/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://www.battery.com/private-equity-newsletter/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://www.battery.com/corporate-development-newsletter/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.battery.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.battery.com/contact/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/battery-ventures/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/batteryventures
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/battery-ventures
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Seed, Early (venture), Growth equity, Buyout (all stages)"
      - "Sectors: application software, infrastructure software, consumer technology, industrial tech, life-science tools"
      - "Geography: Global (United States, Europe, Israel)"
      - "AUM: $3.25B current flagship fund (Battery Ventures XV); $16B+ raised since inception (self-reported)"
      - "Founded: 1983"
      - "HQ: Boston, MA"
      - "Offices: Boston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, New York, London, Tel Aviv"
      - "Track record: 530+ companies invested; ~70 IPOs; ~185 M&A exits (self-reported, 2025)"
    sources:
      - https://www.battery.com/about/
      - https://www.battery.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Ventures
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Battery Ventures
    url: https://www.battery.com/