CRV

aid: crv
name: CRV
description: >-
  CRV (formerly Charles River Ventures) is one of the oldest venture capital
  firms in the United States, founded in 1970 to commercialize research coming
  out of MIT. The firm invests early — primarily at the Seed and Series A stages,
  with occasional Series B — leading rounds in enterprise, consumer, developer
  tools, security, data infrastructure, AI, and bioengineering companies. CRV
  has backed more than 750 companies since inception across 18 funds, raising
  over $4.3 billion (including a recent $600M early-stage fund), and has seen
  80-plus of its portfolio companies reach public-company status. Notable
  investments include DoorDash, Airtable, HubSpot, Datadog, Zendesk, Patreon,
  Mercury, Vercel, Cursor, Postman, Kong, Tailscale, Ring, and PillPack. The
  firm is headquartered in San Francisco (52 Zoe Street) with a long-standing
  Bay Area presence and offices in Menlo Park, CA and Cambridge, MA.
deliveryModel:
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  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.crv.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Developer Tools
  - Security
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Enterprise
  - Consumer
  - Biotech
  - North America
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Developer Tools
  - Security
  - AI
  - Enterprise
  - Consumer
  - Biotech
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.crv.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.crv.com/companies
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/crv-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.crv.com/team
  - type: Team
    url: team/crv-team.yml
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/crvvc
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crvvc
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://x.com/crv
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed, Series A (occasional Series B)'
      - 'Sectors: enterprise, consumer, developer tools, security, data infrastructure, AI, bioengineering'
      - 'Geography: North America (Bay Area focus)'
      - 'Companies backed: 750+ since 1970'
      - 'Public companies: 80+'
      - 'Capital raised: $4.3B+ across 18 funds'
      - 'Latest fund: $600M early-stage'
      - 'Founded: 1970'
      - 'HQ: San Francisco, CA (offices in Menlo Park, CA and Cambridge, MA)'
    sources:
      - https://www.crv.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRV_(venture_capital_firm)
      - https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/crv-closes-600m-early-stage-fund/
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: CRV
    url: https://www.crv.com/