Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in San Francisco and London. One of the oldest venture firms in Silicon Valley, IVP concentrates on the fastest-growing, most prominent late-stage and growth-stage technology companies each year, typically writing checks in the $10M to $100M range and taking a long-term view toward value creation. The firm invests across enterprise software and SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, developer tools and cloud infrastructure, data and AI, consumer internet, media, gaming, and healthcare. Across roughly 45 years and 18 funds (Fund XVIII closed at $1.6B in 2024) IVP has backed more than 400 companies and seen 135+ IPOs, with roughly $7B–$8B in assets under management. Notable investments and exits include Netflix, Twitter, Snap, Coinbase, Dropbox, GitHub, Slack, Datadog, CrowdStrike, HashiCorp, UiPath, Robinhood, Klarna, Wise, Figma, Grammarly, Rubrik, Discord, Anthropic, Perplexity, and DeepL.
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Institutional Venture Partners has 153 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 153 (100%) publish APIs indexed here.
Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Figma, UiPath, Anthropic, Mulesoft, GitHub.
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aid: ivp
name: Institutional Venture Partners
description: >-
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is a later-stage venture capital and
growth equity firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis and headquartered in Menlo
Park, California, with offices in San Francisco and London. One of the oldest
venture firms in Silicon Valley, IVP concentrates on the fastest-growing,
most prominent late-stage and growth-stage technology companies each year,
typically writing checks in the $10M to $100M range and taking a long-term
view toward value creation. The firm invests across enterprise software and
SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, developer tools and cloud infrastructure,
data and AI, consumer internet, media, gaming, and healthcare. Across roughly
45 years and 18 funds (Fund XVIII closed at $1.6B in 2024) IVP has backed
more than 400 companies and seen 135+ IPOs, with roughly $7B–$8B in assets
under management. Notable investments and exits include Netflix, Twitter,
Snap, Coinbase, Dropbox, GitHub, Slack, Datadog, CrowdStrike, HashiCorp,
UiPath, Robinhood, Klarna, Wise, Figma, Grammarly, Rubrik, Discord,
Anthropic, Perplexity, and DeepL.
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x-category: Growth Equity
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generated: '2026-07-22'
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created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Venture Capital
- Growth Equity
- Late Stage
- Enterprise Software
- Fintech
- Cybersecurity
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- Consumer Internet
- Silicon Valley
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common:
- type: Website
url: https://www.ivp.com/
- type: Portfolio
url: https://www.ivp.com/portfolio/
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url: portfolio/ivp-portfolio.yml
- type: Team
url: https://www.ivp.com/team/
- type: Team
url: team/ivp-team.yml
- type: InvestmentThesis
url: https://www.ivp.com/team/approach/
- type: Blog
url: https://www.ivp.com/content/
- type: News
url: https://www.ivp.com/content/
- type: Jobs
url: https://careers.ivp.com/
- type: Contact
url: https://www.ivp.com/contact/
- type: Crunchbase
url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/institutional-venture-partners
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivpvc/
- type: Twitter
url: https://twitter.com/ivp
- type: Features
data:
- 'Stage: Late-stage / growth (venture growth, founder liquidity, select public-market)'
- 'Typical check: $10M–$100M per company'
- 'Sectors: enterprise software/SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, developer tools, cloud/data infrastructure, AI, consumer internet, media, gaming, healthcare'
- 'Geography: United States and Europe (HQ US; London office since 2023)'
- 'AUM: ~$7B–$8B (self-reported / third-party sources)'
- 'Funds: 18 funds; Fund XVI $1.5B (2017), Fund XVII $1.8B (2021), Fund XVIII $1.6B (2024)'
- 'Track record: 400+ portfolio companies, 135+ IPOs'
- 'Founded: 1980'
- 'Founder: Reid Dennis'
- 'HQ: Menlo Park, California (offices in San Francisco and London)'
sources:
- https://www.ivp.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Venture_Partners
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/institutional-venture-partners
updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
url: https://apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
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- FN: Institutional Venture Partners
url: https://www.ivp.com/