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Sapphire Ventures
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies. It invests in a select number of post-product-market-fit companies and helps founders scale go-to-market, operations, and leadership.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsenterprise softwareenterprise aiartificial intelligenceexpansion stagego-to-market
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Or find every investor that fitsSapphire Ventures lists 174 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 37 funding rounds, 8 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Enterprise Software (16%) and Cybersecurity (12%). 83% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Salesforce Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Sapphire Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Sapphire Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 31 companies; its own site lists 174. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 7% |
| Series A | 3% |
| Series B | 19% |
| Growth | 71% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 1 | 1 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 4 | 2 |
| '25 | 12 | 2 |
| '26 | 20 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 172 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 22 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 7% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 40th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 4% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Salesforce Ventures | 24 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 21 |
| Sequoia Capital | 18 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 16 |
| Accel | 15 |
| Battery Ventures | 15 |
| Founders Circle Capital | 15 |
| Insight Partners | 14 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15790%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company1710%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Salesforce Ventures
Compare Sapphire Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Sapphire Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Series B |
Round details for Sapphire Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Sapphire Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
174 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23andMe sells DNA testing kits and subscription plans that report on a person's genetic ancestry and genetic health risks. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Dassault Systèmes provides a platform for businesses to design, simulate, and manage products and services using virtual twins and artificial intelligence. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| ActivTrak provides workforce management and productivity optimization software | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Adverity connects and governs marketing data for use in decision-making and AI applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Alation sells a software platform for data cataloging, data governance, and managing the accuracy of data and AI agents. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | May 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Alfresco provides open source content, process and governance management services | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Alteryx provides a platform for automating data workflows and analytics, including data preparation, reporting, and AI-powered insights. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anrok provides a global sales tax and VAT solution for modern commerce | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| The company provides API management tools to build, manage, and secure APIs | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a generative AI platform that supports various models and applications for different industries and use cases. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Attentive provides an AI-powered SMS and email marketing platform for businesses. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Auth0 provides authentication and identity management services for businesses and developers | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AvidXchange provides accounts payable automation software | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Baseten brings inference, training, and execution together on one platform to power companies | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| BetterUp offers a platform for workforce development and performance evaluation | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BioCatch provides a platform to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime using behavioral intelligence and predictive analytics. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Black Duck provides application security testing and software composition analysis services. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Blockdaemon provides digital ecosystem infrastructure and services for institutions to manage and scale their digital assets and transactions. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- sapphireventures.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Jan 2022
- Companies checked
- 174
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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