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Vertical Venture Partners
853 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
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KANDO id: 421061
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Overview
We are a small, partner-only team with decades of experience gained from diverse backgrounds in venture capital, research & development, investment banking, and enterprise technology. We have all been entrepreneurs before, experienced success and failure, and understand what it takes to build a company.Funds managed
Fund | Type | Vintage | Currency | Committed capital |
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Vertical Venture Partners LP | Venture | 2016 | USD | 51,300,000 |
Highlander Fund | Venture | USD | 10,000,000 |
Funding rounds
Investment preferences
Investment criteria
VVP is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Seed and Series A investments in companies that address industry-specific pain points for enterprise customers. We define a “vertical” as any specific industry sector that has a large number of companies and unique business characteristics. Examples of verticals are retail, healthcare, education, aerospace, etc. The core investment philosophy of our firm is the belief that a company solving a problem specific to a single industry vertical reaches product-market fit and revenue faster than one that sells an industry-agnostic solution. We do not invest in consumer, internet or media companies, nor do we invest in companies whose product or service requires a government regulatory approval to scale.
Our typical check size is $250K – $1 million at the Seed stage and $2 – $3 million at the Series A stage, with reserves for future financing rounds. We are comfortable with both active and passive investments, although we tend to favor those with Board participation.
Our typical check size is $250K – $1 million at the Seed stage and $2 – $3 million at the Series A stage, with reserves for future financing rounds. We are comfortable with both active and passive investments, although we tend to favor those with Board participation.
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Active investor
Selected investments
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4Company | Profile | Country | Date | Funding | ||
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Embroker Inc | Digital insurance brokerage company. | Series A Follow-on investment | |||
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Embroker Inc | Digital insurance brokerage company. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Ordermark Inc | Series B Initial investment | ||||
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Ordermark Inc | Series A Initial investment |
Team
Employee | Position | |||
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Brad Corona | [email protected] | |||
David Schwab | [email protected] |