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Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures)

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures) is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Enterprise, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Enterprise, SaaS, Other, AI / ML
HQ
Palo Alto, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-10

Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Enterprise software specialist with an early-stage practice (Sapphire Sport) investing in seed/early rounds.

How Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures) invests

Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, Other, AI / ML.

Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures) typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures) has backed 6 companies in our records, including Culture Amp, Clari, Snyk.

Partners & Team

RB

Rami Branitzky

Partner

EP

Elizabeth Patterson

Chief People Officer

TC

Tiffany Chandra

Vice President of Human Resources

JB

Jenny Bavinger

Vice President of Marketing

RD

Ralph Debernardo

Head of Investor Relations

RD

Rajeev Dham

Managing Director

PL

Paul Levine

Partner

SO

Stanley Onyimba

Vice President

CH

Cristina Hohlman

Chief Financial Officer

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS
Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

CU

Culture Amp

HR SaaS
CL

Clari

Revenue software (B2B)
SN

Snyk

DevSecOps (B2B)
SU

Supio

Legal AI
GL

Glean

Work AI/Enterprise Software
ME

Medable

How to pitch Sapphire Sport (Sapphire Ventures)
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rami Branitzky, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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