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Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs)

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Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Enterprise, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$10.2B

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Enterprise software-focused firm known for SaaS investing; participates in earlier rounds selectively alongside its growth core.

How Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs) invests

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS.

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs) typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $10B in assets under management.

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs) has backed 6 companies in our records, including Clari, GitLab, Snyk.

Meet the Team

EP

Elizabeth Patterson

Chief People Officer

CH

Cristina Hohlman

Chief Financial 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

SO

Stanley Onyimba

Vice President

RB

Rami Branitzky

Partner

PL

Paul Levine

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

CL

Clari

Revenue SaaS
GI

GitLab

DevOps platform
SN

Snyk

Developer security platform
GL

Glean

ME

Medable

SU

Supio

How to pitch Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners / early enterprise programs)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elizabeth Patterson, Chief People Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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