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Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team)

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Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team) is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Enterprise. 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
AUM
$11B
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Enterprise
HQ
Palo Alto, CA

Last verified: 2026-08-09

Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$11.3B

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Enterprise software specialist known for scaling B2B SaaS; participates earlier for select enterprise companies.

How Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team) invests

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Enterprise.

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team) typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $11B in assets under management.

Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team) has backed 6 companies in our records, including Clari, Gainsight, Snyk.

Partners & Team

EP

Elizabeth Patterson

Chief People Officer

CH

Cristina Hohlman

Chief Financial Officer

TC

Tiffany Chandra

Vice President of Human Resources

RB

Rami Branitzky

Partner

JB

Jenny Bavinger

Vice President of Marketing

RD

Rajeev Dham

Managing Director

RD

Ralph Debernardo

Head of Investor Relations

PL

Paul Levine

Partner

SO

Stanley Onyimba

Vice President

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

CL

Clari

Revenue platform (B2B)
GA

Gainsight

Customer success (B2B)
SN

Snyk

Developer security (B2B)
GL

Glean

ME

Medable

SU

Supio

How to pitch Sapphire Ventures (Sapphire Partners/Seed activity via team)
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise — 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 Elizabeth Patterson, Chief People Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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