Build what only you can.
Mission
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we’ve backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
We know that company building doesn’t follow a script. There’s no right way, no shortcut, no formula that turns early traction into something enduring. The work is the work. And every decision shapes the next decade.
CRV sits beside founders in that stretch. We listen. We think. We help them make the calls that turn that conviction into an enduring company: who to hire, how to reach customers, what to protect and what needs to evolve.
See Our Portfolio
More than 80 CRV backed companies have achieved public company status.
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we've backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
CRV was founded in 1970 and the firm has been in the Bay Area for decades.
There is no playbook.
We know that company building doesn't follow a script. There's no right way, no shortcut, no formula that turns early traction into something enduring. The work is the work. And every decision shapes the next decade.
The rhombus shape also informs the variations allowed for the CRV reconfigurations. These should be used as framing elements in digital and physical ads, social and other contained instances in order to provide variety to our minimal wordmark.
The Bay Area in the 1990s.
Tony Xu
DoorDash
Immad Akhund
Mercury
Leading Seed and Series A Rounds Since 1970
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we've backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
Founders with Conviction
Guillermo Rauch
Vercel
Build what lasts.
Recent Thoughts
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Vercel’s CTO of Security, Talha Tariq, shares his take on the modern security stack, how the CISO role is evolving and the importance of founders meeting where the market is with CRV general partner James Green. CRV led Vercel's Series A, sits on the board and backed Vercel during its B, C, D and E rounds.
The Elevator Pitch | CRV | Murat Bicer | Amit Agarwal
Our general partner Murat Bicer puts Amit Agarwal, founder and CEO of Standard Template Labs, on the spot for the ultimate elevator pitch.
Early Signals That Led CRV to Invest | Saar Gur | KJ Dhaliwal
CRV general partner Saar Gur chats with KJ Dhaliwal about the macro signals he saw and why Lotus Health AI was a Series A we had to lead.