CRV proudly co-led Lotus AI’s Series A and our firm led Outtake’s Series A and joined the board in February 2025. We also backed Outtake during its Series B, so we’re thrilled to see both teams make this year’s list.” to “CRV proudly co-led Lotus AI’s Series A and our firm led Outtake’s Series A, joined the board and backed Outtake during its Series B, so we’re thrilled to see both teams make this year’s list.

CRV invests in founding teams at the beginning of their journeys, leading Seed and Series A rounds in amazing companies. We’ve backed more than 750 companies early on including DoorDash (another Next-Billion alum), Mercury and Vercel.

Congrats to both Lotus AI and Outtake on being named to Forbes’ Next-Billion Dollar Startups list.