VU Venture Partners

VU Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies across various sectors. The firm operates at a scale and strength greater than a $1 billion+ venture capital fund, with a team of over 70 investors. VU sources approximately 20,000 deals per year, investing in about 0.1% of the companies reviewed. The firm's dedicated investment teams focus on consumer, enterprise, fintech, frontier, healthcare, and proptech sectors. VU has offices in San Francisco, Austin, Hong Kong, Munich, and São Paulo, with additional investment teams operating across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. VU's investment strategy includes initial investments ranging from $200K to $1M, with follow-on investments up to $10M. The firm is a long-term capital partner throughout a portfolio company's journey, with the capability to lead and participate in multiple follow-on rounds. VU has access to a global startup, corporate, and investor ecosystem through its proprietary insider investor network, accelerating the growth and success of its portfolio companies by actively supporting customer acquisition, partnerships, capital raising, hiring, marketing, and exit strategies. VU's senior investment managers have over 50 years of VC experience, leading some of the largest and best-performing VC funds in the world, investing over $2 billion and generating 4x+ net realized cash-on-cash returns. The firm has been early investors in 25+ unicorns and 20+ multi-billion-dollar exits, including companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, Figure AI, 1X, Anduril, Neuralink, Erebor, Facebook (Meta), Twitter (X), Venmo, Uber, Beyond Meat, FabFitFun, Flyr Labs, Oculus, Oscar, Palantir, Wayflyer, and Wish.