Frequently asked questions, answered.

Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on AI and B2B software. Eighty percent of our investments are lead checks at Series A and B, out of our $900M Fund VIII. Founded in 2000 and based in the Bay Area, Scale manages $2.8 billion in assets. Our portfolio spans category-defining B2B software and AI-native companies, like DocuSign, Box, HubSpot, BILL, JFrog, Motive, CodeRabbit, and Bland.

Scale leads 80% of the Series A and Series B rounds we invest in. We typically partner with companies that have signed their first customers and are making the journey from Founder-led growth to go-to-market machine.

Initial checks usually range from $5 million to $50 million, sized to the round and the business. Eighty percent of our investments are lead checks at Series A and B, and we reserve capital to follow on through the life of the company.

AI, B2B, and vertical software. The portfolio spans applications, DevTools and infrastructure, and security—Founders applying AI to how businesses actually work. Recent investments include CodeRabbit, GC AI, Bland, Fin, Paraform, and Generalist.

From the Bay Area, into companies across North America, Europe, and Israel.

Yes. We lead 80% of our rounds at Series A and B, and we typically take a board seat.

Ask our Founders. They'd say you never wonder what your Scale partner is thinking—we say what we see, then we give you room to run your company. They'd say they appreciate that sometimes the best support is the freedom to build, and that when help is useful, it shows up as talent and operators who've scaled companies from $1 million to $500 million-plus. And they'd say we stick with them: our partnership runs years, not rounds.

Our approach is grounded in respect. When we're invited in, we collaborate with urgency; when a Founder needs room to build, we step back and let them build. We're Founder-honest over Founder-friendly, so you'll get clear perspectives from us, never platitudes. And when we commit, we see it all the way through.

Signed customers and repeatable demand. We care less about a revenue threshold than proof that customers buy, stay, and expand—typically $500K–$5M ARR.

Go directly to the partner who covers your space. Our partners’ focus areas and contacts are on our team page. Warm introductions help but aren't required. Tell us what you build, who buys it, and where you are on the journey.

It starts with people. Scale runs an active community of Founders and senior operators—councils, workshops, and our GTM Summit—and makes introductions across that network when you're hiring or selling. Our go-to-market advisory team puts operators who've scaled companies from $1 million to $500 million-plus in revenue—former CROs, CMOs, and CFOs from companies like Zoom—to work inside your company on the problems you actually have. And the data sits underneath it all: benchmarks built from 1,000 startups across 10,000 quarters of real operating data, so you always know where you stand.

Hundreds of companies over 25 years, with early checks into DocuSign, Box, HubSpot, BILL, and JFrog. Eleven IPOs—one of the highest rates of any early-stage firm.

Scale's investing partners are Alex Niehenke, Andy Vitus, Ariel Tseitlin, Eric Anderson, Javier Redondo, Jeremy Kaufmann, Max Abram, Rory O'Driscoll, and Stacey Bishop. Kate Mitchell, who co-founded the firm, is Partner Emeritus. Full bios at scalevp.com/team.

Scale has $2.8 billion in assets under management  (AUM) and is currently investing out of its $900M Fund VIII, raised in 2022. The firm began in 2000 as BA Venture Partners, Bank of America's venture arm, and became independent in 2007.

No. Scale Venture Partners—Scale, or Scale VP—is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000, focused on AI and B2B software. Scale AI is a data-labeling company founded in 2016. The two are unrelated.