IVP 2020 in Review – Ten New Investments and a Growing Team for Investing in and Serving High Growth Technology Companies
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MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IVP, a premier later-stage and growth equity firm, today shared a summary of key milestones for the last 12 months, a memorable year that despite many challenges saw the technology industry emerge stronger than ever. • Hims & Hers, a multi-specialty telehealth platform that connects consumers to licensed healthcare professionals, entered into a definitive merger agreement in October with Oaktree Acquisition Corp. to become publicly traded. IVP is one of the top performing firms in the venture capital industry, typically serving as a lead investor in later-stage rounds with equity investments ranging from $10 to $100 million. Ajay brings deep operational and financial experience to the role and will invest in high growth technology companies across a range of markets, with an initial focus on SaaS, collaboration software, and subscription businesses. IVP investments include such notable companies as AppDynamics (CSCO), Coinbase, Compass, CrowdStrike (CRWD), Datadog (DDOG), Discord, Dropbox (DBX), GitHub (MSFT), Glossier, Grammarly, HashiCorp, Hims & Hers, HomeAway (AWAY), Hopin, Klarna, LegalZoom, Looker (GOOGL), Marketo (MKTO), MasterClass, Mindbody (Vista), MuleSoft (CRM), Netflix (NFLX), Personal Capital (Empower), Podium, Rubrik, Slack (WORK), Snap (SNAP), Supercell (Tencent), Tanium, TransferWise, Twitter (TWTR), UiPath, Yext (YEXT), ZenDesk (ZEN), ZipRecruiter, and Zynga (ZNGA).