IVP Concludes Successful Year Announces 15 New Investments

Menlo Park, CA - December 13, 2018 - During 2018, IVP made 15 new investments and announced four significant M&A transactions. Highlights include the acquisition of MuleSoft by Salesforce (CRM), comprising the largest software infrastructure acquisition in history. Microsoft(MSFT) acquired GitHub, recording the second largest enterprise software acquisition ever. In addition, the firm reached a milestone of 108 portfolio company IPOs with Dropbox (DBX) and Domo (DOMO) entering the public markets. Throughout the year, IVP's portfolio companies raised over $3.2 billion in follow-on financings.

With $7 billion in committed capital, IVP is currently investing IVP XVI, a $1.5 billion later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund. As an investor in innovative companies such as AppDynamics, Casper, Coinbase, Compass, Discord,Dropbox, GitHub, Glossier, LegalZoom, Mindbody, Rubrik, Slack, Snap, Supercell, Twitter, Yext, and ZipRecruiter, IVP remains committed to its focused strategy of supporting innovation at the growth stage and partnering closely with exceptional management teams throughout the United States.

IPOs in 2018:

Dropbox (DBX), a global collaboration platform for teams, went public in March. IVP made its initial investment in September 2011.

Domo (DOMO), a cloud-based executive management platform, went public in June. IVP made its initial investment in February 2012. Domo was the 108th company from IVP's portfolio to go public.

Significant M&A Exits in 2018:

MuleSoft, a leading platform for building application networks, was acquired by Salesforce (CRM) for $6.5 billion in March, marking the largest ever software infrastructure acquisition. IVP made its initial investment in MuleSoft in August 2016.

General Assembly, a global design, marketing, technology, and data education company, was acquired by the Adecco Group in April. IVP made its initial investment in General Assembly in March 2014.

GitHub, the world's leading software development platform, was acquired by Microsoft (MSFT) for $7.5 billion in June, posting the second largest private enterprise software acquisition of all time. IVP made its initial investment in GitHub in July 2015.

AlienVault, a provider of Unified Security Management and crowd-sourced threat intelligence, was acquired by AT&T (T) in July. IVP made its initial investment in AlienVault in August 2015.

New Investments Announced in 2018:

Brex, the first corporate card for startups

Crowdstrike, the first cloud-native endpoint protection platform

DataDog, a modern monitoring and analytics platform for cloud applications

Deputy, an employee management solution for hourly paid and shift-based workers

Discord, all-in-one voice and text chat platform for gamers

G2 Crowd, the marketplace for businesses to discover, buy, and manage software and services

HashiCorp, a leading cloud infrastructure automation provider

Hims, a direct-to-consumer wellness company

Humu, a behavioral change software company

KeepTruckin, a comprehensive fleet management and telematics platform

Lime, a last mile mobility provider

Lulus, a leading, digitally native apparel brand for women

Podium, the leading customer communication platform for localbusinesses

Skydio, a robotics company that makes self-navigating consumer drones

UiPath, the leading Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA)software company

Large Follow-On Rounds in 2018:

Amplitude, the leading product intelligence company, raised $80 million

Anomali, the threat management and security collaboration solutions provider, raised $40 million

Checkr, the leading provider of modern and compliant background checks, raised $100 million

Coinbase, the easiest place to buy, sell,and manage cryptocurrency portfolios, raised $300 million

Compass, a real estate technology company, raised $400 million

Dataminr, the real-time information discovery company, raised $392 million

Hims, a direct-to-consumer wellness company, raised $50 million

The Honest Company, a mission-driven consumer products company, raised $200 million

Glossier, the community-driven, direct-to-consumer beauty company, raised $52 million

LegalZoom, the leading provider of legal solutions, raised $500 million

Looker, a unified Platform for Data, raised $103 million

MasterClass, the online education company, raised $80 million

Pindrop, the leader in voice security and authentication, raised $90 million

Slack, a provider of a messaging platform for teams, raised $427 million

Tala, the leading consumer lending app in emerging markets, raised $65 million

Tanium, the platform for endpoint management and security, raised $200 million

ThriveGlobal, a behavior change media and technology company, raised $43 million

ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace, raised $156 million

Industry Recognition

In 2018, three of IVP's investors - Todd Chaffee, Jules Maltz, and Dennis Phelps - were named to the prestigious Forbes Midas List of 100 Best Venture Capitalists. Todd has been on all the Midas Lists since 2009. Dennis has been on the Midas List three times before. In addition, Todd Chaffee and Jules Maltz were named to The New York Times and CB Insights List of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists. GrowthCap named Eric Liaw and Jules Maltz on the GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors List, which highlights exceptional private capital investors in the growth segment. Business Insider recognized Eric Liaw among the top 23 most respected enterprise technology VCs.

IVP has 17 investors focused on identifying later-stage growth companies in the consumer and enterprise sectors. 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.

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