Talk:Sapphire Ventures

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The non-existant (deleted?) page SAP Ventures (Pages which link to "SAP Ventures" article) should redirect to this page.HackerOfMinds (talk) --HackerOfMinds (talk) 05:48, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * There was already a draft in progress about the company when this article was created. Rather than improving the draft as is usual, a new article was created.  The contents of the original draft, which can be found in the history of SAP Ventures, HERE, may be useful in expanding and improving the referencing of this article.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 14:13, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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== Sapphire Ventures == Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm operating out of Austin, Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and New York.

Sapphire Ventures primarily invests in Series B through IPO technology companies, tech-focused early stage venture firms, seed, and Series A early-stage sports start-ups.

Since becoming an independent VC firm in 2011, Sapphire has invested in more than 120 companies and has experienced more than 60 IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, including recent exits Conversant , Wandera , Punchh , Auth0 , Segment , Sumo Logic , and JFrog.

History
Sapphire Ventures started as SAP Ventures, the venture capital arm of SAP SE in 1996. It later became independent from SAP SE in 2011 and rebranded to Sapphire Ventures in 2014.

Today, Sapphire Ventures is made up of three investment vehicles: Sapphire Ventures, Sapphire Partners created in 2012, and Sapphire Sport launched in 2019.

In 2019, Sapphire Ventures raised $1.4 billion, including a $150 million opportunity fund to support larger deals.

In February 2021, Sapphire Ventures announced it had raised $1.7 billion across multiple funds to ramp up the firm’s investments across the U.S., Europe, and Israel.

Sapphire Ventures has grown to more than $6.8 billion in assets under management as of March 2021.

Sapphire’s recent investments include Breathwrk, Degreed , and JupiterOne. Its recent IPOs include JFrog, Sumo Logic , and monday.com. It’s recent special-purpose acquisition companies include 23andMe. And it’s recent acquisitions include AllyO, Auth0 , Convercent , Localytics , Mycujoo , Phoenix Labs , Portworx , Punchh , Segment , RSi , and Wandera.

== Company ==

Sapphire Ventures
Sapphire Ventures invests in high-growth, expansion-stage technology companies, specifically focusing on business and vertical SaaS, data, analytics, AI, DevOps, open-source software, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare, and consumer software.

In February 2021, Sapphire Ventures raised $1.7 billion across multiple funds to primarily ramp up investments in Series B through IPO enterprise technology companies in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.

Sapphire Ventures’ recent investments include Degreed, Chargebee , and JupiterOne. Recent IPOs include JFrog and Sumo Logic. It’s recent special-purpose acquisition companies include 23andMe. And it’s recent acquisitions include AllyO, Auth0 , Convercent , Localytics , Mycujoo , Phoenix Labs , Portworx , Punchh , Segment , RSi , and Wandera.

Sapphire Partners
Launched in 2012, Sapphire Partners is a limited partner that backs early-stage venture investors, including seed funds from as small as $40 million up to series A investors with more than $100 million in capital.

The firm also invests in early-stage tech venture firms as a limited partner, including Union Square Ventures, Amplify Partners, SaaStr, Data Collective, LocalGlobe, Blue Yard, Creandum, and Point Nine, among others.

Sapphire Partners was originally set up as a $405 million fund of funds and was later modified to recycle distributions to meet future contribution obligations.

Sapphire Partners supports an online community called (#)OpenLP aimed at educating venture investors and tech entrepreneurs about issues related to the venture ecosystem.

Sapphire Sport
In early 2019 Sapphire Ventures launched Sapphire Sport, a $115 million fund focused on investing in early-stage companies at the intersection of technology, sport, media and entertainment.

The fund is backed by an investor group comprising no fewer than 24 limited partners that include Major League Baseball (MLB) and City Football Group (CFG), AEG, SAP, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and Adidas.

Sapphire Sport’s recent investments include Aglet, Buzzer , Flowhaven , and Breathwrk. Notable recent exits include mycujoo and Phoenix Labs.

Portfolio Growth
Sapphire Ventures’ Portfolio Growth platform works with its portfolio companies and venture funds to offer support in the areas of customer, partner, and executive talent introductions. It also provides best-practices and insights via content, events, and peer-to-peer connections.

In February 2021 the firm announced its $1.7 billion funding round will be used to expand its Portfolio Growth team to cater to start-up requirements.

In June 2021, Sapphire’s Portfolio Growth team launched ‘centers of excellence’ which offer founders support with sales and GTM strategies, international expansion, insights into how CIO and CXO enterprise decision-makers evaluate new and emerging technologies, and capital market oversight.

== Investments == As of December 31, 2020, Sapphire Ventures has invested in over 120 companies and experienced 20 IPOs and 40 mergers and acquisitions since becoming independent in 2011.

Current Sapphire Ventures investments

 * Activtrak
 * Adverity
 * Alation
 * attentive
 * avidxchange
 * BetterUp
 * Brightfield
 * Catchpoint
 * Changebee
 * CircleCi
 * Clari
 * Contentful
 * Culture amp
 * Currencycloud
 * Current
 * Datarobot
 * Degreed
 * Dremio
 * Exabeam
 * FeedZai
 * Gorgias
 * High spot
 * Iex
 * JupiterOne
 * Lean data
 * Mallition
 * Medable
 * Mirantis
 * Monday
 * Moveworks
 * Narrative Science
 * Netscope
 * OpenX
 * OpsRamp
 * Outreach
 * Ownbackup
 * Pendo
 * Podium
 * Privagera
 * PubNub
 * Qubit
 * Reonomy
 * Restream
 * Safe graph
 * Sense
 * Side
 * Splashtop
 * Spring
 * StackHawk
 * Sun basket
 * Tetrate
 * Thought spot
 * Tonal
 * Trade wind
 * Ujet
 * Unmind
 * Unmind
 * Uptycs
 * Verbit
 * Wandera

Current Sapphire Sport investments

 * Breathwrk
 * Buzzer
 * Flowhaven
 * Green Park
 * Manticore
 * Mixhalo
 * My cujoo
 * Overtime
 * Phoenix labs
 * Playsvs
 * Tonal
 * Vivo

Exits

 * 23andMe (SPAC)
 * Aepona (acq.)
 * Alfresco (acq.)
 * AllyO (acq.)
 * Alteryx (IPO)
 * Apigee (IPO)
 * Apriso (acq.)
 * Auth0 (acq.)
 * BlackDJC (acq.)
 * Box (IPO)
 * Cazoo (SPAC)
 * Celarix (Acq.)
 * CloudHealth Technologies (acq.)
 * Connectiva (Acq.)
 * Control4 (IPO)
 * Convercent (acq.)
 * Criteo (IPO)
 * Cyphort (acq.)
 * Datria (acq.)
 * DocuSign (IPO)
 * Endeca (acquisition)
 * Exact target (IPO)
 * Fitbit (IPO)
 * Five9 (IPO)
 * Groundwork (acq.)
 * Ignite (acq.)
 * Imprivata (IPO)
 * Inkling (acq.)
 * Integral ad science (acq.)
 * Iovation (acq.)
 * Iron.io (acq.)
 * ITAC Software (acq.)
 * Jaspersoft (acq.)
 * JFrog (IPO)
 * Jibe (acq.)
 * JupiterOne
 * Justdial (IPO)
 * Krux (acq.)
 * Lavante (acq.)
 * LinkedIn (IPO)
 * Lithium (acq.)
 * Livongo (IPO)
 * Localytics (acq.)
 * Loglogic (acq.)
 * Looker (acq.)
 * Marin Software (IPO)
 * Monday.com (IPO)
 * MuleSoft (IPO)
 * Newgen Software (IPO)
 * Nutanix (IPO)
 * Ondeck (IPO)
 * One97(acq.)
 * Onventis (acq.)
 * PayScale (acq.)
 * Phoenix Labs (acq.)
 * Ping (acq.)
 * Port Worx (acq.)
 * Punchh (acq.)
 * Qumu (acq.)
 * Reccomind (acq.)
 * Return Path (acq.)
 * Right Hemisphere (acq.)
 * RSi (acq.)
 * SafeGraph
 * Savo (acq.)
 * Scaleio (acq.)
 * Segment (acq.)
 * Socialtext (acq.)
 * Socrata (acq.)
 * Square (IPO)
 * SumoLogic (IPO)
 * Tealeaf (acq.)
 * Ticketfly (acq.)
 * Tremor video (IPO)
 * Vedavo (acq.)
 * Violin Memory (IPO)
 * Voxeo (acq.)
 * Wandera (acq.)
 * Wise (direct listing)
 * Zend (acq.)

Updating to accurately reflect Sapphire Venture's past and current operations.
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RhysBR (talk) 00:30, 30 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ❌ A laundry list of companies with which Sapphire is involved reads like promotional literature, rather than a description of what the company does. Additionally, it is not clear what specific changes are being requested; it would be better to better break down proposed suggestions line-by-line, with a clear before and after so other editors can understand the changes being proposed. Best,  Spencer T• C 06:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC)