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Mission
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we’ve backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
We know that company building doesn’t follow a script. There’s no right way, no shortcut, no formula that turns early traction into something enduring. The work is the work. And every decision shapes the next decade.
CRV sits beside founders in that stretch. We listen. We think. We help them make the calls that turn that conviction into an enduring company: who to hire, how to reach customers, what to protect and what needs to evolve.
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More than 80 CRV backed companies have achieved public company status.
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we've backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
CRV was founded in 1970 and the firm has been in the Bay Area for decades.
There is no playbook.
We know that company building doesn't follow a script. There's no right way, no shortcut, no formula that turns early traction into something enduring. The work is the work. And every decision shapes the next decade.
The rhombus shape also informs the variations allowed for the CRV reconfigurations. These should be used as framing elements in digital and physical ads, social and other contained instances in order to provide variety to our minimal wordmark.
The Bay Area in the 1990s.
Tony Xu
DoorDash
Immad Akhund
Mercury
Leading Seed and Series A Rounds Since 1970
Most investors chase patterns and playbooks. CRV pays attention. For 55 years, we've backed founders who see something real before the rest of the world catches up: founders with depth, conviction and an insight that feels almost unfair.
Founders with Conviction
Guillermo Rauch
Vercel
Build what lasts.
Recent Thoughts
CRV | Future of Media Panel 2025
At our annual gathering of CRV backed startups and journalists Saar Gur hosted a panel with Reuters’ Deepa Seetharaman, TechCrunch’s Marina Temkin and The WSJ’s Angel Au-Yeung. They tackled how Substack writers are changing the game, ChatGPT's impact on media and the value of exclusives.
Exceptional Primary Care for Everyone | CRV | Saar Gur | KJ Dhaliwal
KJ Dhaliwal, the founder and CEO of Lotus Health AI, explains how the platform supports everyday health needs alongside chronic care in conversation with CRV general partner Saar Gur.
CRV | Fireside Chat With Vercel's COO | The Complete Discussion
An in-depth fireside chat with Vercel COO Jeanne DeWitt Grosser and CRV general partner Reid Christian focused on go-to-market meets AI.