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CRV
One of the oldest firms in venture, reported to have backed over 750 startups with 80 going public. Led DoorDash's seed and the Series A rounds for Mercury and Vercel.
Criteria: Asked what share of deals are seed and Series A versus later, a general partner answered: almost all is seed and A. Focus areas are enterprise and infrastructure software, developer tools and consumer, with a bioengineering practice. Notably, CRV returned capital to its investors and deliberately downsized its fund, with a partner stating they could have closed on more but wanted to remain small and focused, and to preserve the ability to see an impact from smaller checks.
What this means for your pitchA firm that shrinks its fund on purpose is telling you something useful: smaller funds need smaller exits to succeed, so a good but not astronomical outcome can still matter to them. For a company with a real but bounded ceiling, that alignment beats a famous name.
Partner statements on record in trade press. Checked 16 August 2026
From CRV's own site and announcements · checked 26 August 2026 · selective, not comprehensive · verify on the firm's pages
In a July 2026 post on its site, CRV describes the AI startup categories it sees opportunity in, naming vertical AI for regulated industries, agent infrastructure tooling, AI-native cybersecurity, and inference optimization. The firm states the strongest openings are in areas where constraints outside the model matter, favoring startups built on proprietary data and workflow embedding over generic LLM wrappers.
CRV's portfolio page for Joyful Health states the firm partnered with the company in December 2025. Joyful Health automates financial operations for healthcare providers, starting with handling denials and unpaid claims.
CRV's portfolio page for Standard Template Labs states the firm partnered with the company in August 2025, the same month it was founded by Amit Agarwal. The firm states the company is building a system that learns how enterprise work happens and applies that understanding to reduce manual coordination.
CRV's newsroom is largely educational content for founders; investment announcements appear as dated portfolio company pages rather than press releases.