Scale Venture Partners

Scale Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in all stages. The firm prefers to fund mid-stage rounds in technology and life science companies. It focuses on hardware and software sectors in the technology sector. Within hardware, the firm prefers to invest in semiconductors including analog, consumer electronics, and communications, as well as systems including storage and enterprise networking. Within software, it focuses on Internet marketing, digital media, wireless data services, and software as service applications. Within healthcare, the firm invests primarily in biotechnology, specifically therapeutics related to oncology, inflammation, neurology, and dermatology and in medical devices with a focus on orthopedics, cardiovascular, and neurology. It typically invests between $2 million and $15 million in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to invest up to $20 million during the life of the company. It typically leads or co-leads its investments. The firm seeks board membership in its portfolio companies. It was formerly known as BA Venture Partners. Scale Venture Partners was founded in 1995 and is based in Foster City, California.