U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)

Menlo Park, California
U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) is a venture capital partnership, helping entrepreneurs transform their ideas and efforts into world-changing companies. The firm focuses on early-stage ventures in information technology and health care, where innovation is unbridled and has led to the creation of economic wealth and millions of jobs over the pastthirty-plus years of the firm's existence.
Founded:1981
Firm Location:Menlo Park, California
Investor Firms That Co-Invest with U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)
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U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) Team
Photo of Jacques Benkoski, General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)
Jacques Benkoski
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel)
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Irwin Federman
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Matt Garratt
Sweet spot: $13.0M
Range: $500K - $40.0M
Investors in Palo Alto (CA)
Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Steve Krausz
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Rick Lewis
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Jonathan Root
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Series A), Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Casey Tansey
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Photo of Dafina Toncheva, General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)
Dafina Toncheva
Sweet spot: $6.0M
Range: $2.0M - $10.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)