137 Ventures

www.137ventures.com

VCMatch tracks 137 Ventures as an investor focused on Other companies, Growth rounds, and United States and San Francisco, Ca markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Growth

Focus Areas

Other

Geography

United States and San Francisco, CA

Investment Thesis

137 Ventures presents itself as a founder- and company-focused, multi-stage investor that prioritizes creating liquidity and partnering long-term with high-potential technology firms. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions for stakeholders in growth-stage private technology companies (founders, investors, early employees) while also participating in primary direct equity financings — combining secondary/liquidity expertise with direct investing to support “generational technology companies and their founders.”

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

137 Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Growth rounds in Other, especially across United States and San Francisco, CA.

Focus statement

137 Ventures focuses on growth-stage private technology companies and providing "customized liquidity solutions to founders, investors, and early employees of growth-stage private technology companies," while also participating in primary direct equity financing rounds.

Value Add

Primary specialization in customized liquidity solutions / secondary transactions for founders, investors, and early employees — positioning the firm as a liquidity provider rather than only a traditional growth equity VC ("leading provider of customized liquidity solutions").
Dual approach of offering personalized liquidity solutions AND participating in primary direct equity financing rounds ("In addition to personalized liquidity solutions, 137 Ventures also participates in primary direct equity financing rounds").
Explicit multi-stage mandate and stated intent to "partner[] with generational technology companies and their founders," signalling long-term, founder-aligned relationships rather than one-off transactions.
Operational emphasis on compliance and investor-facing infrastructure (e.g., investor portal, privacy policy, and legal/licensing notes such as loans pursuant to a California Financing Law License).
Selective public disclosure practice (portfolio presentation limited to positions meeting a $5M+ value threshold), indicating curated public presentation of investments.