OpenView

2006

Founded

115

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

OpenView Venture Partners was a Boston-based venture capital firm founded in 2006, specializing in expansion-stage investments in business software companies. The firm focused on providing operational support to help portfolio companies scale efficiently, offering expertise in areas such as sales, marketing, product-led growth, pricing, talent acquisition, and corporate development. OpenView raised a total of $2.4 billion across seven funds, with its largest being a $570 million fund raised in 2023.

Notable investments included Datadog, Calendly, Axonius, JumpCloud, UserTesting, and Workfront. In December 2023, OpenView unexpectedly ceased investing in new companies and laid off most of its staff, despite having raised a significant fund earlier that year. This decision was influenced by internal dynamics, including the departure of key partners and challenges in delivering returns to investors.

The firm announced plans to return most of its latest fund to limited partners, retaining a portion to support existing portfolio companies.

Portfolio Companies

Datadog, Calendly, Axonius, JumpCloud, UserTesting, Workfront, Expensify, Instructure, PipeDrive, Kareo

Gepgraphic Focus

United States, Global

Key Differentiators

Operational Expertise, High Conviction Investing, Expansion Stage Focus

Thypical Investment Size

$10 million to $25 million

Total Funds Raised

$2.4 billion

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Advertising (AdTech)

PropTech

Enterprise

E-Commerce

Marketing (MarTech)

Developer Tools

Boston

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Series D

United States