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Anti-hype

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

--Thomas Edison

Hype is toxic. FOMO is an investor’s kryptonite. The relentless hype cycle drives irrational investment decisions. We value solid business fundamentals, happy customers, and real engagement.

Our strike zone

One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who only have opinions.

-Winston Churchill

We are Series A investors in software and marketplace businesses across categories. Valuing quality relationships over quantity of companies, we lead, join boards, and help early stage companies become sophisticated growth engines.

Markets that matter

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

-Ernest Shackleton

We invest in companies with bold plans to transform industries and be standalone-at-scale category leaders in markets that matter in perpetuity. Building iconic companies takes time, we’re not in it for the quick flip.

Exceptionally capable people

The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

-Alexander Graham Bell

We partner with founders that can tackle any problem adeptly and who are as relentlessly dedicated to their craft as we are to ours.

- Our Portfolio

IPO: DOCU

IPO: UPWK

Acquired by Uber

Acquired by AT&T

Acquired by TPG

Acquired by Dell

Acquired by Sage

IPO - Acquired by Oracle

Acquired by the New York Times Company

Acquired by Crunchtime

Acquired by Zax Capital

Acquired by K1

Acquired by VMWare

Acquired by HP

Acquired by OpenText

Acquired by Dell

Acquired by Vista Equity

Acquired by King

Acquired by Engine Gaming and Media, Inc

Acquired by Intuit

Acquired by HP

Acquired by NetApp

Acquired by Marketo

Acquired by Thales

Acquired by Hitachi Vantara

Acquired by Arcserve

- Meet the Team

Greg Gretsch

Managing Director

Pete Solvik

Managing Director

Victor Echevarria

Managing Director

Bob Spinner

Founding Partner

Dan Preston

Venture Partner

John Otterson

Operating Partner and Investor Relations

Johnny Brackett

Portfolio Marketing

Denise Soucie

Operations

Kathleen Connolly

Operations

- More About Us

The JSV Book Club

The JSV Book Club was created around a rapidly growing community of entrepreneurs and investors that value the lessons taught by world class authors. Several times per year, we carefully select titles that we believe contain insights that will help our community in their missions.

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What's New at JSV

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JSV Leads OneNotary's $5M Series A

OneNotary enters partnership with DocuSign, which also invested

Greg Gretsch on Boardroom Governance

Greg discusses founder and investor trends on new episode

Harness raises another $17M to Bring Sophisticated Tax Planning to the Masses

JSV participated in the round led by Three Fish Capital

Investing in Ziplines Education: Challenging Perspectives in Education for the Digital Age

JSV leads Ziplines' $6.4 Million Series A

Book Club with Tom Kemp

The JSV book club hosted Tom Kemp to discuss his book, "Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy"

Investing in CoPilot: Fitness with Accountability, At Scale

JSV leads a $6.5 million financing round in CoPilot.

Book Club with Andy Dunn

The JSV book club hosted Andy Dunn to discuss his book "Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing my Mind"

Crowdbotics Raises $40M Series B

Crowdbotics, a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures, announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round led by NEA with participation from JSV, Homebrew, Harrison Metal and Cooley.

Chasing hype is human nature: The tyranny of startup trends

In a guest column for TechCrunch, JSV's Victor Echevarria outlines the perils of chasing hype in VC investing.

1up Health Raises $40M Series C

Sixth Street Growth led the round with participation from existing investors JSV, F-Prime Capital, and Eniac Ventures.

SF Tech Week Panel and Happy Hour

Listen to the JSV SF Techweek Panel on M&A

Contact Us

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Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94111