APPROACH

We Back People Who Want to Change the World

We are inspired by people of vision and courage, eager to take their innovative thinking and craft it into the next big, industry-changing company.

  • ABOUT CRV

    A Brilliant Track Record Isn’t Everything. But it’s the Perfect Place to Start.

    Since 1970, Charles River Ventures has helped startups turn their ideas into real, viable businesses. Companies like Cascade, CIENA, ChipCom, NetGenesis, Parametric Technology, Sonus, Speechworks, Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette and dozens more have realized stunning success with the backing and support of CRV.

    In addition to having one of the longest resumes among venture capital firms, CRV’s investment returns are consistently among the best in our industry.

    Our contribution to your idea is more than just dollars.

    Charles River Ventures takes a value-added approach to early stage investing. That means we go beyond simply holding the purse strings.

    In fact, CRV partners have personal experience as entrepreneurs, CEOs and senior executives of emerging companies. We know what kind of help you need. We’ve been there.

    CRV supports our entrepreneurs with innovative capital strategies, while also bringing the best resources and business contacts to bear.

    The contact network we’ve built over four decades assures that CRV-backed entrepreneurs will have access to the top players needed to bring their great idea to its fullest fruition.

    Four decades later, and we’re still finding new ground to break.

    As time goes on, we only grow more excited about the possibilities ahead.

    Every day we’re looking for – and finding – ideas that can change the world. Along with the bright, energetic people that champion those ideas.

    Our greatest successes, we believe, are the ones that lie ahead.

  • OUR APPROACH
  • OUR CORE VALUES
  • CRV NETWORK
  • WHAT WE LOOK FOR