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MVP is a one-stop principal investor and advisory solution to private venture-backed companies.
Since 2010 the partners at MVP VC have been integral in the institutionalization of the Direct Secondary market. We are pioneers in this space and have collectively engaged in more than $10B of primary and secondary venture investments. Our belief is that Direct Secondaries are the evolution of the Secondary LP investing strategy established in the early 1980s and should be treated accordingly.
MVP differentiates itself through its unique research and ability to streamline the secondary process by being a principal investing and advisory solution to private companies and their shareholders, as well as GPs and LPs. This is accomplished by bringing together the full expertise of our Secondary as a Service platform, investment banking expertise, research team, and the All-Star Family of funds with >$1B of AUM.
The team at Manhattan Venture Research was the first to produce research on private technology companies. MVR provides insight for investors in the form of unbiased, cutting-edge private company research. These reports have the benefit of alleviating the opacity and informational asymmetry that comes with the venture capital asset class. The reports that MVR produce is akin to when traditional investment banks initiate coverage on public companies, except our universe is exclusively private. We were the first to initiate coverage on Spotify, Palantir, SpaceX, Uber, and Airbnb.
Our Secondary as a Service™ team structures programmatic liquidity solutions in collaboration with the company, where we act as an advisor, investor, and/or book runner.
We identify, target, and invest in companies that are well-capitalized by top VCs, have strong earnings growth, and have disruptive technology.
MVP manages all aspects of the investment to ensure an efficient, transparent, issuer-friendly, and regulatory compliant transaction.
MVP is a one-stop principal investor and advisory solution to private venture-backed companies.
Since 2010 the partners at MVP VC have been integral in the institutionalization of the Direct Secondary market. We are pioneers in this space and have collectively engaged in more than $10B of primary and secondary venture investments. Our belief is that Direct Secondaries are the evolution of the Secondary LP investing strategy established in the early 1980s and should be treated accordingly.
MVP differentiates itself through its unique research and ability to streamline the secondary process by being a principal investing and advisory solution to private companies and their shareholders, as well as GPs and LPs. This is accomplished by bringing together the full expertise of our Secondary as a Service platform, investment banking expertise, research team, and the All-Star Family of funds with >$1B of AUM.
The team at Manhattan Venture Research was the first to produce research on private technology companies. MVR provides insight for investors in the form of unbiased, cutting-edge private company research. These reports have the benefit of alleviating the opacity and informational asymmetry that comes with the venture capital asset class. The reports that MVR produce is akin to when traditional investment banks initiate coverage on public companies, except our universe is exclusively private. We were the first to initiate coverage on Spotify, Palantir, SpaceX, Uber, and Airbnb.
Our Secondary as a Service™ team structures programmatic liquidity solutions in collaboration with the company, where we act as an advisor, investor, and/or book runner.
We identify, target, and invest in companies that are well-capitalized by top VCs, have strong earnings growth, and have disruptive technology.
MVP manages all aspects of the investment to ensure an efficient, transparent, issuer-friendly, and regulatory compliant transaction.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2014
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series B; Secondary Market
Portfolio 73
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 26.02.2026 | CHAOS. | chaosinc.com | $420M | United Sta... |
| 26.02.2026 | Radiant | radiantnuclear.com | $400M | United Sta... |
| 06.12.2025 | IPSecure | ipsecure.com | - | United Sta... |
| 06.12.2025 | MYTHIC | mythic.ai | $138M | United Sta... |
| 06.12.2025 | Sulekha | sulekha.com | $38M | India, Tam... |
| 06.12.2025 | Zocdoc | zocdoc.com | $525.94M | United Sta... |
| 06.12.2025 | Base Power | basepowercompany.com | $200M | United Sta... |
| 14.11.2025 | Exowatt | exowatt.com | $70M | United Sta... |
| 11.11.2025 | Kodiak Rob... | kodiak.ai | $195M | United Sta... |
| 11.11.2025 | ZED RUN | zed.run | - | Australia,... |
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News 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.10.2022 | Netflix's earnings beat and subscriber growth show 'everything is working': Analyst | Manhattan Venture Partners Head of Research Santosh Rao assesses Netflix'x latest earnings beat and reported subscriber growth figures, while also examining the streaming platform's plans for ad-tier subscription services and content progra... |
| 07.10.2022 | WHY IS EVERYONE CANCELLING NETFLIX AND SWITCHING TO OTHER PLATFORMS? | Talking about the change, Santosh Rao, Manhattan Venture Partners head of research, told Yahoo Finance: “Netflix was all about subscribers for so long. The whole story has to be evaluated from a lower base now. And the multiples are getting... |
| 07.10.2022 | Instacart Slashes Valuation, Gopuff Plans Layoffs | Manhattan Venture Partners General Partner Andrea Walne joins Bloomberg Technology's Emily Chang to talk about Instacart's mark down, Gopuff planning layoffs to cut $40 million in costs and what the VC valuation down turn means for the indu... |
| 07.10.2022 | Netflix Q1 net subscribers unexpectedly decline, revenue misses expectations | Meanwhile, private valuations have shrunk. Stakes in pre-IPO venture-backed companies, whose last financing round was in last year’s second half, dropped an average of 60% from their previous level, by the estimate of Manhattan Venture Part... |
| 07.10.2022 | Why Investors Should Say No to Tech IPOs | Investors didn’t have to wait until the later stages to beat public market shareholders. According to the report, the average annualized return for Series A investors was 63 percent, while those investing in Series B to Series D have also e... |
| 07.10.2022 | High hopes and a mountain of dry powder have VCs poised for a soft landing | Stakes in pre-IPO companies that had their last financing event in the second half of 2021 are now trading at an average of 60% less than their previous round, according to Andrea Walne, a general partner at Manhattan Venture Partners, a se... |
| 07.10.2022 | Venture Capital Is in the Dumps, But the Money Keeps Rolling In | Meanwhile, private valuations have shrunk. Stakes in pre-IPO venture-backed companies, whose last financing round was in last year’s second half, dropped an average of 60% from their previous level, by the estimate of Manhattan Venture Part... |
| 07.10.2022 | With the Pullback in IPOs, Shareholders in Private Companies Are Selling — And Prices Are Dropping | That’s because the investible universe in the private market has never been so big and so cheap. According to PitchBook, the number of private companies valued at more than $1 billion reached 340 in 2021, more than the past five years combi... |
| 07.10.2022 | Blockchain.com to Announce Its IPO as It Races with Others to Join Coinbase | According to Santosh Rao, head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners, the engagement of crypto firms will largely depend on the Bitcoin price as well as the regulatory framework. |
| 28.09.2022 | IPO valuations in private market are likely higher than public, says MVP’s Rashaun Williams | MVP All Star Fund General Partner, Rashaun Williams, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss changing trends in the IPO market, why M&A is becoming more favorable than going public, and the attractive qualities behind his IPO favorite, Instacar... |
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| 16.11.2025 | Exowatt Secures $50 Million for AI Era Dispatchable Solar Expansion | Exowatt secured $50 million. This propels U.S. expansion. The P3 system offers dispatchable solar power. It supports surging AI data center demands. Exowatt delivers firm, round-the-clock energy. This reduces grid reliance. Total funding re... |
| 14.11.2025 | Exowatt: $50 Million Closed To Advance U.S. Rollout Of Dispatchable Solar For The AI Era | Exowatt has secured an additional $50 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint and accelerate deployments of its Exowatt P3 systems to the rapidly growing network of AI data centers and industrial facilities nationwide. MVP Ventur... |
| 03.11.2025 | MVP Ventures raises $114m and increases target for Fund II | - |
| 16.10.2025 | Strella Raises $14M in Series A Funding | Strella, a NYC-based AI-powered customer research platform provider, raised $14m in Series A funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Future Backed Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Vent... |
| 19.09.2025 | Upscale AI Secures $100M+ Seed Funding, Pioneering Open-Standard AI Networking | Upscale AI secured over $100 million in seed funding. This Silicon Valley startup revolutionizes AI networking. It builds high-performance, open-standard infrastructure. The company targets the $20+ billion AI networking market. Current net... |
| 18.09.2025 | Upscale AI Launches with Over $100 Million Seed Round to Democratize AI Network Infrastructure and Advance Open Standards | , a new high‑performance AI networking company announced its launch with over in funding. The seed round was co-led by Mayfield and Maverick Silicon and included participation from StepStone Group, Celesta Capital, Xora, Qualcomm Ventures, ... |
| 17.09.2025 | Upscale AI Launches with Over $100M Seed Funding | Upscale AI, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based AI networking company, raised over $100M in Seed funding. The round was co-led by Mayfield and Maverick Silicon and included participation from StepStone Group, Celesta Capital, Xora, Qualcomm Venture... |
| 17.09.2025 | Upscale AI gets $100M for a new kind of AI networking infrastructure built on open standards A new frontier for open AI-native networks Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Artificial intelligence is putting existing networks under immense strain, and they have emerged as one of the major constraints on the development of more powerful large language models and AI algorithms. To solve this problem, what’s requ... |
| 08.09.2025 | Malaysia’s digital employee health and wellness provider Naluri raises $5 M Series-B equity funding | The digital employee health and wellness provider Naluri Pte Ltd, based in Malaysia, announced on Tuesday that a $5 million Series-B equity fundraising round had been successfully completed. In addition to current investors Sumitomo Corpora... |
| 06.09.2025 | ProRataAI Secures $40M, Pushing Ethical AI for Publishers | ProRataAI secures $40 million in Series B funding. This investment propels its mission. The company empowers publishers through AI. Its Gist Answers offers embeddable AI search and summarization. Gist Ads generates shared ad revenue. ProRat... |
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