CVC  Franklin Templeton

https://www.franklintempleton.com/about-us/ou r-teams/specialist-investment-managers/frank lin-venture-partners





     Office Locations:

1 Franklin Pkwy. #960
San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone: 800-632-2301

 

Stages:

  • Expansion
  • Growth


 

Industries:

  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Software & Internet
  • Transportation & Distribution

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    Description:

    Franklin Venture Partners is the private investing platform of the Franklin Equity Group, based out of Franklin Templeton's San Mateo headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. Franklin Venture Partners invests in mid- and late-stage private companies it believes are poised for transformative impacts across multiple industries. Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Anthony Hardy Director
    Chris O'Donnell Director
    James Cross Managing Director
    Robert Stevenson Managing Director
    Ryan Biggs Managing Director

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      04/29/2024


      Blaize


      CA


      $106,000,000


      


      09/14/2023


      Databricks


      CA


      $500,000,000


      Series I


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      6Sense
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      Agolo


      Aiera
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      Airtable


      Alkami Technology
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      Alto IRA
        web link


      Amberdata
        web link


      Amunix
        web link


      Artiva Biotherapeutics
        web link


      Athira Pharma
        web link


      Axoni


      Azra Games
        web link


      Based
        web link


      Benchling


      Blaize
        web link


      Capital Markets Gateway
        web link


      CelLink
        web link


      Celonis
        web link


      Centessa Pharmaceuticals
        web link


      CesiumAstro
        web link


      Checkr
        web link


      CloudFlare
        web link


      Coherent
        web link


      Confluent
        web link


      Databricks
        web link


      DataRobot
        web link


      Day One Biopharmaceuticals
        web link


      Dyne Therapeutics
        web link


      Essential AI
        web link


      Finix
        web link


      G1 Therapeutics


      GOAT


      Gong.io
        web link


      HashiCorp


      HilleVax
        web link


      Intarcia Therapeutics
        web link


      Invisible Universe
        web link


      Ironclad
        web link


      Lark Health
        web link


      LimeBike
        web link


      Metacrine
        web link


      Mysten Labs
        web link


      Natera
        web link


      Newsela
        web link


      ODDITY
        web link


      Optoro


      Pinwheel


      Pipeline Therapeutics
        web link


      Pontoro
        web link


      Precision BioSciences


      Propel(x)
        web link


      Rigetti Computing
        web link


      RoadRunner Recycling
        web link


      Smule


      SpotOn Transact
        web link


      Step


      STRIVR


      Sumo Logic
        web link


      Talkdesk
        web link


      Taysha Gene Therapies
        web link


      Teller
        web link


      True North Therapeutics


      Vestwell
        web link


      Wheels Up


      Wonolo


      Workrise
        web link


     

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