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Franklin Templeton's venture capital arm, Franklin Venture Partners, focuses on mid- and late-stage private investments in companies driving innovation across transformative industries, particularly in industrial, enterprise, and consumer technology. Their strategy involves acting as private-public lifecycle investors, providing long-term capital and leveraging their sector expertise and Silicon Valley presence to support companies through and beyond IPO.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (10 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $281.8M (across 81 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
83
Fund Size
$2.2B
Top Stage
Series E
Last 12 Mo
10
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
83 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Midas | Series A | $50M | Mar 2026 |
 Vestwell | Series E | $385M | Feb 2026 |
| QQXO Inc. | Growth | — | Jan 2026 |
 Vibranium Labs | Seed | $4.6M | Dec 2025 |
 Crusoe | Series E | $1.4B | Oct 2025 |
| Vibranium Labs | Seed | $4.6M | Sep 2025 |
 Applied Intuition | Series F | $600M | Jun 2025 |
 Fiduciary Exchange, LLC (FIDx) | Growth | — | Jun 2025 |
 Forterra | Series C | $238M | May 2025 |
 Plaid | Growth | $575M | Apr 2025 |
 Crossmint | Series B | $23.6M | Mar 2025 |
 Ethena | Growth | $100M | Dec 2024 |
| AAPRO Oracle | Seed | $3M | Oct 2024 |
 Bitlayer | Series A | $9M | Oct 2024 |
 Lycia Therapeutics, Inc. | Series C | $106.6M | May 2024 |
 Databricks | Growth | $500M | Nov 2023 |
 Carmot Therapeutics | Series E | $150M | May 2023 |
| BBetterdata | Seed | $1.6M | Apr 2023 |
| AAlongside | Seed | $11M | Feb 2023 |
 Our Next Energy | Series B | $300M | Feb 2023 |
 Brelyon | Series A | $15M | Sep 2022 |
 Spectral | Series B | $23M | Aug 2022 |
 Celonis | Series D | $1B | Aug 2022 |
 Finix | Series B | $30M | Aug 2022 |
| TTIFIN | Series D | $109M | May 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Coatue Management16 shared
Tiger Global Management13 shared
T. Rowe Price10 shared
Andreessen Horowitz10 shared
Salesforce9 shared
Dragoneer Investment Group7 shared
BlackRock6 shared
Qatar Investment Authority6 shared
Thrive Capital5 shared
Baillie Gifford5 shared
GIC5 shared
Sequoia Capital5 shared
Insight Partners5 shared
Altimeter Capital5 shared
Coinbase Ventures5 shared
Temasek Holdings4 shared
Gaingels4 shared
137 Ventures4 shared
Fidelity Investments4 shared
Neuberger Berman4 shared
Last updated: 12 April 2026