North Bridge Venture Partners
Needham, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 1994
North Bridge Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Needham, Massachusetts, founded in 1994. The firm provides seed-to-growth financing to exceptional founders building disruptive technology companies, with a particular focus on software, open source, cloud computing, and healthcare.
Average disclosed round size is $65.0M (across 41 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
38
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Bridge
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
CR
Carmichael Roberts
General Partner
EA
Ed Anderson
managing general partner
RD
Richard Damore
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
48 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMavenir Systems | Bridge | $13.5M | Jan 2022 |
 SmartAsset | Series D | $110M | Jun 2021 |
 Infinite Cooling | Series A | $12.3M | Jan 2021 |
| SmartAsset | Series D | $110M | Jan 2021 |
 Couchbase | Series G | $105M | May 2020 |
 Actifio | Bridge | $100M | Aug 2018 |
 Lytro | Bridge | $60M | Jan 2017 |
| GGridco Systems | Bridge | $12M | Jan 2016 |
 Onshape | Series C | $80M | Sep 2015 |
 Plexxi | Bridge | — | Sep 2015 |
 Spoonflower | Growth | $25M | Aug 2015 |
| Onshape | Seed | $64M | Mar 2015 |
| AApperian | Bridge | — | Jan 2015 |
 Quora | Series C | $80M | Apr 2014 |
| LLayer3 TV | Series B | $51M | Mar 2014 |
 Sharethrough | Series C | $17M | Jan 2014 |
 Confer | Series A | $8M | Jan 2014 |
 WP Engine | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2014 |
 Acquia | Series F | $50M | Jan 2014 |
| LLayer3 TV | Series A | $21M | Jan 2014 |
| AActifio, Inc. | Bridge | $100M | Jan 2014 |
| CCool Planet Energy Systems | Bridge | $29.9M | Jun 2013 |
| Lytro | Bridge | $50M | Jan 2013 |
| SmartAsset | Seed | $1.5M | Oct 2012 |
 Dyn | Series A | — | Oct 2012 |
Page 1 of 2
Top Co-Investors
New Enterprise Associates6 shared
Matrix Partners4 shared
Andreessen Horowitz4 shared
Polaris Partners4 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Intel Capital3 shared
General Catalyst3 shared
Adams Street Partners2 shared
Accel2 shared
Mayfield Fund2 shared
Scale Venture Partners2 shared
Citi Ventures2 shared
TTV Capital2 shared
Contour Venture Partners2 shared
Pelion Venture Partners2 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC2 shared
Heritage Group2 shared
Crestline Investors2 shared
83North2 shared
Advanced Technology Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026