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    Verizon Ventures

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United StatesFounded 2000
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    TelecomCybersecurityAIConsumerInfrastructure & CloudMedia & EntertainmentMobility & Transportation

    Verizon Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Verizon Communications, investing in early-stage technology companies across 5G, IoT, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and consumer sectors. It links entrepreneurs to the larger Verizon ecosystem, sharing engineering knowledge, market insights, and customer relationships to build future technologies. In September 2024, Verizon Ventures halted new investments and is now managing its existing portfolio.

    Average disclosed round size is $29.5M (across 89 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    71

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    JB

    Jeffrey Black

    Senior Managing Director

    MD

    Mark DeFoyd

    Executive Director

    CG

    Corey Gutshall

    Corporate Development and Venture Investing

    JN

    John Nitti

    Chief Investment Officer

    DM

    Dave Monroe

    President

    MR

    Madison Rezaei

    Head of Verizon Ventures

    MR

    Michelle Russey McCarthy

    Former MD

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    100 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    StatusPRO logoStatusPROSeries A$20MFeb 2024
    Origin AI logoOrigin AISeries B$15.9MDec 2023
    Tiledb Inc logoTiledb IncSeries B$34MOct 2023
    Pivotal Commware logoPivotal CommwareSeries D$102MAug 2023
    nami logonamiSeries A$10.5MJul 2023
    Dreamscape Learn logoDreamscape LearnSeries A$20MJan 2023
    Pivotal Commware logoPivotal CommwareSeries D$102MJan 2023
    Optibus logoOptibusSeries D$100MMay 2022
    AiFi logoAiFiSeries B$65MMar 2022
    FFan Controlled FootballSeries A—Jan 2022
    Sanctuary logoSanctuarySeries A$30MJan 2022
    VVerana NetworksSeries B$43MJan 2022
    HaptX logoHaptXUnknown$23MJan 2022
    Sanctuary AI logoSanctuary AISeries A$75.5MJan 2022
    Optibus logoOptibusSeries C$100MJan 2022
    Optibus logoOptibusSeries D$100MJan 2022
    Civis Analytics logoCivis AnalyticsSeries B$30.7MSep 2021
    Civis logoCivisSeries B$30.7MSep 2021
    SStatusPro, Inc.Seed$5.2MAug 2021
    StatusPRO logoStatusPROSeed$5.2MAug 2021
    Home365 logoHome365Unknown$16.3MJun 2021
    SSAM Seamless NetworkSeries B$20MMay 2021
    Origin AI logoOrigin AISeries A$14MFeb 2021
    Edgybees logoEdgybeesSeries A$9.5MFeb 2021
    YBVR logoYBVRSeries A$1.5MFeb 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Intel Capital17 shared
    True Ventures11 shared
    GV8 shared
    Salesforce7 shared
    August Capital7 shared
    QuestMark Partners7 shared
    In-Q-Tel6 shared
    Alumni Ventures6 shared
    Techstars6 shared
    NTT DOCOMO Ventures6 shared
    New Enterprise Associates5 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners5 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners5 shared
    Plug and Play Tech Center5 shared
    Silicon Valley Bank5 shared
    Qualcomm Ventures5 shared
    Vanedge Capital4 shared
    Third Point Ventures4 shared
    Comcast Corporation4 shared
    Insight Partners4 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026