About Crescendo Ventures
Crescendo Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1993. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of May 2026, Crescendo Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 44 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Semiconductors. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Pluria Overall, Crescendo Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 30 acquisitions including key companies like CallidusCloud, Arteris IP and BroadSoft. A lot of funds co-invest with Crescendo Ventures, with names like Benchmark sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Crescendo Ventures has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series B, Series A & 6 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Crescendo Ventures' List of Top Investments
Crescendo Ventures has a portfolio of 44 companies. Their most notable investments are in Pure Digital and eASIC.Their portfolio spans across United States, Australia, Canada and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Semiconductors and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series A and 6 more. Here is the list of top investments by Crescendo Ventures:
Cloud-based sales, marketing, learning, and customer experience solutions. It enables organizations to stimulate their lead to money process with a complete suite of solutions that identify the right leads, ensure proper territory and quota distribution, enable sales forces, automate CPQ and streamline sales compensation. HCL, Verizon, Lenovo, and DirectTV are some of its clients.
Key facts about CallidusCloud
- Founded Year: 1996
- Location: Pleasanton (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2017
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $89.3M
- Employee Count: 442 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Invesco and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 18, 2011, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Arteris IP
Provider of system IP and SoC integration automation and security. The company offers network-on-chip interconnect intellectual property and system-on-chip software. These technologies optimize data movement and ease complexity in modern designs. The company's products are utilized to improve performance, reduce risk, lower costs, and accelerate designs.
Key facts about Arteris IP
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Campbell (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $50M - $100M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $39.3M
- Employee Count: 480 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, 10x Group and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 10, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Pluria
Provider of managed flexible workspaces. The company's platform offers and lists predefined perks to employees working remotely via various working spaces. It helps businesses to directly promote remote working and increase productivity and employee flexibility.
Key facts about Pluria
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Eleven, Crescendo Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 12, 2026, $*****
4. Guidde
Cloud-based platform for knowledge management. It offers software for video-based knowledge sharing. It provides tools to create, capture and transform videos, record content and share with teams & customers. It also offers tools to contextualize, label, retain and search information. It can be used for onboarding, product development and training purposes.
Key facts about Guidde
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Belmont (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $80.6M
- Employee Count: 119 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Regah Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 25, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. BroadSoft
Secure, reliable business collaboration solutions for communication, connection, and productivity. They provide tools for unified communications, including voice, video, data, and mobile applications, alongside contact center solutions for personalized omnichannel customer experiences. Their offerings encompass conferencing solutions to simplify teamwork and collaboration endpoints that bring AI-powered collaboration to any workspace. They focus on enabling remote work, return to office strategies, and remote IT administration, all while prioritizing security and scalability. They offer cognitive collaboration for personalized experiences, integrations with other applications, and solutions designed for small businesses. Their services aim to transform collaboration, activate peak performance, and deliver exceptional customer experiences. They provide a suite of products and services designed to enhance business agility and employee engagement through effective collaboration.
Key facts about BroadSoft
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Gaithersburg (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $67M
- Employee Count: 398 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Columbia Capital and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jul 18, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Crescendo Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Crescendo Ventures has invested in 44 companies over the last 27 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. As of May 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Pluria and most recent follow-on round was in env zero.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Crescendo Ventures' Investments by Stage
Crescendo Ventures has made 16 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $19.6M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $24.8M and 6 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $32.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 16 |
Series A | 6 |
Series C | 6 |
Series D | 3 |
Series E | 3 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Crescendo Ventures' Investments by Sector
Crescendo Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Semiconductors, High Tech, Telecom and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 36 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 35 Tech companies, 22 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
Semiconductors | 10 |
High Tech | 7 |
Telecom | 6 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 5 |
Others | 20 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Crescendo Ventures' Investments by Geography
Crescendo Ventures has made most investments in United States (31), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 31 |
Australia | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
France | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Crescendo Ventures' recent investments
Crescendo Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Pluria.Here are the most recent investments by Crescendo Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 12, 2026 | Romania | Seed | 3143 | ||
Oct 31, 2023 | United States | Series A | 8981 | [+3] | |
Mar 29, 2023 | Israel | Series A | 9214 | [+5] | |
Jun 24, 2021 | Israel | Series A | 1888 | [+2] | |
Sep 11, 2013 | United States | Series E | 1189 | [+2] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Crescendo Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Crescendo Ventures' portfolio company became public - Arteris IP. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Oct 2021 at marketcap of $420MHere are Crescendo Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 27, 2021 | Jun 19, 2007 | Series B | 1895 |
Acquired companies in Crescendo Ventures' Portfolio
30 companies from Crescendo Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was eSilicon Corporation in Nov 2019 by Inphi for $*****.Here are Crescendo Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 11, 2019 | Sep 15, 2003 | Series E | 5188 | |
Feb 25, 2019 | May 04, 2005 | Series D | 2653 | |
Dec 05, 2018 | Jun 22, 2006 | Series B | 9233 | |
Jul 12, 2018 | Oct 06, 2005 | Series C | 2252 | |
Jan 29, 2018 | Feb 09, 1999 | Series B | 2538 |
Team profile of Crescendo Ventures
Crescendo Ventures has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Crescendo Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Crescendo Ventures
Over the past 27 years, 211 investors have co-invested in Crescendo Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Crescendo Ventures: Austin Ventures, Eleven and 25 others have invested in rounds before Crescendo Ventures. There are 2 companies where Austin Ventures has invested before Crescendo Ventures and 1 company where Eleven has invested before Crescendo Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Crescendo Ventures: 83 investors entered a company along with Crescendo Ventures. These include investors like Benchmark (3 companies).
- Invested after Crescendo Ventures: A total of 101 investors have invested in Crescendo Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SVB (3 companies), Qualcomm Ventures (2 companies) and Morgan Stanley (2 companies).
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