About Telescope Partners
Telescope Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Jun 2025, Telescope Partners has invested in 21 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to HealthTech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Canid Overall, Telescope Partners portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 7 acquisitions including key companies like Carbon Black, HireVue and Engine. A lot of funds co-invest with Telescope Partners, with names like RiverPark Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Telescope Partners has team of 4 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Telescope Partners' List of Top Investments
Telescope Partners has a portfolio of 21 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Engine and Engine.Their portfolio spans across United States, Australia and China. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Retail and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Telescope Partners:1. Carbon Black
Carbon Black provides a cloud endpoint protection platform. The product offers cloud workload protection. The features of the product include attack surface detection and prevention, threat detection, managed detection, alerts, security assessment, vulnerability protection, etc.
Key facts about Carbon Black
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: San Antonio (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $58.3M
- Employee Count: 253 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Kepha Partners and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Feb 03, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Uniqode
Digital business card solutions for businesses. It enables teams to collaborate easily, run multiple campaigns, and delegate projects while retaining admin control. It allows users to share information, drive online traffic from offline locations, collect data, and swap contacts.
Key facts about Uniqode
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $30.1M
- Employee Count: 126 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Accel, Cisco and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 16, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. HireVue
Provider of AI-powered platform for skill validation, interviewing, and talent engagement. The platform offers solutions for campus, professional, hourly, technical, and internal mobility hiring. It provides tools for video interviewing, assessments, and workflow automation. The platform integrates with applicant tracking systems and offers features such as automated scheduling and multilingual support.
Key facts about HireVue
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: South Jordan (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $93.4M
- Employee Count: 326 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: TCV, HighGear Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jun 02, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Engine
Provider of business travel management platform. The platform simplifies business travel by offering centralized booking, management, and reporting tools. It offers discounted bookings for hotels, flights, and car rentals worldwide, with no membership fees, contracts, or minimum spend. The platform aims to reduce costs and streamline the travel process for businesses of all sizes. Travel policies can be easily implemented and managed within the system.
Key facts about Engine
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Denver (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $221M
- Employee Count: 1,156 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Elefund, Blackstone and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 17, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Measured
Measured provides reporting and data management platform. It allows users to measure and manage cross-channel media investment decisions and provides information about acquisition marketers and investments. It provides insights about customers and manages data accuracy and investment management solutions. Clients include Soft Surroundings, Peloton, UpWork, Johnny Was, Rosetta Stone, and Beyond Proper.
Key facts about Measured
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Santa Monica (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $22M
- Employee Count: 139 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Timia Capital, Telescope Partners and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 04, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Telescope Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Telescope Partners has invested in 21 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Canid and most recent follow-on round was in Engine.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Telescope Partners' Investments by Stage
Telescope Partners has made 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18.6M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $44.7M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $100M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 11 |
Series B | 3 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Telescope Partners' Investments by Sector
Telescope Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Vertical SaaS, FinTech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 19 Software companies, 18 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
Consumer | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Others | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Telescope Partners' Investments by Geography
Telescope Partners has made most investments in United States (13), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 13 |
Australia | 1 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Telescope Partners' recent investments
Telescope Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Telescope Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 03, 2025 | United States | Series A | 8140 | [+2] | |
Dec 23, 2024 | United States | Series B | 9722 | ||
Sep 19, 2024 | United States | Series A | 8545 | [+3] | |
Nov 16, 2023 | United States | Series A | 7268 | ||
Jun 16, 2023 | United States | Series A | 9482 | [+2] |
Unicorns in Telescope Partners' Portfolio
Telescope Partners has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Engine. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Engine which became a unicorn in 2021, 2 years after Telescope Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Telescope Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | Provider of business travel management platform | 2018 | Denver | Series C | hwvdstr |
Acquired companies in Telescope Partners' Portfolio
7 companies from Telescope Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Preventice Solutions in Jan 2021 by Boston Scientific for $*****.Here are Telescope Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 21, 2021 | - | - | 5876 | |
Jan 04, 2021 | Jul 09, 2018 | Series A | 7939 | |
Aug 24, 2020 | Sep 19, 2017 | Series A | 8495 | |
Sep 03, 2019 | - | - | 6760 | |
Aug 22, 2019 | - | - | 8707 |
Team profile of Telescope Partners
Telescope Partners has a team of 4 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Telescope Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Telescope Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of Telescope Partners
Over the past 11 years, 73 investors have co-invested in Telescope Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Telescope Partners: Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Accel and 49 others have invested in rounds before Telescope Partners. There are 2 companies where Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has invested before Telescope Partners and 1 company where Accel has invested before Telescope Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Telescope Partners: 18 investors entered a company along with Telescope Partners. These include investors like RiverPark Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Telescope Partners: A total of 4 investors have invested in Telescope Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Blackstone (1 company), Permira (1 company) and Tim Armstrong (1 company).
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Beaconstac lands $25M investment for its QR code management platformTechCrunch+•Jan 17, 2023•Beaconstac, Telescope Partners, Accel, Revlon and 3 others
