Verizon Ventures is a corporate venture arm. Based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Community, HaptX, Caban Systems, NAMI, Optibus and Pivotal Commware.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIHardwareHealthcareSaaS
Who to pitch at Verizon Ventures
Verizon Ventures portfolio companies (10)
- Community
- HaptX
- Caban Systems
- NAMI
- Optibus
- Pivotal Commware
- TileDB
- Dreamscape Learn
- Origin AI
- Verana Networks
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About Verizon Ventures
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, AR/VR, Cloud Infrastructure and Database; known deals cluster at Growth, Seed and Series A.
The team counts 7 people in our database. George Denik (Venture Capitalist), Fred Whisenhunt (Director) and Steve Fogelstrom (Director) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Verizon Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Lockheed Martin, Pier 70 Ventures and Grovestreet.
Frequently asked questions
What is Verizon Ventures?
Verizon Ventures is a corporate venture arm based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Verizon Ventures invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, AR/VR, Cloud Infrastructure and Database. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Verizon Ventures invest at?
The known deals of Verizon Ventures include Growth, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Verizon Ventures?
3 of the 7 people on file at Verizon Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 7 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Verizon Ventures?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 7 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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