Dennis Phelps
General Partner @ IVP
San Francisco, United States
Dennis Phelps is a seed investor at IVP in San Francisco focused on Software and Internet. Dennis Phelps is based out of San Francisco, California and currently works as an Advisory Partner for IVP. Dennis Phelps attended the Dartmouth College.
- Total investments:
- 73
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Dennis Phelps invests in
Stages Dennis Phelps invests in
Countries Dennis Phelps invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$5M
- Series B
- $8M–$80M
- Series D
- $10M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (14%)
- Internet 9 (12%)
- Mobile 8 (11%)
- Social Media 8 (11%)
- Apps 7 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 17 (23%)
- Series D 10 (14%)
- Series B 9 (12%)
- Series C 8 (11%)
- Series A 6 (8%)
Country
- United States 46 (63%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Roam is a one-stop Cloud HQ created to serve as the central hub for entire businesses. When all of the employees work out of the same headquarters, meetings move more quickly and creatively. Roam creates meeting minutes from meeting hours. | $30M / Series A / Nov 02, 2022 | ||
| Discord operates as a voice, video, and text communication service to talk and hang out with friends and communities. It was originally created for people who loved to play games, but these passionate people realized it could be enjoyed for more purposes. Discord is now used by everyone from local hiking clubs, to art communities, to study groups. | $500M / Series H / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Leo, formerly known as Surreal, is an augmented reality app that allows people to experience advanced augmented reality through realistic animated and 3D objects. The phone camera becomes a portal and tool that allows anyone to augment their world through Surreal. People can customize any surrounding environment into their wildest dreams:expressing themselves in a new mixed reality space, as well as sharing with family, friends and other social outlets.Surreal has hundreds of realistic animated 3D objects. In addition to that, Surreal has special effects like money falling, balloons flying or a rain of roses. People can customize the real world how they want, and whenever they want. | $3M / Seed / Apr 20, 2021 | ||
| Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door. It makes prescription skincare affordable and accessible online, offering virtual consultations and custom formulas for acne and anti-aging. Clinical trials tell us that certain prescription treatments may be more thantwice as effective as using over-the-counter options for acne but they can also be twice as expensive, requiring in-person visits to the dermatologist and high drug costs. The company helps people see tremendous, long-term improvements previously accessible only to a small percentage of the population. Their technology enables 1:1 chats with real dermatology providers and lets users share their journeys with an engaged and growing community. Curology was founded by a mother-son team of dermatologists to bring effective acne care to more people, more affordably. The company assembled a committed team of dermatology providers and created a secure online platform, bringing professional acne care and prescription treatment to tens of thousands of people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access or afford it. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 01, 2021 | ||
| Cambrian applies a data and software-driven approach to investment management. Our goal is to earn our investors exceptional, uncorrelated absolute returns while limiting downside risks. We use data-driven, probabilistic models and sophisticated, automated trade execution algorithms. | $4.2M / Seed / Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door. It makes prescription skincare affordable and accessible online, offering virtual consultations and custom formulas for acne and anti-aging. Clinical trials tell us that certain prescription treatments may be more thantwice as effective as using over-the-counter options for acne but they can also be twice as expensive, requiring in-person visits to the dermatologist and high drug costs. The company helps people see tremendous, long-term improvements previously accessible only to a small percentage of the population. Their technology enables 1:1 chats with real dermatology providers and lets users share their journeys with an engaged and growing community. Curology was founded by a mother-son team of dermatologists to bring effective acne care to more people, more affordably. The company assembled a committed team of dermatology providers and created a secure online platform, bringing professional acne care and prescription treatment to tens of thousands of people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access or afford it. | Series D / Nov 26, 2019 | ||
| PlayVS is an operator of an eSports platform used to organize competitions in eSports on behalf of high school. Its platform offers to organize online tournaments and wagers for cash and prizes and helps to play and stay up-to-date on high school e-sports programs that enable teen gamers to form teams at their high schools to compete with playersfrom other schools and the battle for titles at state championships. | $50M / Series C / Sep 18, 2019 | ||
| With hundreds of hours of research, writing, and editing, Holloway's comprehensive Guides help readers make better decisions. | $4.6M / Seed / Aug 01, 2019 | ||
| Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation,bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress.The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States. | $100M / Series D / Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Discord operates as a voice, video, and text communication service to talk and hang out with friends and communities. It was originally created for people who loved to play games, but these passionate people realized it could be enjoyed for more purposes. Discord is now used by everyone from local hiking clubs, to art communities, to study groups. | $150M / Series F / Dec 21, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About IVP
IVP is a venture capital and growth equity firm that invests in later-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as enterprise software, internet services, and mobile technologies. It supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and capital aimed at scaling operations, product development, and market expansion.
IVP Contacts
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Angela Zhu
Partner
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Dennis Phelps
General Partner
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Eric Liaw
General Partner
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Zeya Yang
Partner
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Ajay Vashee
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Dennis Phelps invest in?
Dennis Phelps invests primarily in Software, Internet and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series D stage. Most of the 73 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Dennis Phelps invest in?
Dennis Phelps typically joins rounds of $500k–$5M at Seed, $8M–$80M at Series B and $10M–$100M at Series D. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Dennis Phelps's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Dennis Phelps took part in.
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When did Dennis Phelps last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Dennis Phelps closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 73 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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