2021 Bi-Annual Newsletter FOLLOW US
We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy and that we can soon return to sharing each other’s company. At TCV we are grateful that we will remember 2020 for much more than the pandemic. Along with celebrating our 25th anniversary we made numerous new investments in exciting companies and raised TCV XI, our largest-ever fund.
Our longevity has given us the experience to navigate through this crisis and to minimize its impact on our portfolio. When COVID-19 arrived, we acted decisively to safeguard our people and facilities and support our portfolio companies. Our Portfolio Operations team created playbooks and hosted webinars. Our marketing team shared valuable lessons from portfolio companies across our content channels, including TCV’s podcast, Growth Journeys. And of course, our investment teams held countless conversations with our portfolio companies as board members and advisors.
TCV’s momentum continued right through the end of 2020 with 11 new investments, Airbnb’s IPO, and 6 exits. The team also led a $4 billion fundraising for TCV XI.
The technology industry is still the greatest creator of opportunity in the world. With all sectors of the economy embracing deeper digitization, we see a vast scope of opportunities. Supported by our People team, TCV has grown over the past year so we can bring our deep domain expertise and extensive resource network to growth stage companies around the world. We are excited about opportunities ahead.
RECENT INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
OneTrust
Leading privacy, security, and data governance technology platform December 21, 2020 – $300M Round Led by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: Tim McAdam
Spryker
Fast-growing commerce technology for global enterprises
December 17, 2020 – $130M Round Led By TCV
TCV Investment Lead & Anticipated Board Seat: Gopi Vaddi
GitLab
Open-core software development platform
December 16, 2020 – Strategic Investment by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: Tim McAdam
Strava
Leading social platform for athletes
November 16, 2020 – $150M Round Led by TCV and Sequoia
TCV Investment Lead & Board Seat: Neil Tolaney
Wealthsimple
Canada’s leading digital investing and stock trading platform
October 14, 2020 – CAD $114M Round Led by TCV
TCV Board Seat: David Yuan
GoodRx
Leading consumer-focused digital healthcare platform
September 23, 2020 – Strategic Investment by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: Neil Tolaney
Klarna
Global payments and shopping service
September 15, 2020 – $650M Round with Participation from TCV
TCV Investment Lead: John Doran
Mollie
Fast-growing payment service provider in Europe
September 8, 2020 – $100M Series D Led by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: John Doran
TCV Board Seat: Muz Ashraf
Oversight
Global provider of spend management technology
September 2, 2020 – Significant Investment by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: Tim McAdam
TCV Board Seats: Tim McAdam, Gal Peleg
Redis Labs
Global in-memory database and commercial provider of Redis Enterprise August 25, 2020 – $100M Round Co-Led by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: Gopi Vaddi
Revolut
Global, digital financial platform
February 25, 2020 – $500M Round Co-Led by TCV
TCV Investment Lead: John Doran
Toast
Leading point-of-sale management system for the restaurant industry
February 14, 2020 – $400M Round with Participation from TCV
TCV Board Seat: David Yuan
Source: Company Press Release Excerpts
IPO, M&A AND LIQUIDITY UPDATES
Thoma Bravo Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Venafi
December 10, 2020 – Thoma Bravo today announced a strategic growth investment in Venafi®, the inventor and leading provider of machine identity management, valuing the company at $1.15 billion. Thoma Bravo’s investment is expected to accelerate Venafi’s technology innovation to capitalize on machine identity management’s growing importance as a cybersecurity trend. Existing investors, TCV and Foundation Capital, will remain shareholders.
Airbnb Announces Pricing of Thoma Bravo Completes Initial Public Offering Acquisition of AxiomSL
December 9, 2020 – Airbnb, Inc. today December 9, 2020 – Thoma Bravo announced the pricing of its initial public today announced the completion of its offering…Airbnb's Class A common acquisition of AxiomSL, a leading stock is expected to begin trading on provider of cloud-enabled risk the Nasdaq Global Select Market management and regulatory solutions on December 10, 2020, under the ticker for banking, investment management, symbol "ABNB." broker dealers and commodity trading institutions.
Ericsson Completes HPE Completes Acquisition of Acquisition of Cradlepoint SD-WAN Leader Silver Peak
November 2, 2020 - Ericsson September 21, 2020 – Hewlett (NASDAQ: ERIC) has completed its Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today acquisition of Cradlepoint, the US- announced it has completed the based market leader in Wireless WAN acquisition of Silver Peak, an SD-WAN Edge 4G and 5G solutions for the (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) enterprise market. The investment is leader, in a transaction valued at $925 key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of million. Silver Peak will become a part capturing market share in the rapidly of Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise expanding 5G enterprise space. company. The acquisition will strengthen Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), helping to advance enterprise cloud transformation with a comprehensive edge-to-cloud networking solution covering all aspects of wired, wireless local area networking (LAN) and wide area networking (WAN).
TCV PODCAST: GROWTH JOURNEYS
“Growth Journeys” is a podcast series from TCV. Listen to CEOs and other innovators as they unpack the lessons and patterns from their personal and professional journeys in building and scaling high-growth businesses to category leadership.
Check out “Growth Journeys” by tuning into SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, Podcasts.com.
PODCASTS PUBLISHED IN 2020
Ride to the Mountaintop: How Peloton Re- Invented the Fitness Industry with a Revolutionary Business Model, Precise Execution, and Focus on Culture & Community A conversation with Peloton Co-Founder and CEO John Foley and TCV GP Jay Hoag.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
Never Waste a Crisis: How Varsity Tutors Accelerated Product Development to Keep Children Educated During the Pandemic and Beyond
A conversation with Heidi Robinson, CPO of Varsity Tutors, and Beth Knuppel, Principal at TCV's Portfolio Operations team.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
Starting from Scratch: Strategies for Success from Netflix and Spotify, for CEOs and CFOs Everywhere
A conversation with Barry McCarthy, former CFO of Netflix and Spotify, and Woody Marshall, General Partner at TCV.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
A Lesson to Remember: How Newsela Transformed K-12 Education with Customized Content That Engages Teachers and Students
A conversation with Matthew Gross, Newsela CEO and Co-Founder, and TCV Vice President, Dave Eichler.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
Citizen Safety: How Rave Mobile Safety is Transforming Emergency Communication for Business, Education, and Government
A Conversation with Todd Piett, CEO of Rave Mobile Safety, and Kapil Venkatachalam, General Partner at TCV.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
New CEO, New Normal, and High Demand for Online Giving – How GoFundMe is Mastering All While Staying True to its Mission
New CEO, New Normal, and High Demand for Online Giving – How GoFundMe is Mastering All While Staying True to its Mission
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
Selling Success: Secrets of Sales Leadership from Planning and Recruiting to Enduring Customer Satisfaction
A conversation with Mark Smith, TCV Venture Advisor, and Kunal Mehta, Principal on TCV’s TCV Portfolio Operations team.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
The Most Important Relationship in Business: Best Practices for Board Directors and CEOs They Advise
TCV’s Beth Knuppel and Tayloe Stansbury talk about how effective board members work together and with their CEOs to build trust and increase impact.
To listen to the podcast: Click here »
TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES
⇒ CNBC interview with Jay Hoag, Founding General Partner at TCV, published on October 13, 2020.
⇒ Nasdaq Trade Talks: Neil Tolaney, TCV General Partner, on long-term trends for investors, recorded August 25, 2020.
⇒ Nasdaq Trade Talks: Susan Clark, TCV General Partner, on success in private equity and venture investing, recorded on July 17, 2020.
⇒ How to Create Valuable Relationships with Industry Analysts – a webinar with Katja Gagen and Kunal Mehta, Principals at TCV.
⇒ Full Potential SaaS – how small and medium-sized businesses can achieve category leadership in software, by David Yuan, TCV.
TEAM NEWS
NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS
Joe Blundo Andrea Cambria Vice President Vice President Finance Head of Valuation
Bek Chee Alexander Gorgoni CPO, General Partner Associate
Julia Ianni David Liang Associate Associate
Leroy Lim Wissam Nasreddine Associate Associate
Neil Tolaney Gopi Vaddi General Partner General Partner
2021 PROMOTIONS
John Delfino David Eichler Principal, General Counsel Principal
Mike Kalfayan Gal Peleg Principal Principal
Julia Novaes Roux Richard Son Principal, Head of IR Associate
David Zhang Principal
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If you are interested in learning more about how we partner with great management teams or know of a business that might interest us, let us know.
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This newsletter is intended solely for prospective portfolio companies and their agents regarding TCV's potential financing capabilities, and is not an offer to sell to any person, or solicitation from any person of any offer to buy, any securities. Certain information contained in this newsletter consists of portions of press releases issued by our portfolio companies. Such information has not been independently verified by TCV, and TCV does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of such information. M&A exits refer to sales that resulted in a gain. Organization headcount includes Venture Partners and Executive Advisors who are typically consultants and not employees of TCV. The portfolio companies described in this newsletter are not a complete list of TCV's investments and no assumption should be made that the investments identified herein were or will be profitable; for a complete list of TCV investments (other than certain public company investments), visit us at www.tcv.com/portfolio-list. ©2021