Cervin Ventures

Palo Alto, United Stateswww.cervinventures.com/

Cervin Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, the United States, investing in Software & Developer Tools; Consumer, Lifestyle & Services and Artificial Intelligence & Data, 72 tracked investments.

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About Cervin Ventures

Cervin Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, the United States. We have recorded 72 investments for Cervin Ventures to date.

Sector activity concentrates in Software & Developer Tools; Consumer, Lifestyle & Services; Artificial Intelligence & Data and Cybersecurity. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Seed, Series A, Series B and Series C+ rounds.

Cervin Ventures focuses on early-stage B2B tech companies, particularly in SaaS, AI, and cloud infrastructure. They look for companies with strong founding teams and disruptive potential in large markets.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus

seedseries-aseries-bseries-c-plus

Sectors

Software & Developer ToolsConsumer, Lifestyle & ServicesArtificial Intelligence & DataCybersecurityAutomationaicollaborationIoT

Investment Thesis

Cervin Ventures Portfolio Companies

24 of 60 tracked holdings.

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Portfolio outcomes

43 active22 acquired1 stalled1 defunct23.9% exit rate

Team

Neeraj GuptaPartner

Neeraj Gupta is a Co-Founder and Partner at Cervin. One of his favorite parts of his job is working with entrepreneurs to build their market and competitive strategies - reimagining the world they can create together.

Shirish SathayePartner

Shirish Sathaye is a Partner at Cervin. He focuses on investments in next-generation enterprise software, cloud-based software, AI-powered businesses, wireless and wireline networking, data infrastructure and systems.

Taylor OliverPartner

Taylor Oliver is a Partner at Cervin. His investing activity is focused on enterprise applications, particularly startups in the areas of B2B commerce, fintech, and supply chain.

Scott BrownPartner, Head of Platform

Scott Brown is a partner at Cervin leading the firm’s portfolio services team delivering pre and post-investment support to both portfolio companies and the investing team.

Courtney McKeeVP of Finance

Courtney McKee joined the Cervin team with over 12 years of operations management and back office experience in mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital to fund administration.

McKayla NevinsBusiness Development Manager

McKayla has many years of administrative experience, previously working as Cervin’s office manager. As a Business Development Manager, McKayla tracks the new deal pipeline, manages the cadence and program reviews of existing portfolio compa…

Madison SteeleOperations Manager

Madison joined the Cervin team in 2024 as an Operations Manager. She oversees the welcome and onboarding program for new Cervin investments, manages office operations, and provides scheduling support to the investment team.

Nilesh MaheshwariAssociate

Nilesh Maheshwari joined the Cervin team as an Investment Intern in 2022 returning as an Associate in 2023 after completing his MBA. He is focused on researching new developments and disruptions in the enterprise tech landscape in India.

Daniel KarpVenture Partner

Daniel Karp is a Venture Partner at Cervin focused on investments in Enterprise Infrastructure, across Cloud-native infrastructure, DevOps, ITOps, developer tools, cyber security, networking, data management, and open-source-first enterpris…

Samir ShahVenture Partner

Samir Shah is a venture partner at Cervin. Samir’s investment focus areas are DevOps/Tools, Industry SaaS, Retail Tech, and Quantum Computing.