OpenView Venture Partners

OpenView Venture Partners is an American venture capital firm based in Boston. The organization provides expansion-stage software and technology companies around the world with operational support. They have launched three funds since the company was established in 2006. Scott Maxwell founded the firm. The firm's venture partners include Firas Raouf and George Roberts, former EVP of North American Sales at Oracle.

OpenView provides capital to a range of dynamic companies, including AtTask, Balihoo, Central Desktop, Exinda, Intronis, Instructure, Kareo, Loyalty Lab (acquired by Tibco), Mashery, Monetate, NextDocs, Open-e, Prognosis Health Information Systems, Reality Digital, Skytap, Sonian, UnboundID, uSamp, VersionOne, and Zmags. The firm announced its third fund totaling $200 million in March 2012, and was recently named one of the top 10 venture capital brands by Heardable.

OpenView Venture Partners also employs a wide network of senior advisors including Jeff Sutherland among others.

The firm

OpenView is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion stage software, new media, Internet, and technology enabled companies. Expansion stage companies have a solid growth rate and achieving $500,000 to $5,000,000 in quarterly sales. The firm seeks to invest in companies that are located anywhere in the world and have a strategy of dominating the North American market. The firm typically invests $5 to $15 million in growth capital. The firm specializes in offering value-add assistance to its portfolio companies, focusing on the areas of recruiting/onboarding, decision support, and go to market strategy.