Manhattan Venture Partners

What is Manhattan Venture Partners?

Manhattan Venture Partners (MVP) is a research-driven merchant bank specializing in the secondary market for late-stage private technology companies. With a focus on companies poised for an IPO or acquisition, they provide a platform for investors to gain access to late-stage investment opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach.

MVP has played a significant role in arranging and investing in transactions totaling over $10 billion, including more than $2 billion in primary and secondary venture transactions. They invest in a range of sectors including Software, Education, FinTech, Financial Services, and Mobile Apps. Moreover, they boast a wide array of specialties, from Seed and Early Stage Venture to Late Stage Venture, Series A to Series D funding, Private Equity, and the Secondary Market.

Their approach intertwines deploying capital as principals and offering advisory services to start-ups designing liquidity programs. MVP's portfolio includes partnerships with transformative tech companies like Epic Games, Klarna, and Coinbase, among others.

Their investment ethos is grounded in creating lasting partnerships and providing shareholders with liquidity solutions, while empowering portfolio companies through strategic capital and advisory services. MVP is known for pioneering the institutionalization of secondary market investing in private venture-backed technology companies, establishing themselves as trusted investors and advisors to management and shareholders across various innovative firms.

What they say:

We offer advisory solutions to private venture-backed companies and their shareholders, focusing on future public offerings.

What we look for: We invest in technology companies.