Franklin Venture Partners

Franklin Venture Partners joined 1 recorded round in the last two years, down from 2 in the two years before. By year: 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023 and 2 in 2022. Across all 6 recorded rounds, 5 were later-stage and 1 were early-stage. Franklin Venture Partners most often invests alongside Coatue Management (2 shared rounds), Franklin Templeton (NYS: BEN) (2 shared rounds) and Insight Partners (New York) (2 shared rounds). Most recently: Perplexity AI (early-stage round, Dec 2024) and Flock Safety (Series F, Jul 2023).

33 portfolio companies are on record for Franklin Venture Partners, including SpaceX, xAI and Databricks. The book leans Business/Productivity Software (9), Aerospace and Defense (3) and Network Management Software (2).

28 of the 33 carry a recorded valuation and 13 have recorded secondary-market trades, the names a secondary buyer or seller can price.

12 people are on record at Franklin Venture Partners: 4 managing partners, 4 associates, 2 partners, 1 venture partner and 1 other. Senior names include James Cross (Managing Director), James L. Cross (Managing Director) and Robert Stevenson (Managing Director). 12 of them have a verified direct contact on file.