137 Ventures

137 Ventures is a San Francisco-based multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011, with over $1.6 billion under management, that primarily provides customized liquidity solutions to founders, senior executives, early investors, and employees of high-growth private technology companies through structured loan transactions, direct secondary purchases, and selective primary investments. The firm's founding partners were previously at Founders Fund and were among the early investors in SpaceX and Spotify. As of 2021, 137 Ventures had acquired stakes in approximately 75 companies, with 13 having gone public, and its portfolio includes notable positions in SpaceX, Airbnb, Palantir, Gusto, Flexport, Lattice, Workrise, and Curology. The firm invests across sectors including space exploration, digital health, financial technology, enterprise SaaS, and consumer internet, and closed its fifth fund at $350 million in 2021.