Secondary is Primary™
Manhattan Venture Partners is an independent venture capital manager and advisor focused on mid-to-late-stage technology. Our funds, advisory team, trading desk and research arm give us a comprehensive view of the secondaries marketplace, from companies raising capital to shareholders seeking liquidity.
We enter through the primary round, build positions through venture secondaries and work with companies throughout.
Since 2014
Tomorrow's IPOs Today™
The world’s most valuable technology companies are staying private for longer. The capital behind them was not designed to wait indefinitely, and the people who helped build them still need a credible route to liquidity.
MVP works in that gap. We invest in private technology companies with their knowledge, then use venture capital secondaries and the private secondary market to build positions and create liquidity. Our desk sees how institutions are trading. Our advisory team understands what companies and shareholders need. We bring those signals together and put capital to work.
Companies we have backed
*Positions held across the MVP All-Star Funds and co-investment vehicles. Shown as a sample of current and past positions, not selected on the basis of performance.
Start where you are
Many relationships begin with one need and grow from there.
Put private market capital to work
Diversified exposure to mid-to-late-stage technology through the MVP All-Star Funds, with selected single-company co-investment opportunities. We invest in primary rounds, add through the private equity secondary market and look for more than one route to liquidity.
Give shareholders a structured route to liquidity
Secondary-as-a-Service helps companies run tender offers, buybacks, auctions and price discovery within their own governance. Employees and early investors can access liquidity without the company surrendering control of its cap table.
Sell private company shares through a known counterparty
We work with employees, former employees, early investors and funds seeking liquidity in private company shares. Transactions are handled within company guidelines and executed through our regulated broker-dealer.
Independent research, and a live view of the market.
Manhattan Venture Research publishes independent private company analysis to Bloomberg terminals and more than 15,000 subscribers. Separately, our trading desk sees where institutional interest is moving and our advisory team hears what companies and shareholders need. Those market signals inform how our funds invest.
READ THE RESEARCH→Recent work
How we found the opportunity, built the relationship and responded as the company developed.
We joined the Series D alongside established strategic and financial investors, then expanded through the secondary market when an early holder sought liquidity.
We entered through the company's Series C, then realized our position when IonQ acquired the business in 2025.
We invested across the company's Series C financings alongside leading strategic and financial investors as its emergency response platform scaled.
In the press
Independent coverage of the firm, our funds and Manhattan Venture Research.
An MVP fund ranked first among best-performing venture funds by net IRR, under-$500M category, vintages 2019 - 2024, as of H1 2026
Top five US and top 10 global buyer in institutional venture capital direct secondaries by deal count, vintages 2015 - 2025, as of Q3 2025
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