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Navigate Ventures

@NavigateVentur1

Navigate Ventures is an early/mid growth stage fund focused on B2B Enterprise SaaS companies outside Silicon Valley between Series A and Growth rounds.

 Los Angeles / London
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Joined March 2018
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Smaller Series B rounds grow scarcer news.crunchbase.com/venture/…
Series B Funding Is Up, But Fewer Deals Are Getting Done

Series B Funding Is Up, But Fewer Deals Are Getting Done

Crunchbase data shows that so far this year, investors have poured around $48 billion into financings around the Series B stage, the highest tally in years. Yet round counts are below year-ago levels...

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Proud of Navigate Ventures portfolio company BeyondTrucks for launching its Compatibility Engine at ATA MCE, turning dispatchers’ tribal knowledge into automated guardrails that flag driver, tractor and trailer conflicts before a load goes out. fleetowner.com/technology/ne…
BeyondTrucks launches Compatibility Engine to turn dispatchers' 'tribal knowledge' into automated...

BeyondTrucks launches Compatibility Engine to turn dispatchers' 'tribal knowledge' into automated...

The new engine digitizes fleet-specific rules across drivers, tractors, and trailers, flagging critical dispatch conflicts in real time while feeding clean constraints into AI...

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Two weeks to go until the Prestel & Partner Family Office Forum Zurich, where our Managing Partner Ivan Nikkhoo will be moderating a panel on AI’s real-world impact on private capital investing. #prestelandpartner2026 #familyofficeforumzurich
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From Whale Ships to Unicorns: Surprising Facts About Venture Capital Venture Capital had a more colorful orignial description: “private adventure capital.” Benno Schmidt shortened that description to “venture capital” because it rolled off the tongue more easily.
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Congratulations to Navigate Ventures portfolio company North. axios.com/pro/enterprise-sof…
Exclusive: Cloud spend startup North.cloud raises $60M

Exclusive: Cloud spend startup North.cloud raises $60M

The NYC startup could look to raise a Series C next summer, its CEO says.

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Congratulations to Navigate Ventures portfolio company VerbaFlo.ai konsulteer.com/article/seed-…
VerbaFlo: The AI Communications Platform for Real Estate Operators

VerbaFlo: The AI Communications Platform for Real Estate Operators

Automate leasing, tenant engagement & operations with AI built for PBSA, BTR & residential real estate operators. Respond instantly, 24/7, across every channel.

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Funding to North American startups declined sequentially in the third quarter and came in well below the all-time peak. news.crunchbase.com/venture/…
North America’s Startup Funding Falls In Q3 As AI Giants Eye The Public Markets

North America’s Startup Funding Falls In Q3 As AI Giants Eye The Public Markets

In total, investors poured $92 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian startups in the third quarter, per Crunchbase data. That’s a 35% decline from the prior quarter but...

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Venture funding is reaching new highs even as deal activity continues to shrink. cbinsights.com/research/repo…
State of Venture Q3’26 - CB Insights Research

State of Venture Q3’26 - CB Insights Research

Venture funding is on pace for its highest total ever in 2026. Here’s what you need to know.

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The Numbers Behind the Bond Bear Market (with a Look at Equities)

The Numbers Behind the Bond Bear Market (with a Look at Equities)

In my book How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle, I laid out in detail the classic mechanical dynamic that serves as a template to explain how countries go broke, and I gave my projections for what...

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Active startup investors largely kept up or increased their dealmaking pace in the third quarter, even as overall venture funding declined with the absence of new record megarounds for AI leaders. news.crunchbase.com/venture/…
Active Investors Kept Up The Deal Pace In Q3, Even As Funding Fell

Active Investors Kept Up The Deal Pace In Q3, Even As Funding Fell

Active startup investors largely kept up or increased their dealmaking pace in the third quarter, even as overall venture funding declined with the absence of new record megarounds for AI leaders.

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State of Venture Q3’26 - Venture funding is reaching new highs even as deal activity continues to shrink. Through Q3’26, funding is on pace to shatter the 2021 annual record. cbinsights.com/research/repo…
State of Venture Q3’26 - CB Insights Research

State of Venture Q3’26 - CB Insights Research

Venture funding is on pace for its highest total ever in 2026. Here’s what you need to know.

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Some industries won’t be touched by AI. Many others will look entirely different in five years. John Suh on what founders need to consider from day one. Watch full episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=8k-_jzk6… #ChartingtheCourse #AI #JohnSuh
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Inevitable!!! news.crunchbase.com/ma/ai-st…
Crunchbase Data Shows AI’s Most Active Startups Are Becoming Serial Acquirers

Crunchbase Data Shows AI’s Most Active Startups Are Becoming Serial Acquirers

Some of the AI industry’s fastest-growing startups are becoming serial acquirers, buying smaller companies to fill product gaps, enter new markets and bring specialized teams in-house, a review of...

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John Suh on why AI is the biggest shift he has ever seen in business. Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=8k-_jzk6… #ChartingTheCourse #JohnSuh #AI
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John Suh, former CEO of LegalZoom, on leadership, scaling, and a lot more. Full episode now live on YouTube. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=8k-_jzk6… #ChartingTheCourse #LegalZoom
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Most investors expect 2026 to set a new co-investment and directs record pitchbook.com/news/articles/…
Co-investment and directs to eclipse primary funds, buyers say - PitchBook

Co-investment and directs to eclipse primary funds, buyers say - PitchBook

Survey finds 64% favour co-investment or directs as PE's top capital raiser, versus 20% for primary funds

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Record exits and record backlog pitchbook.com/news/reports/q…
Q3 2026 VC Quantitative Perspectives: Is Venture's Odyssey Epic or Myth? - PitchBook

Q3 2026 VC Quantitative Perspectives: Is Venture's Odyssey Epic or Myth? - PitchBook

The Q3 2026 Quantitative Perspectives report examines venture's liquidity paradox, where record exit value coexists with historically low fund distributions and a growing IPO backlog.

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Congratulations to my dear friend Neal Schore. We are very proud of you. wsj.com/arts-culture/books/t…
‘The 25th Hour’ Review: Mind Over Meetings

‘The 25th Hour’ Review: Mind Over Meetings

Neal Schore argues that paying attention to emotions is the most important element in an efficient workday.

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Congratulations to Navigate Ventures portfolio company, Fama! fidelity.com/news/article/te…
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John Suh built LegalZoom into a publicly traded company on just $1M from friends and family. He shares what that journey really looked like. Full episode now live on YouTube. Watch here: youtu.be/8k-_jzk66AU #ChartingTheCourse
John Suh: Scaling LegalZoom, Leadership & Investing | Charting the Course

John Suh: Scaling LegalZoom, Leadership & Investing | Charting the Course

In Episode 6 of Charting the Course, John Suh, former CEO of LegalZ...

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