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MDSV Capital

Kingmaker TierBased on the data VC Catalog holds.

Kingmaker Tier: 83 out of 100

Also known as MDSV CAPITAL, LP, MDSV Fund LP

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Investor type
VC
Investing status
Activeas of 2026-09-20Source (opens in a new tab)
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Latest fund size
$2.2MSEC amount sold, vintage 2022
Funds
2
Check size
Secure additional allocation of up to $5M with our Capital Extension ProgramSource (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 29 September 2026

About

Led by Silicon Valley veterans with over 20 years of investing and entrepreneurship experience, Palo Alto-based MDSV Capital is recognized for building the foremost ecosystem of top-tier emerging manager funds (EMFs) and LPs actively investing in venture.

Investment approach

Thesis
Under our Emerging Manager Alpha at Scale strategy, we invest in the top 1% of emerging manager funds to deliver balanced exposure to early-stage Alpha and invest directly in the ‘early-growth’ stage outliers arising from their portfolios.Source (opens in a new tab)
Eligibility
Emerging manager funds from our community are eligible to apply for MDSV’s Capital Extension Program which provides on-demand capital for EMFs to take advantage of pro-rata rights in the follow-on funding rounds of their most promising portfolio companies.

Funds

MDSV CAPITAL, LP
$2.2MVintage 2022, Main fund, SEC amount sold
MDSV Fund LP
$6.8MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold

SEC registration

SEC CIK
1957255, 2091287

Locations

Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States

Programs

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