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About

For nearly thirty years, TCV has partnered with global, category-defining, technology companies as a leading growth equity investor.

We seek to partner with mission-driven teams and empower our partners around the world to achieve market-leading scale and financial performance through their growth journey.

Our Guiding Principles

  1. Thematically Rooted: Since our founding in 1995, our mission is to identify innovators capturing shifts in technology and behavior reshaping their industries. We provide these entrepreneurs with the expertise and resources required to climb the mountain of category leadership.
  2. Partnership Driven: We look to keep our portfolio small because we aim to be the hardest working investor on each partner company's cap table. This concentration enables us to focus the resources of our firm on a select group of partnerships.
  3. Long-term Oriented: We care less about short-term success and more about a company's long-term growth and impact on the world. We have remained actively involved in companies as they expand across product and geography. Our firm seeks to strengthen partners at their pivotal moments - committing substantial capital, time, and resources to maximize their opportunity to achieve and expand market leadership.
  4. Globally Minded: With offices around the world and a portfolio spanning five continents, we believe we're well-positioned to take advantage of global partnerships.
  5. Quality Obsessed: We hold ourselves to the highest standards in everything we do and are fiercely and relentlessly committed to trust, partnership, and excellence.

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