Teachers' Venture Growth
Late-stage venture and growth arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; backed Beamery, Lendable and Kraken Technologies
- Venture capital
- Type
- Venture capital
- Based in
- Outside the UK
- Stages
- Series B+, Growth
- Sector focus
- Sector-agnostic
- Cheque size
- Initial direct investments of $50M–$250M
- Fund size
- Approximately $15B in net investments (as at 31 December 202
- Founded
- 2019
- Website
- otpp.com
Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG) is the late-stage venture and growth equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, headquartered in Toronto with a London office covering EMEA. It invests directly in technology companies from Series B onwards, typically writing initial cheques of $50M to $250M, and also commits to venture funds. The platform started life in 2019 as Teachers' Innovation Platform and took its current name in 2022. TVG is sector-agnostic and has around $15B in net investments. Its UK deals include leading Beamery's Series D in 2022, leading Lendable's 2022 growth round and joining the 2025 growth round for Kraken Technologies.
Team
- Olivia Steedman, Executive Managing Director, Teachers' Venture Growth
- Avid Larizadeh Duggan, Senior Managing Director, EMEA
- Rick Prostko, Senior Managing Director, North America
- Jo Taylor, President & CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
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