Verizon Ventures

Verizon Ventures is a corporate venture capital company from Basking Ridge, New Jersey (United States) focusing on companies that are able to drive innovation in Verizon Communications Inc, its parent company. Founded in 1990, this company provides funding for seed, early-stage, and late-stage ventures.

Verizon Ventures is interested in investing in early-stage businesses that work with connected devices, hardware, media, entertainment, commerce, infrastructure, networking, data and analytics. The firm gives support to its portfolio companies with innovation, product development, market planning and sales, and access to the networks and platforms of Verizon Communications. The firm's deal size ranges from seed capital to $5 million, dependent on the needs and opportunities, and often the firm co-invests with other venture firms and strategic partners.