# Stephan Eberle

> Stephan Eberle is the General Counsel and Head of Limited Partner Relations at Scale Venture Partners, a Foster City-based early-stage venture capital firm managing $2.8 billion in assets. A Berkeley- and UC Hastings-trained attorney, he spent 17 years at Silicon Valley Bank building its global legal infrastructure and founding its venture capital investing program before joining Scale VP in 2016. He now oversees fund and portfolio legal matters while serving as the primary liaison between the firm and its limited partners.

- **Role:** General Counsel and Head of Limited Partner Relations at Scale Venture Partners
- **Organizations:** Scale Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB Financial Group), UC Center for Business Law, San Francisco (Advisory Board)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., University of California, Berkeley, J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)
- **Known for:** Founded Silicon Valley Bank's venture capital investing program, Led SVB's international legal expansion into India, China, Israel, and United Kingdom, Rose to Deputy General Counsel after 17 years at Silicon Valley Bank

## Career timeline

- **1993** — Graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law; began career as commercial litigator
- **1993-1999** — Commercial litigator at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now Dentons) and Thornton Taylor Downs & Becker
- **1999** — Joined Silicon Valley Bank as in-house Counsel, transitioning from litigation to corporate law
- **1999-2016** — Rose from Counsel to Deputy General Counsel at SVB; led global legal support, international expansion to India, China, Israel, and UK; founded SVB's venture capital investing program
- **2016** — Joined Scale Venture Partners as General Counsel and Head of Limited Partner Relations
- **2022** — Helped close Scale VP's $900M Fund VIII (September 2022)

## Achievements

- Founded Silicon Valley Bank's venture capital investing program
- Led SVB's international legal expansion into India, China, Israel, and United Kingdom
- Rose to Deputy General Counsel after 17 years at Silicon Valley Bank
- Served as Articles Editor of Hastings International Law Journal during law school
- Member of UC Hastings Moot Court Board
- Advisory Board Member, UC Center for Business Law, San Francisco
- Featured Alumni, UC Center for Business Law (Class of 1993)
- Helped Scale VP raise $900M Fund VIII in September 2022
- Oversees legal affairs for Scale VP's $2.8B AUM and 451 portfolio companies

## Latest updates

- **2022-09** — Scale Venture Partners closed Fund VIII at $900M, with Eberle overseeing legal and LP relations aspects of the raise.
- **2020-01** — Featured in Modern Counsel magazine profile titled 'Stephan Eberle Ventures Into the Unknown.'

## Links

- Website: https://scalevp.com/team/stephan-eberle
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-eberle-14b9568
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stephaneberle11
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scalevp

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