# Valley Capital Partners

> Valley Capital Partners is a Menlo Park venture firm backing technical founders in enterprise software, security and AI infrastructure. Its current strategy is three or four new investments annually, typically $3 million to $7 million initially, with all four partners supporting each company and capital reserved for follow-on rounds.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Founders:** Steve O’Hara (Founder and Managing Partner)
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investment, Portfolio company support
- **Notable:** Led Stellar Cyber’s $13.2M Series A announced in 2019., Led SIMBA Chain’s $25M Series A announced in September 2021., Aim Security, a VCP fund investment, was acquired by Cato Networks in September 2025.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investment** — Leads or anchors pre-seed through Series A rounds; advertised initial investment range is $3M-$7M.
- **Portfolio company support** — Partner involvement in recruiting, customer introductions, governance and financing; reserves for follow-on investment.

## Achievements

- Led Stellar Cyber’s $13.2M Series A announced in 2019.
- Led SIMBA Chain’s $25M Series A announced in September 2021.
- Aim Security, a VCP fund investment, was acquired by Cato Networks in September 2025.
- Participated in RapidCanvas’s $29M Series B announced October 16, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — RapidCanvas announced a $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India; VCP participated as an existing investor.
- **2026-08** — Tensormesh CEO Junchen Jiang discussed inference caching and reusable AI data on Heavybit’s Lab Notes podcast.
- **2026-05** — Tensormesh announced $20M in new financing including VCP, bringing reported total funding to $24.5M.
- **2025-09** — Cato Networks announced its acquisition of VCP portfolio company Aim Security.

## Links

- Website: https://www.valleycapital.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valley-capital-partners

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Last updated: 2026-10-27