Standard Metrics

AI-driven portfolio monitoring for VC/PE

Standard Metrics

AI-driven portfolio monitoring for VC/PE

Overview

Standard Metrics provides AI-driven portfolio monitoring and management for venture capital and private equity firms. Its platform collects performance data, documents, and notes, loads historical data, and connects portfolio companies so multiple investors can view it; analysis structures metrics and traces them to source documents via an AI Analyst and an MCP server, while reporting supports tear sheets and board decks with Excel or BI exports. The system also benchmarks portfolios against an anonymised dataset of over 10,000 venture-backed startups to reveal outliers and performance gaps. The goal is to offer a clear, auditable, and scalable solution tailored to VC/PE needs that enables faster reporting, thorough reviews, and meaningful benchmarking.

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About Standard Metrics

Simplify's Rating

Why Standard Metrics is rated

Rated B on Competitive Edge

Rated A on Growth Potential

Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$49.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

August 2026 Series B from 8VC funded deeper AI and team expansion.
Standard Metrics now serves 150-plus firms managing over $400 billion in assets.
June 2026 AI Analyst web search and charts deepen stickiness across reporting workflows.

What critics are saying

Carta and Armanino compete on portfolio reporting, valuation, and LP workflows in 2026.
Reliance on human-in-loop data services limits margins if customers demand self-serve automation.
A security or data-quality failure would destroy trust and cripple audit-driven sales cycles.

What makes Standard Metrics unique

Built for VC and PE, not general finance, with auditable portfolio data workflows.
AI Analyst and MCP server turn portfolio-wide questions into natural-language answers in seconds.
10,000-plus startup benchmarking gives Standard Metrics a proprietary private-markets reference layer.

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Funding

Total Funding

$49.5M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.

Series B Funding Comparison

Below Average

Industry standards

Ind Avg. $35M

$30M

$45M

$65M

$100M

Benefits

Health Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Vacation
Paid Parental Leave
Complete Transparency
Regular Offsites

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

-2%

PR Newswire

Aug 24th, 2026

Standard Metrics raises $20M Series B to bring AI-powered portfolio management to private markets

Standard Metrics, an AI-driven portfolio management platform for venture capital and private equity, has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by 8VC. Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, January Capital, and others participated in the round. Founded in 2020, Standard Metrics provides a single source of truth for portfolio performance and investment data. The platform uses automated data ingestion and AI-driven analysis to help VC and PE firms streamline portfolio reviews, valuations, and LP reporting. The company has grown approximately 20 times since its Series A and now supports more than 10,000 portfolio companies across 150 firms managing over $400 billion in assets. Thirty per cent of the current Forbes Midas List are customers. Standard Metrics will use the funding to deepen its AI capabilities, expand its team, and grow its customer base.

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Apr 17th, 2026

American Optimist on Twitter / X

EPISODE 150: How AI Is Transforming Diligence, Decision-Making & the Future of Investing@JTLonsdale sits down with @jmelaskyriazi, co-founder & CEO of @metrics_co(00:00) Episode intro (02:10) Academia to investor and founder (08:00) The pain point that led to Standard… pic.twitter.com/OANkOqv5lx— American Optimist (@AmOptimistShow) April 17, 2026

PR Newswire

Jan 26th, 2026

Standard Metrics launches AI analyst for portfolio-wide analysis in private markets

Standard Metrics has launched an AI Analyst that enables venture capital and private equity firms to analyse their entire portfolios using natural language queries. The tool provides actionable answers in seconds by accessing data across the Standard Metrics platform. The AI Analyst builds on an earlier version focused on individual portfolio companies. The company found users wanted broader portfolio-level intelligence for tasks like portfolio reviews, LP reporting and ad-hoc analysis. The tool leverages on-platform financial KPIs and qualitative notes to provide current, relevant insights. Standard Metrics plans to expand the AI Analyst's capabilities over the next year, adding support for additional datasets and AI-driven chart creation. The San Francisco-based company is backed by 8VC and Spark Capital.

Standard Metrics

Aug 19th, 2024

Announcing our $23.7M Series A at Standard Metrics

We have raised a $23.7M Series A to scale our financial collaboration platform for the private markets. We are hiring!

Standard Metrics

Nov 25th, 2020

Quaestor receives financing of $23.7M in Series A

Quaestor has raised a $23.7M Series A at Standard Metrics to scale its collaboration platform for financial data and operating metrics for the private markets.

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