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Franklin Templeton portfolio

Franklin Templeton has 29 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: franklintempleton.com.
Type: Venture capital.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 29.
Deals, last 12 months: 8.
Rounds led: 5 of 32.
Capital in their rounds: $7.11B.
Latest deal: Form Energy · Aug 12, 2026.
About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, US, founded in 2021. It led 5 of the 32 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Form Energy's $750M Series B+ round in August 2026, alongside Prelude, The Engine Ventures, Peak 6 and 7 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Fintech (10) and Cybersecurity (6). It has co-invested with Dragoneer, Coatue and DST Global, most often Dragoneer (7 rounds).

About Franklin Templeton

Firm type: Venture capital.
Headquarters: San Mateo, US.
Founded: 2021.
Sectors: Crypto & Web3.
Portfolio companies: 4.
Exits: 2.
Rounds led: 21.

Fund returns

FundVintageSizeNet IRRTVPIDPIAs of
Franklin VC Opp II2024——0.98x0.00xSep 30, 2025
Franklin Templeton Private Real Estate Fund2011—19.2%1.37x1.34xDec 31, 2021
FRANKLIN TEMP PR RE FD———0.07x—Jun 30, 2024

What Franklin Templeton invests in

Franklin Templeton recent investments

CompanyRoundDateAlongside
FForm EnergySeries B+ · $750MPrelude, The Engine Ventures, Peak 6 +7
TTIFINSeries B+Broadridge, Motive Partners (lead), Hamilton Lane +2
GGlacisSeedTechni Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, A.GAIN +2
CCambrian NetworkSeedAvi Felman, Alex Lee, Selini Capital +7
AAstranisSeries B+ · $300M · leadBaillie Gifford, Nimble Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company +5
Tt54SeedVirtuals Ventures, Ripple, Blockchain Coinvestors +3
VVestwellSeries B+ · $385MNeuberger Berman, HarbourVest, Sixth Street Growth (lead) +4
FForterraSeries B+ · $238MMoore Strategic Ventures (lead), Hedosophia, XYZ Venture Capital +6

How Franklin Templeton invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Series B+ 25 78%$7.01B
Seed 4 13%$2M
Series A 3 9%$97M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2019 3 9%$135M
2020 4 13%$217M
2021 8 25%$3.04B
2022 7 22%$1.69B
2023 1 3%$300M
2025 2 6%$290M
2026 7 22%$1.44B

Franklin Templeton portfolio companies

CompanyRound with Franklin TempletonTotal raisedLatest raise
FForm Energy
Climate and energy
 Series B+ · $750M$1.84BAug 12, 2026
Series B+
TTIFIN
Fintech
 Series B+$156MAug 4, 2026
Series B+
GGlacis
L1s, L2s and rollups
 Seed$8.8MJul 15, 2026
Seed
CCambrian Network Seed$6MJun 24, 2026
Seed
AAstranis
Robotics and hardware
 Series B+ · $300M · lead$853.5MMay 6, 2026
Series B+
Tt54
L1s, L2s and rollups
 Seed$5MFeb 25, 2026
Seed
VVestwell
Lending and credit
 Series B+ · $385M$622.5MFeb 18, 2026
Series B+
FForterra
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $238M$313MNov 13, 2025
Series B+
AArch
Fintech
 Series B+ · $52M$77.5MJul 29, 2026
Series B+
OOur Next Energy
Climate and energy
 Series B+ · $300M · lead$390MOct 23, 2026
Series B+
FFinix
Stablecoins
 Series B+ · $30M$187.5MOct 24, 2024
Series B+
SSpotOn
Stablecoins
 Series B+ · $300M$875MMay 18, 2022
Series B+
IIronclad
Sales and marketing
 Series B+ · $150M · lead$331MFeb 18, 2022
Series B+
CCheckout
Stablecoins
 Series B+ · $1B$1.83BAug 17, 2026
Series B+
MMetaversal
Fintech
 Series A · $50M$50MJan 4, 2022
Series A
PPinwheel
Fintech
 Series B+ · $50M$77MJan 1, 2022
Series B+
LLacework
Legal and compliance
 Series B+ · $1.3B$1.85BOct 22, 2025
Series B+
WWonolo
HR and recruiting
 Series B+ · $138M$185.2MOct 19, 2021
Series B+
RRedwood Materials
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $700M$3.02BJul 31, 2026
round
QQuSecure
Cybersecurity
 Seed · $2M$30MMay 13, 2025
Series A
GGong
AI agents
 Series B+ · $250M · lead$541MOct 14, 2025
Series B+
IIllumio
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $230M$428MOct 2, 2025
Series B+
AAiera
Fintech
 Series A · $7M$35.5MJun 9, 2025
Series B+
EEaglebrook Advisors backer$20MJan 25, 2022
Series A
AAirtable
AI coding and devtools
 backer$903MMar 26, 2026
Series B+
WWalrus
Crypto x AI
 backer$140MMar 20, 2025
round
MMysten Labs
DePIN
 backer$336MMar 23, 2023
Series B+
BBetterdata
Sales and marketing
 backer$1.55MApr 21, 2023
Seed
WWarhound
Defense and security
 backer$200MOct 22, 2026
Seed

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Fintech).

How this is counted

Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.

Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 32 rounds on Recent Funding that name Franklin Templeton. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Franklin Templeton, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/franklin-templeton (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.

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