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Savano Capital Partners

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Baltimore, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Canada
Investment stages
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Growth
Industries
  • Software
  • Communications
  • E-commerce
  • Technology-Enabled Services
  • Healthcare
  • CleanTech
  • Alternative Energy
  • Enterprise
  • Secondary Transactions
About
Savano Capital Partners is a Baltimore-based venture capital firm focused on providing shareholder liquidity solutions in growth-stage technology companies. Their focus spans software, communications, healthcare, and cleantech across the United States and Canada. The firm supports growth-stage founders from Series B through growth stages.
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Investment Thesis

Savano Capital Partners is a Series B to growth stage venture capital firm deploying capital across software, communications, e-commerce, technology-enabled services, healthcare, and cleantech/alternative energy sectors. They provide interim liquidity solutions to individual shareholders including former executives, angel investors, and founders through secondary transactions in rapidly growing expansion-stage private companies. The firm differentiates itself as a late-stage venture fund specialized in non-dilutive shareholder liquidity solutions with $400M AUM across three funds.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2010 by Tom Smith (Managing Partner, former Chase Manhattan banker with 30+ years venture investing experience) and Frank Tower (General Partner). Team of 10 including Matt Good (COO), Andrew Seter (Principal), and Julieanna Wiley (CFO). Manages $400M+ AUM across three funds, latest Fund III closed at $157M in 2022. Portfolio includes Automattic, Upwork, Zeta Global, Jobcase, Kin, Shift5, and Adwerx.

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Team

Tom Smith - Managing Partner

Frank Tower - General Partner

Matt Good - Chief Operating Officer

Andrew Seter - Principal

Maxwell Swicegood - Principal

Branden Crouch - Senior Associate

Sebastian Enriquez - Associate

Julieanna Wiley - Chief Financial Officer

Portfolio

Automattic

Upwork

Zeta Global

Jobcase

Kin

Shift5

Adwerx

OvationCXM

Boomtown

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