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.
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.
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.
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.
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