Saints Capital

Saints Capital is a merchant venture capital firm with offices located in San Francisco and London.

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2024	Smashing	$3.0M Seed	—	Array Ventures, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Company Capital, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Gecad Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Insignia Ventures Partners, NFX, Indranil Guha, SignalFire, Slack Fund, Susa Ventures, Andy Cohen, Abe Burns, Adam Jackson, Balaji Srinivasan, Clark Landry, Ed Baker, Gil Elbaz, Gokul Rajaram, Javier Olivan, Mark Goines, Scott Belsky
Feb 1, 2023	Gradient	$18.0M Series A	—	Forgepoint Capital, Norwest Venture Partners
Apr 1, 2022	BriteCo	$9.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Alumni Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Listen, NextGen Venture Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, David Chang, Diane Hessan, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jul 1, 2020	Ergatta	$5.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Afore Capital, Courtney Robinson, Basecamp Fund, Broadway Angels, Canaan Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Comeback Capital, Convective Capital, Convoz, Curie.Bio, Designer Fund, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Gradient Ventures, Greycroft, Greylock, High Alpha, Imagination Capital, Insight Partners, Lakestar, Lazerow Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, MZ, Hans Tung, Operator Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Shine Capital, SignalFire, Simon Equity Partners LLC, Slow Ventures, SNR, Soma Capital, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Techstars, The Finger Group, Tribe Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, WGI Group, WorkLife Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Amr Awadallah, Ben Porterfield, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Chris M. Willliams, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, George Morrison, Jarl Mohn, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kevin Lin, Kim Perell, Larry Gadea, Mark Gerson, Mark Pincus, Michael Ma, Nate Mitchell, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2019	Alpaca	$6.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Banter Capital, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, Dig Ventures, DNX Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flex Capital, Hustle Fund, Lazerow Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Mucker Capital, Oyster Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Social Leverage, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Dean Bartosh, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Sep 1, 2019	Inspo Network	$3.0M Seed	—	75 & Sunny, Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, BILL, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Maveron, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WestRiver Group, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May
Aug 1, 2019	Time Study	$2.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jul 8, 2019	Notion	$10.0M Series A	—	A.Capital Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, C2 Investment, DNX Ventures, Felicis, First Round Capital, Highbury Group, LGF, LombardStreet Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Offline Ventures, Section Partners, Sherpalo Ventures, Various, 8-Bit Capital, Afore Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Broadway Angels, Bungalow Capital, Byers Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Cambrian Ventures, Canaan Partners, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Comeback Capital, Cota Capital, Creandum, Curated, Electric Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Floodgate, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Harrison Metal, Heavybit, Incisive Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, Makers Fund, Maverick Capital, Merus Capital, Not Boring Capital, Otherwise Fund, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Richmond Global Ventures, Roosh Ventures, RRE Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Test Kitchen Capital, Webb Investment Network, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Adam Foroughi, Alexander Ljung, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Brockman, Jason Lemkin, Jay Weintraub, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Glassenberg, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Justin Mateen, Kim Perell, Louis Beryl, Mark Gerson, Mark Pincus, Matt Macinnis, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Faber, Siqi Chen, Tien Tzuo, Vinay Hiremath, Warren Jenson, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2019	Anomalie	$14.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, Divergent Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Goat Capital, Goodwater Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Justin Rosenstein, Kim Perell, Kyle Vogt, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Nov 1, 2018	ClearDATA	$26.0M Series E	—	AV8 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Greg Papadopoulos, Mohamad Makhzoumi, Norwest Venture Partners, Matthew Chagan
Nov 1, 2018	Drivetime	$4.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Batalion Capital, Batshit Crazy Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Bond, BoxGroup, Bungalow Capital, Canaan Partners, Curated, Evolve VC, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, Fika Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Fontinalis Partners, Frontier Ventures, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hannah Grey, Interlace Ventures, Jungle Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, LAUNCH, Lionheart Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Meridian Street Capital, Montauk Ventures, Mosley Ventures, Moving Capital, NEO, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, Path Ventures, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SignalFire, Signal Peak Ventures, Silicon Valley Data Capital, Sinai Ventures, Social Starts, SOSV, Marco DeMeireles, Mike Kerns, TCG (The Chernin Group), The Hit Forge, Third Sphere, Torch Capital, Tribe Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Vine Ventures LP, VU Venture Partners, Webb Investment Network, WGI Group, Wind Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Y Combinator, Alex Pattis, Arteen Arabshahi, Audrey Gelman, Badr Al-Rumaih, Chad Nitschke, Colin Carrier, Conor Bronsdon, Ding Zhou, Emil Michael, Emmett Shear, Ethan Beard, Hari Lakshmanan, John Kobs, John M. Mueller, Jon Hallett, Josh Mohrer, Karim Atiyeh, Kenji Niwa, Leah Busque, Mark Pincus, Matt Brezina, Nils Johnson, Othman Laraki, Ran Makavy, Scott Belsky, Sean Glass, Steve Aoki, Ted Serbinski, Tom Williams
Oct 1, 2018	Alpaca	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
May 1, 2018	Simple Health	$16.0M Series B	—	Batshit Crazy Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Goodwater Capital, LAUNCH, Oak HC/FT, Precursor Ventures, Chad Nitschke
May 1, 2018	Pelago	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Atreides Management, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, Matt Ocko, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Forward Deployed VC, Hummingbird Ventures, Hyperplane Venture Capital, Insignia Ventures Partners, Lazerow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lionheart Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Pear VC, Picus Capital, Plum Alley Investments, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Slow Ventures, SNR, Soma Capital, Spark Capital, The Engine, Vine Ventures LP, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Adam D'Angelo, Alexandre Prot, Andreas Ehn, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Emmett Shear, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Marc McCabe, Mark Gerson, Pierpaolo Barbieri, Rob May, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Steve Anavi, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	understand.ai	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	Wealthfront	$75.0M Series E	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, BoxGroup, Brand Foundry Ventures, Broadway Angels, Cervin Ventures, Coatue, Comeback Capital, Craft Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, IVP, K2 Global, Khosla Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Luv Ventures, M13, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Glenn Solomon, Pelion Venture Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Renegade Partners, Richmond Global Ventures, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shine Capital, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, SLVC, SNR, Social Capital, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Telstra Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Tribe Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Village Global, WGI Group, Zetta Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, John Pestana, Josh Yguado, Kim Perell, Marc Benioff, Mark Gerson, Robert Hohman, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	FoodMaven	$9.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jun 1, 2017	HelloSign	$16.0M Series B	—	10100, Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Act One Ventures, Addition, Altair Capital Management, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Broadway Angels, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Comeback Capital, Composite Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, DNX Ventures, Drive Capital, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Khosla Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Next47, Pareto Holdings, Precursor Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Revolution Growth, Richmond Global Ventures, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Venture Highway, Vertex Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Halle Tecco, Immad Akhund, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jeremy Lizt, Jiake Liu, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Lev Ekster, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Gerson, Mark Solon, Othman Laraki, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Mar 1, 2017	ClearDATA	$12.0M Series D	—	AV8 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Greg Papadopoulos, Mohamad Makhzoumi, Norwest Venture Partners, Matthew Chagan
Mar 1, 2017	Carbon Health	$4.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, William Adams
Feb 1, 2017	Mojo Networks	$30.0M Series E	—	Forgepoint Capital, Granite Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Matthew Chagan
Jan 1, 2017	Merit	$4.0M Seed	—	AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Adverb Ventures, Album VC, TJ Nahigian, BASS Investment, B Capital Group, Bolt, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DBL Partners, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Future Africa, Future Perfect Ventures, GFT Ventures, GSV Acceleration, Khosla Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Locus Ventures, NFX, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Revolution, Richmond Global Ventures, Rivet Ventures, Rock Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Serena Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sony Innovation Fund, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Thrive Capital, TLcom Capital, UpHonest Capital, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Peterman, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Pisoni, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Hughes, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marc Benioff, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, Wiley Cerilli
Jan 1, 2017	Alpaca	$2.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2017	Market Realist	$4.0M Venture Round	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, Comeback Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Oct 1, 2016	Wove	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Accelerator Ventures, AngelPad, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, Broadway Angels, Catapult Capital, Comeback Capital, CP Ventures, DNX Ventures, Energy Capital Ventures, EQT Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Granatus Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Kain Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Outlander Labs, Partech Ventures, quadratura.it, Racers Edge Investments, Rainfall Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Relay Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, RPM Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Social Starts, Spark Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Tekton Ventures, ThirdLove, TSVC Capital, Unpopular Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Ali Kutay, Avid Larizadeh, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Ding Zhou, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Erik Moore, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, John Kobs, Kim Perell, Marek Olszewski, Mark Gerson, Mark Goines, Oskar Hartmann, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Tikhon Bernstam, Travis May, Warren Jenson

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Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Saints Capital is a pioneering investment firm specializing in the venture and private equity secondary market, with a unique focus on GP-led transactions. Founded in 2000, Saints has built a reputation for providing tailored liquidity solutions to general partners (GPs), limited partners (LPs), founders, early employees, and institutional investors in private companies. The firm’s mission centers on generating above-market returns for its investors by combining deep industry expertise with a disciplined, solutions-driven approach. Saints is known for its flexible deal structures—including loans, deferred payments, and upside sharing—designed to meet the diverse needs of sellers while preserving alignment and continuity within portfolios.

Saints Capital primarily invests in technology, healthcare, consumer, and industrial sectors, with a strong emphasis on emerging growth companies globally. By accelerating the capital cycle and supporting long-term value creation, Saints plays a critical role in the venture capital ecosystem, helping funds and stakeholders unlock liquidity without disrupting portfolio companies or their growth trajectories.

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Origin Story

Saints Capital was founded in 2000, making it one of the earliest and most experienced players in the direct secondary market. The firm emerged at a time when liquidity options for investors in private companies were limited, and secondary transactions were largely opportunistic. Saints quickly distinguished itself by focusing exclusively on direct secondary deals, pioneering new structures that allowed GPs and LPs to access liquidity while maintaining alignment with portfolio companies.

Over the years, Saints has evolved from a boutique secondary fund into a leading global player, managing over $1 billion in assets and executing more than 35 portfolio transactions. The firm’s team comprises venture natives with decades of combined experience in venture capital, investment banking, and operating roles at high-growth startups. Their deep relationships with GPs and LPs have enabled Saints to become a trusted partner in structuring complex, bespoke liquidity solutions.

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Core Differentiators

GP-Led Transaction Expertise: Saints is a pioneer in GP-led secondary deals, offering roll-over and cash-out options for fund investors while optimizing tax, timeline, and governance outcomes.
Flexible Deal Structures: The firm tailors transactions to meet specific liquidity goals, including loans, deferred payments, and upside-sharing arrangements.
Proprietary Analytical Tools: Saints has developed unique methods to rapidly evaluate secondary portfolios, enabling efficient due diligence and faster execution.
Active Portfolio Management: Saints often takes board seats or observer roles and participates in follow-on financings and restructurings, ensuring continued alignment with portfolio companies.
Global Reach: With investment professionals in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Saints accesses a broad pipeline of opportunities across geographies and sectors.
Long-Term Relationships: The firm’s partner-first mentality and commitment to transparency have fostered enduring relationships with GPs, LPs, and management teams.

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Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Saints Capital is riding the wave of exponential growth in the venture secondary market, which has matured from a niche, opportunistic space into a large, institutionalized asset class. Structural challenges in the venture industry—such as extended holding periods, limited exit windows, and increasing demand for liquidity—have made secondary solutions more critical than ever. Saints’ expertise in GP-led transactions positions it at the forefront of this trend, enabling funds and investors to manage capital cycles more effectively and unlock value from mature portfolios.

By providing liquidity without disrupting portfolio companies, Saints helps sustain innovation and growth in the startup ecosystem. The firm’s ability to structure win-win scenarios for all stakeholders supports the long-term health of the venture capital industry, especially as more funds seek to optimize their portfolios and adapt to evolving market dynamics.

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Quick Take & Future Outlook

Saints Capital is well-positioned to continue shaping the future of the venture secondary market. As the ecosystem matures and demand for liquidity solutions grows, Saints’ deep expertise, flexible structures, and global network will remain key advantages. The firm is likely to expand its footprint in new geographies and sectors, while further refining its analytical and operational capabilities.

Looking ahead, trends such as the rise of continuation vehicles, increased institutional participation in secondaries, and the need for more sophisticated liquidity options will drive demand for Saints’ services. The firm’s influence will likely grow as it helps more GPs and LPs navigate the complexities of portfolio management in an increasingly dynamic environment. Saints Capital’s journey—from pioneer to market leader—reflects the broader evolution of the venture capital ecosystem, and its future will be defined by its ability to innovate and adapt in a rapidly changing landscape.

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Core Differentiators

GP-Led Transaction Expertise: Saints is a pioneer in GP-led secondary deals, offering roll-over and cash-out options for fund investors while optimizing tax, timeline, and governance outcomes.
Flexible Deal Structures: The firm tailors transactions to meet specific liquidity goals, including loans, deferred payments, and upside-sharing arrangements.
Proprietary Analytical Tools: Saints has developed unique methods to rapidly evaluate secondary portfolios, enabling efficient due diligence and faster execution.
Active Portfolio Management: Saints often takes board seats or observer roles and participates in follow-on financings and restructurings, ensuring continued alignment with portfolio companies.
Global Reach: With investment professionals in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Saints accesses a broad pipeline of opportunities across geographies and sectors.
Long-Term Relationships: The firm’s partner-first mentality and commitment to transparency have fostered enduring relationships with GPs, LPs, and management teams.

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Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

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