How many investments has 7GC & Co made?

7GC & Co has 22 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does 7GC & Co invest at?

7GC & Co invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth stages.

Where is 7GC & Co located?

7GC & Co is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.

Who does 7GC & Co co-invest with?

7GC & Co most often shares deals with Bain Capital Ventures, DCM Ventures, FJ Labs, among 144 tracked co-investors.

What size deals does 7GC & Co back?

Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, 7GC & Co has joined rounds of $19.5M – $130M (median $35M).

7GC & Co

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Los Angeles · Series B–Growth · 8 people tracked

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7GC & Co is a Luxembourg-domiciled asset management firm with presence in Silicon Valley, New York, Germany, and London, managing roughly $400M across multiple vehicles for its limited partners. It invests in growth-stage US emerging tech and internet businesses at Series B and beyond, positioning itself as a gateway to Europe for these companies. The firm applies a private equity-style discipline to growth investing, targeting businesses with strong financial fundamentals and maintaining discipline on valuations paid for growth. Its team consists of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and operators with track records across venture capital and private equity.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Consumer Deep Tech Enterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticEurope Los Angeles Luxembourg North America United States

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Stage

Series B–Growth

Los Angeles, CA, US

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2015

Last 12 months

1 investment

AUM

$400M

Tracked investments

Unicorns

IPOs

Acquisitions

Team · 8 people

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Steffen Pauls· Managing Partner, Co-Founder· Berlin

Founder and Managing Partner of 7GC, based in Berlin. Previously spent 11 years at KKR as Head of Germany; a serial entrepreneur who co-founded firstfive AG and founded Moonfare, where he is Co-CEO and Chairman. Began his career at BCG.

Jack Leeney· Managing Partner· Los Angeles, Californiain 𝕏

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 7GC based in California, leading investments in companies including Anthropic, poolside, and Hims. Former CEO and Chairman of 7GC & Co Holdings and Head of US Investing for Telefonica Ventures; started at Morgan Stanley as a tech investment banker.

Caroline Rausch· Investor Relations· Luxembourgin

Leads 7GC's fundraising, investor relations, and operations since September 2022. A CFA charterholder who previously spent six years in the hedge fund industry at Infusive Asset Management and Quadra Capital.

caroline@7gc.co

Chase Seklar· Associate· Los Angeles Metropolitan Areain

Chase Seklar is an investor at 7GC & Co, focusing on early-growth startups in the AI and infrastructure sectors.

H.S.H. Prince Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein· Chairman of the LP Advisory Board· Barcelona

Chairman of the LP Advisory Board and professor of financial management at IESE Business School. He has experience in wealth management, owners strategy with family holdings, and work at Boston Consulting Group. He has founded and sold two companies and serves on boards of family holdings, foundations, and private equity firms.

Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein· Chairman of the LP Advisory Board

Chairman of 7GC's LP Advisory Board and a professor of financial management at IESE Business School in Barcelona. Serves on several supervisory and advisory boards and has founded and sold two companies.

Michael Polansky· Senior Advisor· San Francisco

Senior Advisor to 7GC and CEO of the Parker Group, which manages the interests of Sean Parker. Co-founded the Economic Innovation Group, the Parker Foundation, and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy; previously a Principal at Founders Fund.

Emily Hyde· Head of Investor Relations & Operations· Dallasin

Emily Hyde joined Cypress Growth Capital as an Associate in June 2024, where she focuses on deal sourcing. She previously served as Director of Venture Dallas and as Director of Sales & Marketing at HG Partners, and worked as an Innovation Strategist at o9 Solutions. She holds a Bachelor's degree and a Master of Science in Engineering Entrepreneurship from SMU, and founded The AROS Project, a non-profit focused on removing plastics from waterways.

ehyde@cypressgc.com

What they invest in

from 15 of 22 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×6SaaS ×5Enterprise Software ×4Consumer ×3Fintech ×3Marketplaces ×3Cloud Computing ×2Developer Tools ×2

HQs:United States×10

Who they back

founder profiles across 13 portfolio companies

62%

solo founders

8 of 13 mapped founding teams

31%

repeat founders

of 16 founders with career history

~4.5 yrs

old at investment

median across 8 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×82 founders×34+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data

Harvard University ×2Penn State University ×2Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data

Economics ×4Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×3Physics ×3Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history

OpenAI ×8Google ×3IBM ×2

Investments · 22 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 1 2025 · 1 2024 · 1 2023 · 1 2022 · 1 2021 · 4 2020 · 2 2018 · 1 2015 · 113 dated

Banzaibanzai.io in 𝕏NASDAQ: BNZIJun 2025

Banzai provides event management and lead generation solutions that help B2B companies identify high-quality registrants, drive pipeline conversion through engagement, and measure event ROI.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSBainbridge Island, US

Joe Davy(Executive Officer, Director)inAlvin Yip(Executive Officer)Dean Ditto(Chief Financial Officer)inSimon Baumer(Chief Technology Officer)inMichael Kurtzman(Chief Revenue Officer)

BoardMason Ward(Director)

Board seat Jack Leeney· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsSand Hill Angels Aegis

Anthropicanthropic.com in 𝕏Aug 2023

Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Dario Amodei(Founder)in Daniela Amodei(Founder)inTom Brown(Founder)in Jack Clark(Founder)inJared Kaplan(Founder)in Chris Olah(Founder)in

Co-investors3Comma Capital 7BC Venture Capital A.Capital Ventures Accel Akka Alanda Capital Holding Limited +151 more

Becausebecausemarket.comSeries B · Nov 2021 · $35M

Because Market is a direct-to-consumer company that sells incontinence products, including bladder leak protection underwear, wipes, and supplements, with discreet home delivery and subscription options.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtech

Alexi(CEO + Co-Founder)Luca(President & Co-Founder)

Co-investorsBow Capital Comcast Ventures Index Ventures Prehype Sandlot Ventures Sprint Vc

Dream Securitydreamgroup.com in 𝕏

Dream builds sovereign technology systems that let national governments manage critical assets and infrastructure within their own borders and control.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechGovTech

Shalev Hulio(Founder & CEO)inSebastian Kurz(Founder)in

Co-investorsBain Capital Ventures Criticality GiTV, Inc.Invariantes Fund XT Venture Capital Aleph +6 more

Fluidstackfluidstack.io in 𝕏Jun 2026

Fluidstack develops infrastructure for AI by rapidly deploying compute capacity, enabling delivery of gigawatts of computing power in six months compared to industry standards of 18-24 months, with focus on data center acquisition, design, operation, and supporting major AI infrastructure projects.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingLondon, US

Gary Wu(Founder)inCésar Maklary(Founder)Peixian Wu(Director and CEO)Peter Francis(Founder)inJason Kichen(Chief Infomation Security Officer)inMalachi Price(Chief Business Officer)

Co-investors91 Ventures Also Capital Antler Duke Capital Partners Episode1 Founders Factory +10 more

Hims & Hershims.com

US direct-to-consumer telehealth company selling prescription and OTC treatments online by subscription; NYSE-listed as HIMS.

Jack Abraham(Founder)inAndrew Dudum(Founder)Hilary Coles(Founder)Joe Spector(Founder)

Co-investors8VC A-Rod Corp Atomic Beta Capital Bling Capital Brentwood Associates +24 more

Jackpocketjackpocket.com in 𝕏Apr 2015 · $120MAcquired

Jackpocket is a licensed third-party lottery courier app that enables users to order official state lottery tickets via smartphone.

ConsumerFintechMarketplacesNew York, US

Peter J. Sullivan, III(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Sullivan(Founder)

BoardAdam Rothstein(Director)

Co-investorsBlueRun Ventures Bullpen Capital Cerity Partners Ventures Clashmore Ventures Conductive Ventures Darco Capital +17 more

Jiojio.com in 𝕏

Jio provides telecom and digital services including 5G connectivity, TV and OTT entertainment, online shopping, music streaming, cloud computing, and smart tracking for consumers and businesses.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaSChicago, US

John Renaldi(Executive Officer, Director)Mathew Oommen inHemanth Kumar Guruswamy in

Co-investorsLightspeed India Partners Qualcomm Ventures Vista Equity Partners Meta

Lucralucrasports.com inJan 2022

Lucra is a competitive loyalty platform that provides brands an SDK to run live social competitions — tournaments, peer-vs-peer contests, and mini games — natively inside their existing app or website.

GamingSaaSSports TechGreenwich, US

Dylan Robbins(Executive Officer, Director)inDennis Wong(Director)Anthony Disanti(Director)

Co-investorsAlumni Ventures Litquidity Ventures Raptor Group SeventySix Capital Simplex Ventures The 23 Fund +5 more

Lucraplaylucra.com

Lucra provides an SDK that lets brands add competitive loyalty features—competition formats, reward types, and leaderboards—natively inside their existing iOS, Android, or web apps, with built-in compliance.

Enterprise SoftwareGamingMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsSeventySix Capital Alumni Ventures Harlo Equity Partners Raptor Group Simplex Ventures WTI

Moonfaremoonfare.com inSeries C · Nov 2021 · $130M

Moonfare operates a digital platform that gives professional and qualified private investors access to top-tier private equity and venture funds through pooled feeder vehicles with lower minimum allocations.

FintechSaaS

Steffen Pauls(Founder)in

Co-investorsCaesar Business Angels Caesar Ventures Insight Partners Loric Ventures Wessel Management

Poolsidepoolside.ai

Poolside builds open-weight foundation models and agentic coding models, including the Laguna family, along with the systems and infrastructure needed to train, refine, and improve these models.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools

Jason Warner(Founder)inEiso Kant(Founder)Jason Warner Eiso Kant(Founder)

Co-investors20VC Abstraction Capital Air Street Capital B Capital Group B4 Capital Bain Capital Ventures +28 more

Roofstockroofstock.com in

Roofstock is a digital platform that enables individual and institutional investors to acquire and manage single-family rental homes using proprietary data analytics and local market expertise across the U.S. residential market.

FintechMarketplacesPropTech

Gary Beasley(Founder)inGergor Watson(Founder)Gregor Watson(Founder)Rich Ford(Founder)

Co-investors1Sharpe Ventures Acurio Ventures Akkadian Ventures Bain Capital Ventures Ballistic Ventures Canvas Ventures +28 more

Swayshipsway.com

Sway operates a tech-enabled delivery and returns network for consumer brands, offering premium same-day and next-day delivery, box-less at-home return pickups, and doorstep exchanges.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech

Co-investorsEvolution Ventures Feldsmith Capital Good Friends Graph Ventures Hawke Ventures LightShed Ventures+3 more

Swayreturnmates.com inJan 2024 · $19.5M

Returnmates operates a tech-enabled delivery and returns network for retail brands, offering premium same-day and next-day deliveries, box-less at-home return pickups, and doorstep exchanges.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechVenice, US

Eric Wimer(Founder)inKristian Zak(Director)

Co-investorsBlackhorn Ventures Firebrand Ventures Yes VC LightShed Ventures The Fund

The Mom Projectthemomproject.com in 𝕏Series B · Jul 2020 · $25M

The Mom Project operates an AI-powered marketplace that matches mothers and allies with employment opportunities at companies across various sectors, offering flexible remote, hybrid, and onsite roles.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplaces

Tricia House(President & COO)inAllison Robinson(Founder)

Co-investorsAtlanta Seed BBG Ventures Grotech Ventures High Alpha Ingeborg Investments Initialized Capital +5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

CapsuleCheddarMarketMom ProjectReliance JioReturnmates

Exits · 3

2 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1

BanzaiNASDAQ: BNZI

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar to join Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer

Anthropic · Anthropic Newsroom · Aug 4, 2026

Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI | TechCrunch

Lucra · techcrunch.com · Apr 22, 2026

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has 7GC & Co made?: 7GC & Co has 22 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does 7GC & Co invest at?: 7GC & Co invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What sectors does 7GC & Co focus on?: 7GC & Co focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
Where is 7GC & Co located?: 7GC & Co is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
Who does 7GC & Co co-invest with?: 7GC & Co most often shares deals with Bain Capital Ventures, DCM Ventures, FJ Labs, among 144 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does 7GC & Co back?: Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, 7GC & Co has joined rounds of $19.5M – $130M (median $35M).

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Co-investors · 24

Redpoint Ventures

Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

Both backed · 3

Anthropic Hims & Hers Poolside

$100K – $10M

Bain Capital Ventures

BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.

Both backed · 3

Dream Security Poolside Roofstock

$1M – $100M

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

Both backed · 2

Anthropic Roofstock

$1M – $5M

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

Both backed · 2

Anthropic Moonfare

$120M – $350M

Initialized Capital

Initialized Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that partners with founders very early — often before product-market fit — providing hands-on support across product, recruiting, go-to-market, PR, and Series A fundraising.

Both backed · 2

Mom Project The Mom Project

$1M – $5M

Citi Ventures

Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citi, based in Palo Alto with additional offices in New York, Shanghai, and Singapore. The unit makes equity investments and develops innovations that align with Citi's strategic priorities, working with both internal business units and external companies.

Both backed · 2

Poolside Roofstock

General Atlantic

General Atlantic is a global investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs and companies to build long-term value through growth equity, credit, energy transition, and infrastructure strategies.

Both backed · 2

AnthropicReliance Jio

$10M – $1B

High Alpha

High Alpha is a venture firm that creates and funds B2B SaaS companies, partnering with founders to build enterprise software businesses. It operates a venture capital arm (Capital) and a company-building arm (Studio).

Both backed · 2

Mom Project The Mom Project

Grotech Ventures

Grotech Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports early- and growth-stage B2B software companies located outside of Silicon Valley.

Both backed · 2

Mom Project The Mom Project

$500K – $5M

OCA Ventures

OCA Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed stage onward, providing capital along with strategic advice and introductions across sectors including biotech, healthcare, and technology.

Both backed · 2

Mom Project The Mom Project

$1M – $3M

Felicis Ventures

Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.

Both backed · 1

Poolside

$500K – $15M

Canvas Ventures

Canvas Prime (formerly Canvas Ventures) is an early-stage venture firm that leads Series A and B investments, focusing on AI applied to digital health and fintech.

Both backed · 1

Roofstock

$5M – $20M

▶12 more co-investors

Left Lane Capital Dnx Ventures Motier Ventures BlueRun Ventures Acurio Ventures Conductive Ventures Vista Equity Partners Friedom Red Swan Ventures Hanabi Capital Flucas Ventures EVE Atlas

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