Baird Capital
Private equityChicago · Growth–Late Stage · 50 people tracked
Also known as BAIRD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
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Investment thesis
Baird Capital operates as one global team across its private equity and venture capital platforms, with investment teams collaborating across funds and geographies to source and evaluate opportunities. It invests in B2B technology and services sectors where the team and Baird hold deep expertise, targeting subsectors that overlap with Baird's equity research and investment banking coverage. The firm draws on over three decades of investing experience and leverages global operating resources across the U.S., U.K. and Asia to support venture and lower-middle-market portfolio companies. It taps Baird's broader network of banking professionals, research coverage, macro insights and executive talent to help companies scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 50 people
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What they invest in
from 36 of 54 portfolio companiesSaaS ×20Enterprise Software ×16AI & Machine Learning ×15Healthtech ×10Biotech ×6Digital Health ×5Fintech ×5Medical Devices ×4
HQs:United States×33United Kingdom×1Netherlands×1
Investments · 54 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 22024 · 12023 · 42022 · 82021 · 52020 · 92019 · 32017 · 52015 · 22014 · 22012 · 148 dated
Alto Neuroscience is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing biology-driven medicines for neuropsychiatric conditions, using measurements of brain biology to predict clinical response and identify patients likely to benefit from its drug candidates.
BiotechDigital HealthMental HealthMountain View, US
Amit Etkin(Founder)inAdam Savitz(Executive Officer)inNicholas C. Smith(Executive Officer)inMichael Hanley(Executive Officer)Nicholas Smith(Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer)inAaron Weaver(Director)
Co-investorsAble PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalInVivium CapitalK2 HealthVenturesKorify CapitalVivo Capital+4 more
ChurnZero provides customer success software with embedded AI agents that automate tasks such as onboarding, risk detection, and account growth for customer success teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechArlington, US
You Mon Tsang(Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder)inMark Heys(Chief Technical Officer and Cofounder)inAbby Hammer(Chief Product Officer and Chief Customer Officer)inHunter Montgomery(Chief Marketing Officer)inMichael Kipp(Chief Information Security Officer)inSarah Kiley(Chief Sales Officer)in
Co-investorsGrotech VenturesJMI EquityBaird Venture Partners
Osano is a data privacy platform that helps companies manage compliance with global privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD through cookie consent management, subject rights (DSAR) automation, preference management, website compliance scanning, and vendor risk assessment.
CybersecurityLegalTechSaaSAustin, US
Arlo Gilbert(Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer)inScott Hertel(Co-founder)inBobby Jaffari(Chief Executive Officer)inJessica Hamilton(Chief Financial Officer)inSkye McCullough(Chief Customer Officer)in
BoardMichael Smerklo(Director)in
Co-investorsLiveOak VenturesNext Coast VenturesJump CapitalLookout VenturesFirst Ascent VenturesSocial Starts+2 more
Upfront develops healthcare solutions that activate patients and improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes for providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSChicago, US
Ben Albert(CEO and co-founder)inCarrie Kozlowski(COO and co-founder)in
BoardSid Chambless(Director)Robert Coppedge(Director)inMichael Tudeen(Director)
Co-investorsHyde Park Venture PartnersEcho Health VenturesFirst AnalysisFirst Trust Capital PartnersLRVHealthMartin Ventures
Vodori builds cloud-based content management software for life science teams, supporting compliance and the promotional material review process with workflow management, digital asset management, and health authority submission tools.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechMarketing TechSaaSChicago, US
Scott Rovegno(CEO and Co-Founder)inGrant Gochnauer(CTO and Co-Founder)inStacy Wolters(Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Co-Founder)inJoe Barr(Chief Financial Officer)inLesly Marban(Chief Commercial Officer)inStacy Wolters Rovegno(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBaird Venture Partners
Freemarket is a cross-border payments and financial infrastructure company that serves banks, payment service providers, and other financial institutions seeking to optimize international money movement.
B2B MarketplacesCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechLondon, GB
Alex Hunn(Founder, former CEO)
Co-investorsWest Hill CapitalEndeavour Ventures Ltd.Volution Ventures
AICure is an AI-powered medication adherence platform for life sciences organizations that uses computer vision and machine learning to verify patient medication adherence and capture real-time behavioral data to improve clinical trial outcomes and patient engagement.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Sabina Chadha(Chief Executive Officer)inAnand Ramaswamy(Chief Product Officer)inJun Lu(VP of Engineering and AI)in
Co-investorsVIVE VCAccelmed PartnersPalisades Growth CapitalTribeca Venture Partners
Amphora provides logistics services aimed at supporting business growth and operational efficiency.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Joan Tresserras(Founder)inAdrià Cortés(Founder)in
Co-investorsBStartupF-Prime CapitalHBM Healthcare InvestmentsLongitude Capital
An online store selling injectable and oral anabolic steroids, HGH, and post-cycle therapy products directly to consumers.
E-commerceHealthtechChicago, US
Paul Magelli(Executive Officer, Director)Geoff Phillips(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inBlackford Middleton(Executive Officer)Aaron Symanski(Executive Officer)Michael Liang(Director)inMichael Oltman(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBootstrap Venture PartnersGraphene VenturesOptum VenturesPritzker Group Venture Capital
Autobooks provides embedded banking technology to financial institutions to help them attract and retain small business customers by enabling business owners to manage finances and cash flow directly through their bank's digital platform.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDetroit, US
Steven Robert(Executive Officer)inJohn Schmid(Executive Officer)Jeff Blackman(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesDraper TriangleInvest MichiganMissionOGRunway Growth Capital
Crayon provides an AI-powered competitive intelligence platform that monitors competitors, surfaces real-time market intel, generates content, and delivers sales talk tracks and plays to enablement and sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechBoston, US
Jonah Lopin(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Osborne(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEric Paley(Director)inBenedict Rocchio(Director)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupBaseline VenturesChaos VenturesConvergeEastward Capital PartnersFounder Collective+5 more
Enso Data provides AI-powered analysis of physiological waveforms, particularly sleep studies, to enable clinical diagnosis and patient monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMadison, US
Christopher Fernandez(Executive Officer, Director)inChristopher R. Fernandez(Executive Officer, Director)inSam Rusk(Co-Founder & CAIO)inNick Glattard(Co-Founder & CTO)inJustin Mortara(CEO & President)inMatthew D Dobereiner(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsColle Capital Partnersgener8torGreat North VenturesHealthX VenturesNecessary VenturesQuesta Capital+5 more
EvoluteIQ provides an agentic AI platform for building and managing autonomous processes in regulated industries, integrating with enterprise systems like SAP and Salesforce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Arun Hiremath(Founder)inSameet Guptein
Co-investorsRound2 Capital PartnersConfidus Venture Capital
Fideo provides identity intelligence and graph analytics for fraud detection and cyber investigations, serving fraud prevention and investigation teams across the payments ecosystem.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechDenver, US
FullContact offers website visitor identification that reveals professional contact information, social profiles, and browsing analytics for real people visiting a company's site in real time.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSales TechDenver, US
Travis Todd(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inBart Lorang(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inChris HarrisoninDan LynninWesson Liversagein
BoardChris Marks(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalCallapina CapitalEscalate Capital PartnersFoundrySlow Ventures
GreenLight Biosciences develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pest control, including a Colorado potato beetle bio-insecticide and a Varroa destructor mite-control product for sustainable food production.
AgTechBiotechImpact & Social GoodMedford, US
Andrey Zarur(Executive Officer, Director)inMarta Ortega-Valle(Executive Officer)inWilliam Blake(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Furneaux(Director)Jonathan Fleming(Director)James Swartz(Director)
Co-investorsFuture VenturesLewis & Clark VenturesPrelude VenturesS2G InvestmentsSpruce Capital PartnersContinental Grain Company+1 more
Housecall Pro is a software platform for service-based businesses (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, junk removal, and appliance repair) to manage scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, and customer communication.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSDenver, US
Roland Ligtenberg(Founder)inAdam Perry-Pelletier(Founder)inIan Heidt(Founder)in
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesAugust CapitalBalderton CapitalDelta-v CapitalHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLC+2 more
HSP Group provides global expansion services and a platform called GateWay to manage international HR, payroll, tax, accounting, and legal entity management across 60+ countries.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSTampa, US
LAWRENCE M. HARDING(Executive Officer, Director)WILLIAM J. MARCINKIEWICZ(Executive Officer)
BoardBENEDICT ROCCHIO(Director)inCALBRAITH R. WHEATON(Director)CHRIS PAYNE(Director)BILL THOMAS(Director)
Co-investorsABS Capital PartnersBaird Venture Partners
ModelOp provides a platform for managing and governing AI models in enterprise environments, helping organizations scale and operationalize AI deployments across their organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Dave Trier(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsSilicon Valley Data Capital
Co-investorsG Vision CapitalTransLink Capital
NowSecure provides mobile application security testing software and services, helping organizations identify and address security problems in mobile apps.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US
Andrew Hoog(Founder & Board Member)inAlan Snyder(CEO)inAmanda Lannert(Director)Jim Pavlik(Director)Carey Alan Snyder(Executive Officer, Director)Saurabh Sharma(Director)in
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalJump Capital
OncoHealth develops software and services to help health plans, employers, and oncologists manage cancer care and reduce treatment complexity.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental HealthSaaS
Jon Maack(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsArsenalBlue Venture FundsCobalt VenturesMcKesson VenturesOak HC/FTSand Hill Angels
Parallax is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, tech-enabled and scalable startups, with a focus on fintech and founders addressing large markets.
Fintech
Co-investorsParallax Ventures
Quiq provides an AI agent platform that enables enterprises to build, customize, and deploy conversational agents across customer journey touchpoints.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMontana, US
Michael A. Myer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsFoundryKarma VenturesNext Frontier CapitalSignal Peak VenturesTeamworthy VenturesVenrock+1 more
Radius Worldwide (part of Vistra) provides international business expansion services including global payroll, entity formation and management, HR services (acting as EOR and PEO), and tax and accounting compliance across more than 50 markets.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
HealthtechHouston, US
Michael Magnani(Executive Officer, Director)inMehdi Razavi(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGill M. Jack(Director)Milton Morris(Director)Daniel Steppe(Director)
Co-investorsHouston Angel NetworkS3 Ventures
SourceDay provides an AI-driven supplier portal that connects suppliers directly to a company's ERP, keeping purchase order data on dates, prices, and quantities in sync across buyers, suppliers, and internal teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSCedar Park, US
Clint McRee(Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inTom Kieley(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Miller(Chief Executive Officer)inPeter Feldman(Chief Technology Officer)in
BoardMorgan Flager(Director)in
Co-investorsATX Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesNorwest Venture PartnersSilverton Partners
Tellius is an AI-powered analytics platform whose "Kaiya" agents let business teams ask questions across their data and receive automated investigations, root cause analysis, and finished analytical outputs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHerndon, US
Ajay Khanna(CEO & Founder)inAbhi Panigrahi(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRahul Sharma(Director)Gene Reichers(Director)Mark Donnelly(Director)inGene Riechers(Director)in
Co-investorsGrotech VenturesSands Capital Ventures
Poway, US
Christopher Chisholm(Executive Vice President, CFO, and Secretary)Guy Chadwell(Vice President)inAndrew Seidel(President and CEO)Jeff Quigley(Vice President)
BoardJeff Parks(Director)David Wong(Director)
Upfront connects homeowners with local service professionals for home projects through a text-based platform, using AI to match them with vetted contractors in their area.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Thomas Stephens(Co-founder & CEO)inAndrew Hoskins(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Upfront provides back-office accounting and operational infrastructure for residential real estate agents and brokers, consolidating functions like trust accounting, commissions, onboarding, and document management into a unified system.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaS
Dana Levin-Robinson(Founder)in
Co-investorsDiagramSecond Century VenturesEcho Health VenturesFirst Trust Capital PartnersHyde Park Venture PartnersLRVHealth
Virtual Incision develops a miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (miniRAS) system called MIRA, designed to fit within hospitals' existing infrastructure.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsLincoln, US
Dmitry Oleynikov(Director)Shane Farritor(Executive Officer, Director)John P. Murphy(Executive Officer, Director)inMukund Srinivasan(Executive Officer)in
BoardTom Shehab(Director)Fred Robertson(Director)
Co-investorsArboretum VenturesEndeavour VisionInvest NebraskaInVivium CapitalPrairieGold Venture Partners
Zylo provides SaaS and AI spend management software that discovers, tracks, and optimizes enterprise software spending by analyzing financial data and using AI models trained on over $75 billion in transaction data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSIndianapolis, US
Eric Christopher(Executive Officer, Director)inCory Wheeler(Founder)inBen Pippenger(Founder)in
BoardEric Tobias(Executive Officer, Director)inScott Dorsey(Executive Officer, Director)inKristian Andersen(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersHigh AlphaHyde Park Venture PartnersMassMutual VenturesMenlo VenturesBaird Venture Partners+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Alpha SourceAmphora MedicalAura FuturesBlue MattereCube SolutionsFreemarketGreenLight Pandemic ResponseHigh Street PartnersIntegrated DiagnosticsNetRegulusNewmarket StrategyOncology AnalyticsPatientBondPrescient Healthcare GroupRapid EnergyVauban Technologies LimitedVenitiWatkins HireZaloniZurex Pharma
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsAlto NeuroscienceNYSE: ANROAmphora Medicalacq. by Hologic
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Parallax · bmmagazine.co.uk · Sep 15, 2026
Alto Neuroscience · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 16, 2026
Osano · termsfeed.com · Jun 23, 2026
Integrated Diagnostics · investing.com · Jun 23, 2026
NowSecure · en.wikipedia.org · Jun 16, 2026
EnsoData · dreamit.com · Jun 15, 2026
FullContact · arcticstartup.com · May 18, 2026
Virtual Incision · beatricedailysun.com · May 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Baird Capital made?
- Baird Capital has 54 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Baird Capital invest at?
- Baird Capital invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Baird Capital focus on?
- Baird Capital focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Baird Capital located?
- Baird Capital is headquartered in Chicago, US.
- Does Baird Capital lead rounds?
- Baird Capital has led 10 of the 15 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Baird Capital co-invest with?
- Baird Capital most often shares deals with Foundry, Karma Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, among 13 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 24
Hyde Park Venture Partners (HPVP) is an early-stage venture fund investing in AI, software, and tech-enabled services companies connected to the Midwest, Toronto, or the Southeast.
Foundry invests in early-stage startups and venture funds across multiple sectors. The firm builds a portfolio-based network connecting portfolio companies with other investors and entrepreneurs.
Oak HC/FT is a growth equity firm that partners with founders building companies in healthcare and financial services, leveraging sector expertise and networks.
F-Prime Capital is an early-stage-focused investment firm backing companies across life sciences, technology, healthtech and services, and crypto.
Jump Capital is a venture capital firm that leads and participates in startup financing rounds, providing capital, strategic guidance, hiring support, and operational assistance to its portfolio companies.
Grotech Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports early- and growth-stage B2B software companies located outside of Silicon Valley.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.
Norwest Venture Partners is an investment firm whose growth equity team backs private, profitable, fast-growing companies, providing capital and hands-on support through its 'invited guest' approach.
Venrock is a venture capital firm investing across technology and healthcare, backing companies in fintech, developer infrastructure, life sciences, therapeutics, semiconductors, and consumer products.
Zetta Venture Partners provides early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building AI-native applications, infrastructure, and developer tools.
Tribeca Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders using emerging technologies to build category-defining companies.
▶12 more co-investors
High AlphaLobby CapitalWhat If VenturesSilverton PartnersS3 VenturesPritzker Group Venture CapitalNextView VenturesTrajectory VenturesOrigin VenturesPJCVantagePoint Capital PartnersOkapi Venture Capital
Firms observed investing alongside Baird Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Baird Capital's recorded portfolio.
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