Growth Street Partners
Growth equitySan Francisco · Series C–Late Stage · 17 people tracked
Also known as GROWTH STREET MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Growth Street Partners backs founders of fast-growing, vertical-focused B2B SaaS and technology-enabled services businesses, offering a blend of capital and active operational help. The firm typically makes minority or first institutional investments and works closely with founders to scale sales and marketing, hire executives, improve systems and processes, expand addressable markets, and pursue add-on acquisitions. It emphasizes a founder-friendly, data-driven, partnership-oriented approach, limiting the number of companies it backs so each receives significant attention. The firm frames its role as helping founders accelerate growth without losing control of their companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 30 of 36 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×9EdTech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×5GovTech ×5Fintech ×4HR Tech ×4Sports Tech ×4
HQs:United States×16
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×43 founders×1
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12021 · 22020 · 12019 · 12015 · 17 dated
Pittsburgh, US
William Frederick(Executive Officer)Tanya Barnes(Director)Yvonne Campos(Director)Marion Lewis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jeanette Thomas(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Laura Brightsen(Director)
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Nov 2020
Raleigh, US
Graham Stone(Executive Officer, Director)Johnny Dawkins, IV(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNathan Grossman(Director)Stephen Wolfe(Director)in
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed Oct 2021
Tampa, US
Saravana Bhava(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardStephen Wolfe(Director)inBen Patz(Director)Nathan Grossman(Director)Rajan Naik(Director)
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D · $6.5M raise · filed May 2021
uConnect provides a virtual career center platform that makes career services accessible online for students, alumni, and career center staff at educational institutions.
EdTechFuture of WorkSaaSBoston, US
DAVID KOZHUK(Executive Officer, Director)David Kozhuk(Founder & CEO)in
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D
Visual Lease provides lease accounting and management software that helps organizations maintain compliance and manage the financial and operational performance of their lease portfolios.
FintechPropTechSaaSWoodbridge, US
Marc Betesh(Executive Officer, Director)Alexandra Betesh(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNathan Grossman(Director)Stephen Wolfe(Director)in
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsSpectrum Equity
Extensiv (3plcentral.com) provides a cloud warehouse management system (WMS) for third-party logistics (3PL) providers, with tools for inventory tracking, fulfillment automation, labor analytics, and multi-location network management.
Logistics & Supply ChainSaaS
CyberNut provides a gamified security awareness and phishing training platform for K-12 schools, serving students, teachers, and administrators.
CybersecurityEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsWorkshop Venture PartnersAvalanche VC
ECFX provides ECFX Notice, an enterprise notice management system that automatically processes federal and state electronic court filing (ECF) notices, storing documents with a firm's naming conventions and integrating with case management, DMS, and billing software.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSVenice, US
Dan O'Day(Founder)inNelson Alejandro Quintero(Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director)Daniel Michael O'Day, Jr.(Chief Executive Officer and Director)William D. Burch(Chief Revenue Officer and Director)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersLegalTechCove Fund
goHappy provides an app-free, text message-based engagement platform that lets employers communicate with and gather feedback from their frontline, hourly workforce to reduce turnover and boost productivity.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Shawn Boyer(Founder & CEO)
Govenda provides board management software for governance teams, including board professionals, administrators, directors, and CEOs.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsAspira Capital
Co-investorsDERIVE VENTURES
HR Acuity offers AI-powered workplace investigation management software that guides HR teams through a three-step Plan, Investigate, and Determine methodology with interview templates, role-based permissions, and centralized case documentation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Deb Muller(Founder & CEO)
Huckleberry Youth Programs is a nonprofit serving Bay Area teens and families, offering crisis shelter, counseling and therapy, health centers, college and career access programs, and support for sexually exploited youth.
HealthtechImpact & Social GoodMental HealthSan Francisco, US
Juma Ventures is a nonprofit social enterprise that employs young people ages 16–24 facing barriers to opportunity, running concessions businesses at major sports and entertainment venues across the U.S.
Impact & Social Good
LineLeader is a unified software platform for early learning centers that combines digital registration, CRM, family engagement tools, and operations management.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Marlin Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that acquires and provides growth capital to companies, offering operational and transactional support through its affiliated operations group.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
David McGovern(Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer)Nick Kaiser(Co-Founder and Co-President)
Co-investorsArrowroot CapitalNorwest Venture Partners
LineLeader is a unified childcare management software platform that combines digital registration, CRM, lead management, billing, family engagement, curriculum and staff management tools.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsElevate Ventures
Ncontracts provides integrated risk and compliance software for financial institutions such as banks and credit unions, covering enterprise risk management, compliance management, vendor management, audit, findings, business continuity, and lending compliance.
Co-investorsGryphonMainsail Partners
Catalis (formerly nCourt) provides government technology and SaaS solutions for courts, tax and property assessment, payments, permitting, and citizen engagement, serving state and local government agencies across North America.
FintechGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsMainsail Partners
PeopleAdmin provides a cloud platform for colleges and universities that integrates hiring, faculty management, and analytics tools across campus operations.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsMainsail Partners
PayLease (rebranded to Zego in 2020) provides a property management automation platform for payments, utility management, and resident engagement.
FintechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsFrancisco PartnersMainsail Partners
Pear Deck Learning is an all-in-one instructional platform for K-12 teachers that combines lesson planning, interactive delivery, differentiated practice, and assessment tools.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechIowa City, US
Dan Sweeney(Secretary)Michal Eynon-Lynch(President)Riley Eynon-Lynch(Vice-President)Stuart Anthony Showalter(Treasurer)
Co-investorsEdovate CapitalHyde Park Venture Partners
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Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersAngel Physicians FundAvestria VenturesAviv Venture CapitalBIGR VenturesBlue Venture Funds+15 more
Pikmykid is a school safety and dismissal platform offering digital hall passes, dismissal management, emergency reunification, mass messaging, and visitor management for K-12 schools.
EdTechGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsConductor CapitalFlorida Funders
Porter provides booking, payment, and marketing software for tattoo shops and artists, letting clients book appointments from Instagram, websites, or other digital channels without an app.
FintechMarketing TechSaaS
Practical Founders runs moderated CEO peer groups of 8–10 bootstrapped SaaS and AI software founders (roughly $1M–$25M ARR) who meet monthly to pressure-test major business decisions.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Greg Head(Founder & Moderator)
PSTrax provides software that automates scheduling, tracking, and documentation of fire and EMS operations, including vehicles, stations, supplies, assets, SCBA, PPE, controlled substances, and blood products.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSLittleton, US
Scott Bergeron(Co-founder)inCliff Long(Co-founder)
PublicInput is a community engagement software platform used by U.S. state and local government agencies and their partners to manage public input across the engagement process.
GovTechSaaS
Jay Dawkins(Co-founder)Graham Stone(Co-founder)
Startup Hustle is a podcast for entrepreneurs that covers topics ranging from funding to failure, hosted by Matt Watson, CEO of Full Scale.
Media & Entertainment
Matt Watson(Host / CEO of Full Scale)in
Suralink provides a platform used by accounting firms to securely manage and transfer files and client requests, serving professional service firms worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSalt Lake City, US
David Geurts(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Ballantyne(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsForward Venture Capital
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioHotel Effectivenessacq. by Actabl
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPentec Health Celebrates 35th Anniversary · techcrunch.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Growth Street Partners made?
- Growth Street Partners has 34 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Growth Street Partners invest at?
- Growth Street Partners invests at the Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Growth Street Partners's typical check size?
- Growth Street Partners typically writes checks of $5M – $15M.
- What sectors does Growth Street Partners focus on?
- Growth Street Partners focuses on Cybersecurity, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, GovTech, HR Tech, LegalTech, PropTech, SaaS, Sports Tech.
- Where is Growth Street Partners located?
- Growth Street Partners is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Growth Street Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Growth Street Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does Growth Street Partners co-invest with?
- Growth Street Partners most often shares deals with Mainsail Partners, Buoyant Ventures Management, Llc, Longitude Capital, among 38 tracked co-investors.
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