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Growth Street Partners
Growth equitySan Francisco · Growth · 16 people tracked
Also known as GROWTH STREET MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Growth Street Partners backs founders of rapidly growing vertical SaaS and technology-enabled services businesses, usually those with $1-5M+ of annual recurring revenue and often companies where the founder personally experienced the problem being solved. The firm invests $5-15M as a meaningful minority partner, focusing on underserved markets across the US and Canada. Beyond capital, it works closely with portfolio companies to scale sales and marketing, hire executives, improve systems and processes, expand addressable markets, and pursue add-on acquisitions. Its approach is data- and process-driven, positioning itself as a collaborative, founder-friendly partner rather than a purely financial investor, often serving as a founder's only institutional round.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 33 of 37 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×14EdTech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Fintech ×5GovTech ×5HR Tech ×5Future of Work ×4
HQs:United States×19
Who they back
founder profiles across 17 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×43 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
Cornell ×2Georgetown Law ×2University of Iowa ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with field-of-study data
Economics ×3Finance & Accounting ×3Business & Management ×2Computer Science ×2Engineering ×2Humanities ×2Law ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 22021 · 32020 · 22019 · 22017 · 12015 · 115 dated
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(Founder & CEO)in
Board seatSteve Wolfe· per SEC Form D
Co-investors10X Venture PartnersYork IE
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)inAlexandra 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
Co-investorsMainsail Partners
Chipply is an online store platform that lets team dealers, uniform dealers, and apparel decorators build branded web stores for schools, leagues, and clubs to sell and manage team gear.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSSports Tech
Lynn Burghardt(President)Angie Hardwick(CEO)in
CyberNut provides a gamified security awareness and phishing training platform for K-12 schools, serving students, teachers, and administrators.
CybersecurityEdTechSaaS
Oliver Page(Founder)in
Co-investorsEdovate CapitalWorkshop 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-investorsCove FundEvolution VC PartnersLegalTechSand Hill Angels
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)in
Co-investorsPamlico Capital
Govenda provides board management software for governance teams, including board professionals, administrators, directors, and CEOs.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsAspira CapitalInnovation Works
Hospitality Net is an online news and information portal covering the hotel and hospitality industry, publishing news, opinion pieces, case studies, appointments, and company announcements.
Media & EntertainmentTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsDERIVE VENTURES
Enterprise SoftwarePropTech
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)in
Co-investorsK1 Investment Management
Huckleberry Youth Programs is a nonprofit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides crisis intervention, counseling, health services, and educational support for runaway, homeless, at-risk, and commercially sexually exploited youth.
HealthtechImpact & Social GoodMental HealthSocialSan Francisco, US
Larry Beggs(Co-director)Barbara Brachman(Co-director)
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
Co-investorsMarlin Equity Partners
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 provides a unified platform for early childhood learning centers, combining customer relationship management, family communication, and center operations management into a single system.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSIrving, US
Chuck Gibbs(Co-founder)inSeth Martin(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsElevate VenturesIU Ventures
Ncontracts provides risk management and compliance software for financial organizations, combining AI-powered tools with expertise from former regulators and compliance professionals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTech
Michael Berman(Founder)in
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.
FintechGovTechSaaSAlpharetta, US
Co-investorsMainsail Partners
PeopleAdmin provides a cloud-based software platform designed to manage institutional processes for higher education institutions, including talent management, academic affairs, and student outcomes analytics.
Cloud ComputingEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsMainsail Partners
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) is a trade association serving the sporting goods industry, offering members research, business resources, networking, education, and advocacy services.
B2B MarketplacesSector AgnosticSports TechDowners Grove, US
Matt Carlson(President & CEO)in
PayLease (rebranded to Zego in 2020) provides a property management automation platform for payments, utility management, and resident engagement.
FintechPropTechSaaS
Ty Kalklosch(Founder)inNate Taylorin
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)inRiley Eynon-Lynch(Vice-President)Stuart Anthony Showalter(Treasurer)
Co-investorsEdovate CapitalHyde Park Venture PartnersVillage Capital
This page is a distribution, marketing, and reseller partner directory for PRWeb, an online press release distribution service.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersAngel Physicians FundAvestria VenturesAviv Venture CapitalBIGR VenturesBlue Venture Funds+15 more
Pikmykid is a school safety and management platform that enables student check-in, parent communication, health monitoring, and emergency response for K-12 schools.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS
Pat Bhava(CEO & Co-founder)inChitra Kanagaraj(Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsConductor CapitalDreamit VenturesFlorida Funders
Porter provides automated text and email reminders and confirmations to help service businesses reduce appointment no-shows and late cancellations.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersKae Capital
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
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)in
Co-investorsLevel Equity
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)inGraham Stone(Co-founder)in
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 CapitalKickstart
TeamLinkt provides a team management platform with scheduling, roster management, registration and payment processing, communication tools, and customizable websites and mobile apps.
SaaSSports Tech
Jay Maharaj(Founder)in
Co-investorsCo.Labs
Vector Capital is a private equity firm specializing in technology sector buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth equity investments since 1997.
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsMonroe CapitalStarVest Partners
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BoardBookitCityzen SolutionsSachi TechChildCareCRM
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 · 2
2 acquisitionsHotel Effectivenessacq. by ActablPentec Health Celebrates 35th Anniversaryacq. by Wellspring Capital Management
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCyberNut · fintech.global · Jan 22, 2026
TeamLinkt · thesaasnews.com · Aug 18, 2025
PSTrax · pstrax.com · Aug 5, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Growth Street Partners made?
- Growth Street Partners has 37 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Growth Street Partners invest at?
- Growth Street Partners invests at the Growth stage.
- 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, Edovate Capital, Kickstart, among 49 tracked co-investors.
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