Saints Capital
Private equityActively deployingSan Francisco · Growth–Late Stage · 18 people tracked
Also known as SAINTS CAPITAL SERVICES, LLC · Saints Capital Sierra
Investment thesis
Saints Capital specializes in the venture secondary market with a distinctive focus on GP-led transactions. The firm provides liquidity to general partners and their limited partners in venture capital and private equity funds, as well as to founders, early employees, and financial institutions holding private investments. Saints emphasizes a partner-first approach, structuring bespoke and flexible transactions—which may include loans, deferred payments, and upside sharing—to align the interests of GPs, LPs, and early investors. Having pioneered the direct secondary fund model in 2000, the firm has executed over 35 portfolio transactions and acquired more than $3 billion in assets, positioning itself as an experienced player in an increasingly institutionalized asset class.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 18 people
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What they invest in
from 1 of 1 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×1Enterprise Software ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:United States×1
Investments · 1 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathMedallia offers an AI-driven customer and employee experience platform that turns large volumes of feedback signals into prioritized actions for enterprise organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Amy Pressman(Co-Founder & President)Borge Hald(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Alan Grebene(Executive Officer)Mike Kourey(Executive Officer)
BoardDoug Leone(Director)inStan Meresman(Director)
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesEniac VenturesSequoia CapitalV1 VC
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMedallia · getperspective.ai · Aug 11, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Saints Capital invest at?
- Saints Capital invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Saints Capital focus on?
- Saints Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Saints Capital located?
- Saints Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Saints Capital lead rounds?
- Saints Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Co-investors · 22
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Unknown Ventures is a venture studio based in Austin that provides funding and operational support to early-stage startups at the pre-seed to Series A stage. The firm backs founders seeking to create innovative solutions that improve human experience.
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.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
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.
Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011, with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York, investing in the earliest rounds of companies across many sectors.
Oak HC/FT is a growth equity firm that partners with founders building companies in healthcare and financial services, leveraging sector expertise and networks.
SignalFire is a seed-stage venture capital firm that combines a full-team support model with its data-driven Beacon AI platform to back founders.
Lookout Ventures provides seed-stage funding to enterprise technology companies outside Silicon Valley, with partner expertise in AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure software, and vertical SaaS.
Led by investors including Jonah Goodhart, WGI Group specializes in providing early-stage capital to high-growth internet entrepreneurs.
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Firms observed investing alongside Saints Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Saints Capital's recorded portfolio.
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