About
Sam Cantor previously worked as a Director at Asante Capital, where he led secondary transactions across North America, Europe, and Asia, and spent five years before that at Barclays Capital in the Leveraged Finance Team serving large-cap clients and financial sponsors. At LaunchBay Capital he focuses on fund development and secondary market transactions. He has also co-founded three companies.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Launchbay CapitalInvestment Directorcurrent2025 — present
- Asante Capital GroupDirector2023 — 2025New York, United States
- Asante Capital GroupVice President2021 — 2023
- Asante Capital GroupAssociate2020 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- thepetnetBoard Member2017 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- BarclaysLeveraged Finance2017 — 2020
- Pyrmd.comCo-Founder2013 — 2016
- BarclaysFX Sales2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
- BarclaysCredit Risk Analyst2014Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Nakash Enterprises LLCBusiness Consultant2014new york, new york
- Espirito Santo Investment BankSales and Trading2012
Skills & more
Forecasting3Financial Analysis6Change Management2Risk Management3Business Development1Finance1Research5Social Media2Animal Care2Animal Welfare2Negotiation12Leadership8
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Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPowerPointPublic SpeakingRelationship BuildingTeamworkFrom Sam's professional profile.
Colleagues at LaunchBay Capital
Alan Vaksman
Founding Partner at LaunchBay Capital
Alex Dunning
Principal at LaunchBay Capital
Alex Rivkind
Partner at LaunchBay Capital
Christophe Petetin
Venture Partner at LaunchBay Capital
Denis Ryabinin
Venture Partner at LaunchBay Capital
Henry Lewis
Private markets associate at LaunchBay Capital
Ipek Cruz
Advisor (FO&Private investments) at LaunchBay Capital
Irene Vaksman
Managing Partner at LaunchBay Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Cantor?
- Sam Cantor previously worked as a Director at Asante Capital, where he led secondary transactions across North America, Europe, and Asia, and spent five years before that at Barclays Capital in the Leveraged Finance Team serving large-cap clients and financial sponsors. At LaunchBay Capital he focuses on fund development and secondary market transactions. He has also co-founded three companies.
- Where does Sam Cantor work?
- Sam Cantor is Investment Director at LaunchBay Capital.
- Where did Sam Cantor go to school?
- Sam Cantor studied at University of Nottingham (Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government); Binghamton University (Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government); Binghamton University.
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Also attended University of Nottingham199
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Also attended Binghamton University82
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Shared employers
Also worked at Asante Capital Group7
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Also worked at Barclays282
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Also worked at Espirito Santo Investment Bank14
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