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Tyler WilsonunlockedShant: together at Hercules Capital, Inc. (2017–2018)
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About
Shant Sood co-heads Riverwood Growth Credit, a strategy providing structured debt financing to high-growth technology companies. He has worked across credit investing for about two decades, previously co-founding and leading Sanctum Capital, serving as a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, and working as an M&A banker at J.P. Morgan and on the investment team at Comdisco Ventures. He holds a BA from Cornell University (with a year at Oxford) and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Invests in
Enterprise Software
Experience
- Riverwood CapitalCo-Head, Riverwood Growth Creditcurrent2025 — present
- Riverwood CapitalExecutive in Residence2024 — 2025
- GLGCouncil Member2020 — 2025
- NomuraAdvisor2024
- Sanctum Capital ManagementManaging Partner, Co-Founder2018 — 2024Palo Alto, CA
- Forbes Technology CouncilCouncil Member2021 — 2023
- Sanctum AltriarchManaging Partner, Co-Founder2022 — 2023Palo Alto, California, United States
- SA AdvisorsManaging Partner2018 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
- Hercules Capital, Inc.Managing Director2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- LC Asset Management - Alternative InvestmentsPrincipal2009 — 2014San Francisco / New York
- CNOF, LLC - Diversified Opportunity FundVice President2003 — 2009New York, NY
- Comdisco VenturesSenior Associate - Restructuring and Investments2000 — 2003Menlo Park, CA
- JP Morgan - Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment BankingM&A Analyst1998 — 2000New York, NY
- Morgan StanleyM&A Analyst Intern1997London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Strategy6Advisory Boards1Asset Management1Principal Investing1Special SituationsFinancial Analysis4Film FinancePrivate Equity44Venture Capital27Alternative Investments6StructuringRestructuring6
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DebtInvestmentsDeal SourcingHedge FundsLBOMezzanineDeal StructuringReal Estate FinanceDebt RestructuringReal EstateLoansLanguages Hindi, Bengali
From Shant's professional profile.
Colleagues at Riverwood Capital
Alex Chetkowski
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Alex Porto
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Anant Goel
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Brian Rudick
Managing Director of Research at GSR
Caitlin Mitchell
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Chris Varelas
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Emily Rohrbach
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Eric Ma
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shant Sood?
- Shant Sood co-heads Riverwood Growth Credit, a strategy providing structured debt financing to high-growth technology companies. He has worked across credit investing for about two decades, previously co-founding and leading Sanctum Capital, serving as a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, and working as an M&A banker at J.P. Morgan and on the investment team at Comdisco Ventures. He holds a BA from Cornell University (with a year at Oxford) and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Where does Shant Sood work?
- Shant Sood is Co-Head of Riverwood Growth Credit at Riverwood Capital.
- What does Shant Sood invest in?
- Shant Sood invests in Enterprise Software.
- Where did Shant Sood go to school?
- Shant Sood studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Finance); Cornell University (BA, Magna cum Laude); University of Oxford (Economics, Finance).
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Shared employers
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