Sands Capital

Founded in 1992, Sands Capital is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm based in Arlington, Virginia. It specializes in fundamental, bottom-up research to identify high-quality growth businesses globally, from early-stage private companies to leading public entities across various sectors.

Ian Barnes

Managing Director

Matthew Buckley

Senior Research Associate

Brian Christiansen

Executive Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst

Christopher Eng

Principal

Scott Frederick

Managing Director

Kumar Gautam

Partner

Michael Ginder

Partner

Michael Graninger

Managing Partner

Michael Graninger

Partner

Nicholas Graziano

Principal, Portfolio Services

David Levanson

Senior Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst and Executive Managing Director

Barron Martin Jr.

Managing Partner

Barron Martin

Research Analyst

Annie McCormick

Director, Client Service

Mark McGovern

Venture Partner

Dana McNamara

Executive Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer

Jake Merrill

Principal

Gene Riechers

Venture Partner

Frank M. Sands, Jr.

CEO, CIO

Marina Serenbetz

Partner

Shreya Singh

Associate

Erin Soule

Managing Director and Head of Private Markets Finance and Operations

Michael Sramek

Managing Director, Research Analyst and Senior Portfolio Manager

Christy Steele

Principal

Past deals in Series G

Snyk

Series G in 2022
Snyk Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enhances application security. It focuses on identifying, rectifying, and monitoring known vulnerabilities across critical components of modern applications, including code, open-source libraries, containers, and infrastructure as code. Snyk's offerings, such as Snyk Code (static application security testing), container vulnerability management, and application security management, integrate seamlessly with developers' workflows, improving security posture, productivity, and collaboration. With over 1,200 global customers, including industry leaders like Google and Salesforce, Snyk is recognized for its developer-first approach and strategic partnerships.

Nubank

Series G in 2021
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Outreach

Series G in 2021
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

DoorDash

Series G in 2019
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.

MuleSoft

Series G in 2015
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.
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