Baird Capital
VC Fund
Milwaukee, United States
Baird Capital is a VC fund in Milwaukee focused on Health Care and Software. Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically-targeted sectors around the world.The company values its creators who identify exceptional opportunities and partners with senior industry executives to build world-class companies. Its in-depth sector knowledge, deep relationships withentrepreneurial management teams, and global network of 60 investment and operating professionals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia help ensure that the company consistently drives value in its portfolio companies.Baird Capital was founded on January 1, 1919 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
- Total investments:
- 172
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Baird Capital invests in
Stages Baird Capital invests in
Countries Baird Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 36 (21%)
- Software 25 (15%)
- Medical 20 (12%)
- Biotechnology 19 (11%)
- Information Technology 18 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 43 (25%)
- Series C 33 (19%)
- Series A 24 (14%)
- Funding Round 21 (12%)
- Private Equity 13 (8%)
Country
- United States 85 (49%)
- United Kingdom 12 (7%)
- China 6 (3%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- Taiwan 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ferguson
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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Andy Tse
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Benedict Rocchio
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 42 | Find email | |
Daina Spedding
Director in the Global Private Equity
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Director in the Global Private Equity | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
David Barrass
Operating Partner
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Operating Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 21 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Rapid Energy
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Rapid Energy is a manufacturer and supplier of boilers, chillers, and air conditioning equipment for the industry sector. | Private Equity / Feb 10, 2026 | |
EvoluteIQ
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Absolute Automation | $53M / Private Equity / Sep 17, 2025 | |
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EvoluteIQ
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Absolute Automation | $53M / Private Equity / Sep 17, 2025 | |
Newmarket Strategy
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Newmarket Strategy provides strategic advice and technical support for healthcare, life sciences, and health tech sectors. | Private Equity / Jan 08, 2025 | |
BlackCloak
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BlackCloak's Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform protects C-Suite Executives and High-Net-Worth Individuals from hacking, privacy, financial, and reputational risks. BlackCloak protects its clients in their personal lives, as opposed to corporate devices, monitoring the executive/high-profile person and their family. Oursolution protects (1) their privacy, (2) their devices, (3) their home, and (4) their peace of mind with bespoke solutions for this specific audience. | $17M / Series B / Sep 17, 2024 | |
ModelOp
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ModelOp is the leading AI Governance software for enterprises and helps safeguard all AI initiatives — including generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), in-house, third-party, and embedded systems — without stifling innovation. | $10M / Series B / Aug 19, 2024 | |
Virtual Incision
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Virtual Incision is reimagining robotic support for minimally invasive (MIS) procedures with simple innovations offering mobility, flexibility, and accessibility to provide MIS options to more patients. It has develops the MIRA® (Miniaturized In vivo Robotic Assistant) Platform, a first-of-its-kind miniaturized surgical robotic support device,focusing first on colon resection, with follow-on specialty robots for additional potential applications. | $30M / Series C / Sep 19, 2023 | |
Osano
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Osano is an easy-to-use data privacy platform that helps businesses to become compliant with laws such as GDPR and CCPA. | $25M / Series B / Aug 10, 2023 | |
The Pittsburgh Promise
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The Pittsburgh Promise strives to strengthen the region, inspire systemic change, and transform lives. | Grant / Jun 27, 2023 | |
Parallax
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With the help of Parallax, digital services firms are able to increase margins, boost revenue, and achieve measured growth by utilizing predictive resourcing and active forecasting. The goal of Parallax is to empower growth-oriented providers of digital services to confidently make strategic decisions. Parallax reduces the emotion, uncertainty, andfriction brought on by in-house tools and monolithic platforms that hold crucial data and choices in silos by providing teams with a curated perspective and an integrated toolset.Parallax was established on January 1, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | $12M / Series B / Jun 08, 2023 | |
| See all 172 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Pritzker Group Venture Capital
10 deals together
Arboretum Ventures
9 deals together
Beringea
7 deals together
Jump Capital
7 deals together
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
7 deals together
Adams Street Partners
6 deals together
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What does Baird Capital invest in?
Baird Capital invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Medical startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 172 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Baird Capital includes Andrew Ferguson (Partner), Andy Tse (Partner) and Benedict Rocchio (Partner), among 21 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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