# Brent Knudsen

> Brent Knudsen is a Series A investor at Partnership Capital Growth Investors backing Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Partnership Capital Growth Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partnership-capital-growth)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brent-knudsen/2/678/a12

Brent Knudsen is a Series A investor at Partnership Capital Growth Investors in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Retail and Sports. Brent Knudsen is Managing Partner and founder of Partnership Capital Growth. Prior to founding Partnership Capital Growth in 2006, Brent was one of the original partners at North Castle Partners, a leading private equity firm targeting investments in healthy living. Prior to joining North Castle in 1997, Brent invested in and ran a number of growthcompanies in the healthy living arena including GolfWeb (sold to CBS Sportsline), Full Force (sold to Specialized Bicycles) and Newport Surf Company (sold to Pacific Eyes & T’s). From 1985 to 1994, Brent served as the original Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Price Club and held the same position at Costco Wholesale immediately prior to, during, and after the merger of the two companies. During his tenure, the company grew from a small San Diego retailer to an international business with over $20B in revenue (over $100B today). From 1983 to 1985, Brent was a management consultant with Bain & Company, where he focused primarily on health care.Brent attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah where he graduated magna cum laude with BA and BS degrees in 1980. He later attended Harvard and Georgetown Law Schools where he received a JD degree in 1983. He serves as a visiting lecturer at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Chairman of the BYU Management Society Advisory Board, is an investment advisor for Telluride Venture Accelerator and serves as a lay leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Chemical | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RPM Training | RPM Training Co., founded in 2012, is an active lifestyle brand focused on the intersection of training and action sports. Built largely on the success of their premium functional fitness gear, RPM also features a full line of lifestyle apparel, activewear, and functional swimwear, made by hand at their headquarters in Northern California. Theirtagline "Grounded by Purpose" is a nod to the core ethos of RPM: Legit, purposeful, functional training is the best foundation for a truly full and adventurous life. |  | Series A | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Axcend | Axcend specializes in providing compact capillary liquid chromatography systems that deliver improvements in portability, ease of operation, rapid and convenient deployment, and coupling to other analytical systems. The Axcend Focus LC emphasizes simplicity and ease of transport while providing HPLC robustness. Dr. Milton L. Lee, a renownedexpert in LC design and operation, developed the Axcend Focus LC at Brigham Young University with his research team. |  | Series A | May 06, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cambridge Companies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-companies-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FITLAB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fitlab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KC/LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kc-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Partnership Capital Growth Investors

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

PCGI invests in consumer products, services, and technology companies that promote healthier living, with a 20-year history of successful investing in some of the best-known brands in the industry. PCGI's mission is to deliver economic and social returns for its portfolio companies and investors through its partnership-capital-growth or valuebuilt on values approach.

5 contacts available at Partnership Capital Growth Investors.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brent Knudsen | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brent-knudsen |
| Jason Winship | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-winship |
| Webb Knudsen | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/webb-knudsen |
| Hiren Modi | Fund Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiren-modi |
| Vern Christensen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vern-christensen |

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## FAQ

### What does Brent Knudsen invest in?

Brent Knudsen invests primarily in Retail, Sports and Chemical startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brent Knudsen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brent Knudsen closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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