# Brian Gaister

> Brian Gaister is a startup investor at SaaS Ventures (Bethesda). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2)
- Location: Bethesda, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-gaister-cpwa-cima-8999a418/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/gaister_brian?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/gaister_brian?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5719228

Brian Gaister is a startup investor at SaaS Ventures in Bethesda. Brian Gaister is based out of Miami, Florida and is the Co-Founder and Partner of SaaS Ventures and also Co-Founder and CEO of Pennington Partners & Co. Brian previously worked at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers as a Vice President/SVP. Brian Gaister attended the University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business. Brian is aCertified Investment Management Analyst.

## About SaaS Ventures

VC Fund · Washington, United States

We are enterprise software experts. We look to co-invest with strong leads, bringing our network of coinvestors and next round investors as well as enterprise software expertise to add value. We see ourselves as partners who can fill out a round quickly and be a positive influence, and non-competitive as we don't lead or take significantstakes in our portfolio companies. We generally write a small check into rounds of $750k-$3M that are mostly full, being low pain-in-the-ass to entrepreneurs compared to relatively high value add. Having been entrepreneurs, we know that's the most important part.While we'll invest anywhere in the US, we love "second tier markets" that can still support major exits but attract relatively less venture funding: Chicago, Toronto, DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, etc etc!

5 contacts available at SaaS Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Gaister | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-gaister |
| Collin Gutman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collin-gutman |
| Jesse Bloom | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesse-bloom-aa5a |
| Rodd Macklin | Venture Partner, General Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodd-macklin |
| Seth Shuldiner | Co-founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seth-shuldiner |

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