Christopher E. Cavanagh
General Partner @ Guidepost Growth Equity
Boston, United States
Christopher E. Cavanagh is a Series A investor at Guidepost Growth Equity in Boston focused on Pet and Software. Chris is responsible for originating and evaluating investment opportunities in the software, IT security, technology-enabled services, and education sectors.Prior to joining Great Hill Partners, Chris worked at Citigroup Global Markets as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Consumer Group, where he focused on a variety of transactionsincluding M&A and debt and equity financings.Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Christopher E. Cavanagh invests in
Stages Christopher E. Cavanagh invests in
Countries Christopher E. Cavanagh invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Pet 2 (50%)
- Software 2 (50%)
- Market Research 2 (50%)
- GPS 1 (25%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Series C 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 2 (50%)
- Austria 1 (25%)
- Germany 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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PetScreening
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PetScreening is a platform designed for property owners and housing providers to effectively manage pet policies and streamline the processes related to assistance animals. PetScreening offers a secure, simple location for residents to store and share important information about their pets, enhancing the diligence required by landlords.PetScreening enables tenants to create detailed profiles for their pets, including vaccination records, behavioral history, and photos. This centralized information aids property managers in making informed decisions regarding pet policies. | $80M / Series B / Mar 06, 2025 | |
Dscout
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Dscout is a remote experience research technology platform that provides organizations with the technology tools and services to select participants, field a multitude of moderated and unmoderated methodologies, accelerate analysis, and create impactful, media-rich research deliverables. Its customers use its innovative web-based analysis platformto derive tremendous customer insight—and tell customers’ stories using videos, photos, and quantitative data.Headquartered in Chicago, Dscout serves global users in social media, technology, consulting, advertising, financial services, consumer products, and healthcare industries. | $70M / Series C / Mar 15, 2022 | |
Atheneum
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Atheneum is a B2B Research Technology connecting investment funds, consulting firms, and corporations with the world’s experts. Through its proprietary machine-learning software and cloud-based insights platform, "Athena One", Atheneum provides rapid responses and on-demand access to global intelligence for understanding cutting edgeindustry trends and the critical in-depth market information needed to drive business expansion, operational excellence, and product innovation. Founded in 2010 in Berlin, Germany, Atheneum's founding management team, Mathias Wengeler, Ammad Ahmad, and Marta Margolis, have spearheaded its global growth across 11 offices including London, Munich, and Shanghai, with U.S. headquarters in New York. | $150M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 26, 2021 | |
Tractive
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Tractive is global market leader in GPS Tracking, Activity & Health Monitoring for cats and dogs. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pasching, Austria. | $35M / Series A / May 26, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Guidepost Growth Equity
Guidepost Growth Equity is an equity firm partnering with growth stage technology companies. They invest in large technology markets including tech-enabled services, infrastructure software and services, and application software and data services.
Guidepost Growth Equity Contacts
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Christopher E. Cavanagh
General Partner
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Eugene Nogi
General Partner
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Reginald Seawright
Vice President, Private Equity
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Roshen Menon
General Partner
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Russ Pyle
General Partner
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What does Christopher E. Cavanagh invest in?
Christopher E. Cavanagh invests primarily in Pet, Software and Market Research startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 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 Christopher E. Cavanagh last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christopher E. Cavanagh closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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