# Christopher Gaffney

> Christopher Gaffney is a Series C investor at Great Hill Partners (Boston) backing SaaS and B2B. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Great Hill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-hill-partners)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgaffney

Christopher Gaffney is a Series C investor at Great Hill Partners in Boston focused on SaaS and B2B. Christopher S. Gaffney is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and is the Co-founder, Managing Director of Great Hill Partners. Christopher previously worked at Gizmodo Media Group as a Member Board Of Directors. Christopher S. Gaffney attended the Boston College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Shipping | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 50% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Totango | Totango is an expert in customer-led growth: the practice of putting your customers at the center of your go-to-market strategy, because they are your most reliable source of growth. Totango’s Customer Revenue Optimization suite was built to help large and fast-growing businesses thrive. The powerful suite brings together three products, eachdesigned to deliver exceptional results, and united by an integrated customer data platform.The Totango Customer Success Platform leverages automated workflows and engagement features to help customers achieve their desired outcomes and drive long-term growth. Unison, the AI-powered Customer Intelligence Engine works independently, or alongside any customer success platforms. It allows businesses to more effectively predict customer risk and proactively reduce churn before it becomes an issue.Catalyst is the dedicated tool for revenue teams, streamlining growth operations by enabling seamless expansion.Leading customer success teams around the world — including SAP, Github, Schneider Electric, Dynatrace, Drata, and Aircall — use Totango products to access actionable insights and empower teams to fuel customer-led growth.Totango, a pioneer and leader in customer success software since 2010, merged with Catalyst Software in February 2024. The combined organization formed a CS powerhouse, which continues to grow through innovation and acquisition of AI and customer revenue operations technology and talent to help CS and revenue organizations retain and grow their customer base.Totango is a remote organization with employees operating in 25 U.S. States, 6 countries, and has two offices in NYC and Tel Aviv. | $100M | Series D | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| Terminus | Founded in 2014, Terminus is the industry’s first account-based marketing platform that enables B2B marketers to target companies, engage decision-makers on their terms, and accelerate sales pipeline velocity at scale. Launched in early 2015, Terminus is already proven to better align sales and marketing teams, deploy account-based marketing atscale and increase close rates; and is used by brands including Dun & Bradstreet, SalesLoft, and Influitive. Backed by notable investors in the B2B marketing space, Terminus is headquartered in the Terminus 100 building in Atlanta. | $90M | Series C | Feb 25, 2021 |  |
| Reliam Inc. | Reliam Inc. Provides solutions for the largest internet events and the top interactive media agencies and the most recognized brands.Reliam’s Internet Application Management (IAM) bridges the gap between services currently available from most managed hosting providers and the complete management of each customer’s application. Unlike most managedhosting providers, IAM actually takes ownership of customer applications to adapt to the ever-changing requirements and customization needs of internet applications. | $17M |  | Nov 28, 2017 |  |
| SmartMail Services | SmartMail Services offers high-volume mailers and shippers budget ground and expedited delivery services for Flats, Catalogs Media Mail, Bound Printed Matter, and Parcel packages. With an expansive domestic footprint of 16 processing facilities nationwide, SmartMail Services meets delivery commitments while yielding reductions in both operationalcosts and postage fees for its customers. Value-added services include address verification, ZIP code correction, online tracking and reporting, and selective routing. | $45M | Series C | Sep 20, 2000 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Benhamou Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benhamou-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlanta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlanta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canvas Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canvas-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edison Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hallett Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hallett-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pitango VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitango-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Great Hill Partners

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm with $2.7 billion under management. Great Hill Partners seeks to partner with middle-market companies operating in high growth sectors in the media/communications, Internet, business services, consumer services, financial technology, healthcare technology, software, and transaction processingsectors.

5 contacts available at Great Hill Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atle Skalleberg | Executive in Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atle-skalleberg |
| Cheng Li | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheng-li-2 |
| Christopher Gaffney | Co-founder, Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-s-gaffney |
| Christopher M. Busby | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-m-busby |
| Jack Y. Wang | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-y-wang |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Gaffney invest in?

Christopher Gaffney invests primarily in SaaS, B2B and Shipping startups, most often at Series C and Series D 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 Gaffney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Gaffney closed in Sep 2021. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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