# Frank M. Sands, Jr. > Frank M. Sands, Jr. is a Series A investor at Sands Capital Ventures backing FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Sands Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sands-capital-ventures) - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Jul 2025 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 Frank M. Sands, Jr. is a Series A investor at Sands Capital Ventures focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Frank is a founder of Sands Capital Ventures and CEO & CIO of Sands Capital Management. Frank joined Sands Capital Management in 2000 as a Managing Director & Director of Research, Sr.Portfolio Manager. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | FinTech | 2 | 50% | | Financial Services | 2 | 50% | | Credit | 1 | 25% | | Finance | 1 | 25% | | Compliance | 1 | 25% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 1 | 25% | | Series E | 1 | 25% | | Private Equity | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ramp | Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments. The company provides an integrated platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, accounts payable automation, procurement, travel booking, reimbursements, treasury services, and accountingautomation. Its software is designed to help organizations manage business spending, streamline financial workflows, and centralize finance operations within a single system. The platform enables businesses to issue and manage corporate cards, process vendor payments, track expenses, handle employee reimbursements, and automate accounting processes. It also incorporates artificial intelligence capabilities that assist with receipt matching, transaction categorization, policy enforcement, approval workflows, and financial reporting. These features are intended to reduce manual administrative work and improve visibility into organizational spending. | $500M | Series E | Jul 30, 2025 | | | Ramp | Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments. The company provides an integrated platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, accounts payable automation, procurement, travel booking, reimbursements, treasury services, and accountingautomation. Its software is designed to help organizations manage business spending, streamline financial workflows, and centralize finance operations within a single system. The platform enables businesses to issue and manage corporate cards, process vendor payments, track expenses, handle employee reimbursements, and automate accounting processes. It also incorporates artificial intelligence capabilities that assist with receipt matching, transaction categorization, policy enforcement, approval workflows, and financial reporting. These features are intended to reduce manual administrative work and improve visibility into organizational spending. | $200M | Series E | Jun 14, 2025 | | | G-P/Globalization Partners | Globalization Partners’ Global Expansion Platform™ enables you to hire in more than 150 countries within days, and without the need to set up costly foreign subsidiaries. You identify great talent anywhere in the world, and we put them on our fully compliant global payroll - lifting the burden of global corporate tax, legal, and HR matters fromyour shoulders to ours. Whether it’s to test a new market or expand your talent pool, Globalization Partners is the most trustworthy solution in the market. We have dual U.S. headquarters to serve you in Boston and San Diego, and regional hub offices located worldwide in Germany, the UAE, India, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, and the UK. Globalization Partners is also the only global employer of record that is Privacy Shield certified for HR Data. To find out more, please visit https://www.globalization-partners.com. | $150M | Private Equity | Feb 04, 2020 | | | Upgrade | Upgrade is a neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers through cards and personal loans, together with free credit monitoring and education tools that help consumers understand and manage their finances. Upgrade Card provides an innovative credit card that brings the low cost and responsible credit of installment lending to millions ofretail locations in the U.S., while Upgrade Account is a mobile banking product offered to mainstream consumers. | $60M | Series A | Mar 13, 2017 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [Lux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lux-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Sands Capital Ventures VC Fund · Arlington, United States Sands Capital is an active, long-term investor in innovative growth businesses. The approach combines rigorous fundamental analysis with inspired thinking to seek out businesses that are creating the future. They operate through two affiliates: Sands Capital Management, which focuses on investing in companies in the public market, and Sands CapitalVentures, which focuses on investing in companies in the private market. By enabling clients to participate in the growth of these businesses, its mission is to add value and enhance their wealth with prudence over time. 5 contacts available at Sands Capital Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Barron B. Martin, Jr. | Sr. Research Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barron-b-martin-jr | | Christopher Eng | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-eng | | Frank M. Sands, Jr. | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-sands | | Mark McGovern | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-mcgovern | | Michael J. Ginder | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-j-ginder | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Frank M. Sands, Jr. invest in? Frank M. Sands, Jr. invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Credit startups, most often at Series A and Series E 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 Frank M. Sands, Jr. last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Frank M. Sands, Jr. closed in Jul 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. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co