# Gavin Turner

> Gavin Turner is a private equity investor at Mainsail Partners backing Software. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Mainsail Partners
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Gavin Turner is a founder of Mainsail Partners. In addition to leading new investments and co-managing the firm, Gavin is an active board member for Mainsail’s portfolio companies and advisor to Mainsail’s CEOs. Gavin leverages his background as an entrepreneur and former senior executive to help Mainsail’s management teams build great companies.Prior to founding Mainsail Partners, Gavin was a Vice President responsible for west coast media and communications investments at Summit Partners, a leading global private equity and venture firm. During his seven years at Summit Partners, Gavin completed 14 investments totaling over $200 million in capital. Gavin previously held a senior management position at Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (an investment he sourced and completed while at Summit that was ultimately acquired by RF Micro Devices for $900 million).In 2010, Gavin teamed with Jason Payne and John Griscavage (CEO of Professional Healthcare) to start the Madrone Foundation, a private foundation with the goal of assisting the financially challenged to pay for healthcare and education expenses. Gavin received an A.B. in Economics, with Honors, from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $74M–$74M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Marketing | 1 | 17% |
| Advertising | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skimmer | Skimmer provides a pool service software platform that makes running a pool business easier. It runs the business in a modern manner, abandoning the old paper-based system. The company was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $74M | Private Equity | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| Rentvine | RentVine is a free software to help landlords advertise rentals, screen tenants, create leases, collect payments, and more. RentVine is a classified listing site specializing in home rentals (houses, duplexes, lofts, condos, townhomes, and apartments). | $74M | Private Equity | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| StageGlass | Building 3D products for Single-Family Home Builders and Interior Designers. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Mar 20, 2021 |  |
| SourceScrub | SourceScrub provides research and information management systems that incorporates thousands of online sources from trade show exhibitor lists to industry buyers' guides. SourceScrub is working 24/7 to ensure we offer accurate and current data for prospecting investment opportunities. Our sourcing data and prospecting tools promise tosave time and increase deal flow. |  | Private Equity | Nov 06, 2019 |  |
| ResMan | ResMan® provides innovative technology solutions to the property management industry by making property investments and operations more profitable and easier to manage. Our enterprise class platform is garnering enthusiasm and advocacy from a new generation of multi-family leaders who aim to deliver consistent NOI improvement and breathtakingresident experiences in an easier and friendlier way than ever before. The industry is falling in love with our software. Visit myresman.com to learn why. | $36M |  | Oct 25, 2017 |  |
| Novus Biologicals | The mission of Novus Biologicals, LLC is to accelerate scientific discovery by developing and marketing unique products for the lifesciences. Novus Biologicals is also organized to provide the biological research community with a mechanism for commercializing unique biological materials. We also focus on continually monitoring scientific trends andsupply materials to serve these trends. By making these products widely available to institutional and commercial researchers, Novus Biologicals plays an important role in furthering biological research. All of Novus Biologicals products are supplied with detailed technical information and ongoing support. By serving both niche and emerging markets, Novus Biologicals has built solid partnerships with our customers. |  |  |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hanover Technology Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanover-technology-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wasatch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wasatch-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mainsail Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Mainsail Partners is a private equity firm that invests exclusively in profitable, growing companies in the United States and Canada. The firm works in partnership with management to build our portfolio companies into market leaders. Drawing on our network and expertise in operations, strategy, and finance, Mainsail represents a uniquely attractivepartner to help shareholders and management teams build value in their businesses.

5 contacts available at Mainsail Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Frankel | Partner | — |
| Katherine Kanoff | Vice President, Principal | — |
| Michael J. Anderson | Partner | — |
| Taylor McKinley | Partner | — |
| Christopher Payne | Co-founder & Senior Advisor | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Gavin Turner invest in?

Gavin Turner invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Gavin Turner invest in?

Gavin Turner typically joins rounds of $74M–$74M at Private Equity. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Gavin Turner's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Gavin Turner took part in.

### How do I contact Gavin Turner?

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### When did Gavin Turner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gavin Turner closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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