# Mark McGovern

> Mark McGovern is a Series A investor at Sands Capital Ventures backing SaaS and Cloud Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sands Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sands-capital-ventures)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmc7

Mark McGovern is a Series A investor at Sands Capital Ventures in Washington focused on SaaS and Cloud Security. Mark McGovern is the Venture Partner at Sands Capital. Mark McGovern attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Network Security | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LimaCharlie | Security Infrastructure as a Service (SIaaS).LimaCharlie abstracts away the hard parts of information security and delivers them on-demand (or à la carte) at scale in a manner similar to any major cloud provider drastically reducing costs and effort. We supply all the tools to run an MSSP or SOC as well as providing API’s that allow users tobuild and monetize their own products. | $10.2M | Series A | Feb 08, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CoFound Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cofound-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Long Journey Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-journey-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lytical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lytical-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Myriad Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/myriad-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StoneMill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stonemill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Strategic Cyber Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strategiccyberventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal 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 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark McGovern invest in?

Mark McGovern invests primarily in SaaS, Cloud Security and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Mark McGovern last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark McGovern closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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