# Metropolitan Partners

> Metropolitan Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Fund size: $400M
- Last fund: Sep 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metpg/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MetPartners
- Website: http://www.metpg.com

Metropolitan Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Metropolitan Partners provides expansion capital to growing private companies via collateralized loan structures. It is primarily focused on investing in small and middle market credit opportunities and special situations, investing in businesses across a range of industries.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 36% |
| SaaS | 3 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 21% |
| Information Services | 2 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 36% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 21% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 21% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Lisiak | Founder, Managing Partner & CIO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-lisiak |
| Richard Lin | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-lin-7302 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Propy | Propy is an end-to-end real estate transaction management platform that facilitates real estate transactions online. Propy's mission is to facilitate the conversion of real estate to an accessible investment platform open to anyone in their world. To make that happen we’ve created Propy - a real estate listing platform, a transactionplatform, and a decentralized registry, that when using in combination, serves to eliminate fraud and facilitate considerably faster real estate transactions.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $100M | Debt Financing | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| Presto | Presto overlays next-gen digital solutions onto the physical world. Presto’s enterprise-grade voice, vision, and touch technologies help hospitality businesses thrive while delighting guests. With over 250,000 systems shipped, Presto is one of the largest labor automation technology providers in the industry. Founded at M.I.T. in 2008, Presto isheadquartered in Silicon Valley, Calif. with customers including many of the top 20 restaurant chains in the U.S. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| ITPartners+ | ITPartners plus provides managed and co-managed IT services focused on day-to-day technology operations. Its offerings include IT support, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, cloud services, and compliance assistance, helping organizations maintain reliable systems, address technical issues, and support internal IT teams efficiently. | $30M | Debt Financing | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Presto | Presto overlays next-gen digital solutions onto the physical world. Presto’s enterprise-grade voice, vision, and touch technologies help hospitality businesses thrive while delighting guests. With over 250,000 systems shipped, Presto is one of the largest labor automation technology providers in the industry. Founded at M.I.T. in 2008, Presto isheadquartered in Silicon Valley, Calif. with customers including many of the top 20 restaurant chains in the U.S. | $18M |  | Jan 16, 2025 |  |
| Sourcepass | Sourcepass engages in digitizing the way small and mid-sized businesses access innovative IT solutions by making strategic acquisitions in the IT Managed Services space. Sourcepass is committed to eliminating the challenges that SMBs face worldwide, allowing them to focus on their core business. Sourcepass manages cloud and security monitoring, aswell as productivity and digital transformation. | $65M | Private Equity | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Amplified Music Rights | AMR Songs is a music library rights acquisition service. | $100M |  | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Amplified Music Rights | AMR Songs is a music library rights acquisition service. | $100M | Private Equity | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Darwin CX | Darwin CX is a software-as-a-service platform that is designed to supercharge acquisition and retention through both customer intelligence management and the strategic use of artificial intelligence. | $38.4M |  | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Darwin CX | Darwin CX is a software-as-a-service platform that is designed to supercharge acquisition and retention through both customer intelligence management and the strategic use of artificial intelligence. | $38.4M | Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Sourcepass | Sourcepass engages in digitizing the way small and mid-sized businesses access innovative IT solutions by making strategic acquisitions in the IT Managed Services space. Sourcepass is committed to eliminating the challenges that SMBs face worldwide, allowing them to focus on their core business. Sourcepass manages cloud and security monitoring, aswell as productivity and digital transformation. | $70M |  | Mar 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bardin Hill](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bardin-hill) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Link Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/link-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pinnacle Financial Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinnacle-financial-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Regions Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regions-financial) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [REMUS Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/remus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Ascent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-opentext-enterprise-apps-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Metropolitan Partners invest in?

Metropolitan Partners invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Metropolitan Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Metropolitan Partners?

The team at Metropolitan Partners includes Paul Lisiak (Founder, Managing Partner & CIO) and Richard Lin (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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