MSD Partners
VC Fund
New York, United States
MSD Partners is a firm that seeks to make investments that consistently generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term. They help clients sustain and grow their businesses, manage their legacies, and create social impact.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries MSD Partners invests in
Stages MSD Partners invests in
Countries MSD Partners invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 7 (25%)
- Software 5 (18%)
- Biotechnology 4 (14%)
- Health Care 3 (11%)
- Therapeutics 3 (11%)
Stage
- Series D 4 (14%)
- Post-IPO Equity 4 (14%)
- Series E 3 (11%)
- Series B 2 (7%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 21 (75%)
- Israel 2 (7%)
- Bermuda 1 (4%)
- Cayman Islands 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Glenn Fuhrman
Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner
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Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Chelsea Avondale is an investor base to acquire property and casualty insurance companies and introduce sophisticated pricing methodologies and advanced systems to deliver exceptional risk-adjusted returns. They believe that community-based insurers serve their policyholders and outperform the industry as a whole. | Series C / May 23, 2023 | ||
| Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the Internet. Stripe is a platform for commercial finance infrastructure. Stripe is used by millions of businesses, ranging from the biggest corporations in the world to the most ambitious startups, to take payments, increase revenue, and open up new business prospects. | $6.5B / Series I / Mar 15, 2023 | ||
| Forward Networks delivers an innovative platform that provides network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling. Designed to help network teams eliminate costly network outages, the Forward Networks platform enables engineers and operators to easily visualize and search complex networks, quickly debug problems, verify network-widepolicy correctness, and predict network behavior prior to making changes to production equipment — for legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments. Fortune 100 financial institutions, telcos, and IT service providers use Forward Networks to de-risk business operations and drive operational efficiency. Founded by a team of PhDs who helped pioneer SDN at Stanford, Forward Networks is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, and funded by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, A Capital, and several luminaries in the networking and systems space. | $50M / Series D / Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| SiMa.ai™ is a machine learning company transforming the embedded edge market through high-performance compute at the lowest power. Initially focused on computer vision applications, the company’s software-first approach simplifies ML integration and supports the broadest set of capabilities through a purpose-built MLSoC™ platform, enabling rapidadoption and creating the best of ease-of-use experience. SiMa.ai is led by technologists and business veterans and backed by a set of top investors committed to helping customers scale machine learning at the edge. | $37M / Series B / Oct 26, 2022 | ||
| Verkada builds modern security solutions that help enterprises run safer, smarter buildings. Our mission: Modernize the world of enterprise building security.Verkada’s enterprise security solution combines easy to install security cameras, environmental sensors, alarms and access control with intelligent, cloud-based software—all in a scalable,user-friendly system. More than 7800 organizations, including 40 Fortune 500 companies, use Verkada to protect people and assets, secure facilities, and gain new insights that improve the efficiency of their operations. Verkada’s vision is to be the operating system that runs every building in the world.The company was founded by computer scientists and security experts from Stanford University, and Hans Robertson, the former co-founder and COO of Cisco Meraki. Verkada is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in London and Sydney. | $205M / Series D / Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Guesty is a property management platform that provides end-to-end property management software for short-term rentals. The Guesty platform provides property managers and management companies with an end-to-end solution to simplify the complex operational needs of short-term rentals. With Guesty, users across the globe can seamlessly manage listingsfrom multiple online travel agencies including Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and more, by utilizing the company’s advanced tools which include: Channel Manager, Unified Inbox, Multi-Calendar, Mobile Management App, Automation Tools, 24/7 Guest Communication Services, Payment Processing, Owners Portal and more. | $170M / Series E / Aug 16, 2022 | ||
| Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.The platform arranges goods to be transported and tracks the inventory in real-time in orders carried by ocean, air, and road freight, enabling logistics companies to optimize transportation routes andinventory management. It is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. Its team of logistics experts lets focus on core business by ensuring goods arrive at fulfillment/distribution centers on time and at the lowest cost. Flexport's mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology.The company was founded in 2013 by Ryan Petersen and is based in San Francisco, California. | $935M / Series E / Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| 6sense reinvents the way organizations create, manage, and convert pipelines to revenue. 6sense Revenue AI captures anonymous buying signals, targets the right accounts, and recommends the channels and messages to boost revenue performance. Removing guesswork, friction, and wasted sales effort, 6sense empowers sales, marketing, and customer successteams to significantly improve pipeline quality, accelerate sales velocity, increase conversion rates, and grow revenue predictably. | $200M / Series E / Jan 20, 2022 | ||
| East West is a design services and global contract manufacturing partner for original equipment manufacturers and distributors throughout the United States and Europe. With operations in Vietnam, China and India, the Company utilizes transparent supply chain, on-site quality control and logistics systems to provide its customers with superiorproducts and competitive cost advantages. | $76.9M / Private Equity / Jan 07, 2022 | ||
| iCapital Network is an online platform that unlatches the world of private equity, enabling institutions and qualified investors. It is a financial services company that features a financial technology platform that provides modular alternative investment solutions for registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices,and other sophisticated investors. The company connects advisors and their high net worth investors in leading alternative investment managers through best-in-class user experience.The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 23, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does MSD Partners invest in?
MSD Partners invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series D and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at MSD Partners?
The team at MSD Partners includes Glenn Fuhrman (Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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