# Tailwind Capital

> Tailwind Capital is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Health Care. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last fund: Sep 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailwind-capital/
- Website: http://www.tailwind.com

Tailwind Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on Information Technology and Health Care. Tailwind focuses on growing middle market companies in the healthcare, business services, and media/communications sectors. They are actively investing their $775 million fund.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Tailwind Capital. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Tailwind Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/tailwind-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 9 | 21% |
| Health Care | 8 | 19% |
| Consulting | 5 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 10% |
| Energy | 3 | 7% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 19 | 45% |
| Private Equity | 15 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 38 | 90% |
| India | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Dressel | Operating Executive of Infrastructure Services | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-dressel-d071 |
| Eash Sundaram | Operating Executive | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eash-sundaram |
| Andrew Mayer | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mayer |
| Douglas Karp | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-karp |
| Geoffrey Raker | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffrey-s-raker |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axis Portable Air | Axis Portable Air is an equipment rental company solely focused on portable air conditioning, heating, and air movement equipment. It is hyper-focused on its customers, live and breathe service, and are striving to build the industry’s fastest growing and most respected climate control organization. |  | Secondary Market | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Valor Fleet Services | Valor Fleet Services is a towing and road side service provider, which offers equipment transportation, accident recovery and others. |  | Private Equity | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Valor Fleet Services | Valor Fleet Services is a towing and road side service provider, which offers equipment transportation, accident recovery and others. |  | Private Equity | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| DMD Systems | DMD Systems provides secure IT asset disposal services. They provide exceptional value, quality and protection to their customers. They are proud members of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) and ensure that their data destruction process adheres to the NIST 800-88 guidelines. In order to minimize the social andenvironmental impacts of electronic waste recycling, they have become certified for R2, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001. Through a network of TSA-compliant logistics partners, they are able to remove IT-related equipment from any office, warehouse, or data center environment in the country. |  | Private Equity | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| DMD Systems | DMD Systems provides secure IT asset disposal services. They provide exceptional value, quality and protection to their customers. They are proud members of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) and ensure that their data destruction process adheres to the NIST 800-88 guidelines. In order to minimize the social andenvironmental impacts of electronic waste recycling, they have become certified for R2, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001. Through a network of TSA-compliant logistics partners, they are able to remove IT-related equipment from any office, warehouse, or data center environment in the country. |  | Private Equity | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Cloud for Good | Cloud for Good is a certified B Corporation and a Premium Salesforce.Org Partner specializing in donor management, case management, and marketing automation implementations for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions. With over 1,500 nonprofit implementations completed, Cloud for Good helps clients create transformational valuewith technology. Providing nonprofits with the opportunity to focus on their mission is what drives the team at Cloud for Good. |  | Private Equity | Mar 26, 2025 |  |
| GrayMatter Systems | GrayMatter is a technology and consulting company headquartered in Pittsburgh, committed to transforming operations and empowering people in critical infrastructure environments. Winner of Inc.’s Best Places to Work and Fastest Growing Companies for the past two years, GrayMatter is rapidly expanding as GE’s number one software partner. |  | Private Equity | May 02, 2024 |  |
| STAGE | STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment. | $4.8M | Series A | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Axis Portable Air | Axis Portable Air is an equipment rental company solely focused on portable air conditioning, heating, and air movement equipment. It is hyper-focused on its customers, live and breathe service, and are striving to build the industry’s fastest growing and most respected climate control organization. |  | Private Equity | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| RWA Holding Company | RANDYS is a North American automotive aftermarket provider of highly engineered components under the Yukon and USA Standard brands. The Company’s main product categories include differentials, ring & pinion and axle products that are generally used to improve the towing and/or traction performance of a vehicle. The Company sells over 6,000skus with industry leading delivery times to a diverse base of over 20,000 installers, distributors and retailers serving the repair, off-road and performance segments. |  | Private Equity | May 07, 2019 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Neuberger Berman](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neuberger-berman-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ac-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelList India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Brentwood Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brentwood-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMEA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmea-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tailwind Capital invest in?

Tailwind Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Health Care and Consulting startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 42 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 Tailwind Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Tailwind Capital?

The team at Tailwind Capital includes Bruce Dressel (Operating Executive of Infrastructure Services), Eash Sundaram (Operating Executive) and Andrew Mayer (Partner), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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