W Capital Partners
VC Fund
New York, United States
W Capital Partners is a private equity fund, based in New York City, that provides exit flexibility for private equity shareholders and growth capital for private companies.The firm offers liquidity solutions for investors looking to monetize minority investments in private equity-backed companies. W Capital works with private equity firms,venture capital firms, financial institutions, corporations, company founders and lenders to structure liquidity transactions that range from $5-$50 million for a single company position to $50-$250 million for a portfolio of company interests. The firm also invests primary capital to support portfolio company growth concurrent with liquidity transactions as well as over the duration of an investment. W Capital invests across three stages of investment: late-stage venture capital, growth equity and buyout. The firm has a diversified approach to portfolio construction with investments across several industry sectors including: business services, consumer / retail, communications, financial services, healthcare, industrial, internet & media and software & services.
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $251M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries W Capital Partners invests in
Stages W Capital Partners invests in
Countries W Capital Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 11 (30%)
- Marketing 6 (16%)
- Information Technology 5 (14%)
- Advertising 4 (11%)
- Manufacturing 4 (11%)
Stage
- Funding Round 9 (24%)
- Series D 6 (16%)
- Series E 6 (16%)
- Private Equity 5 (14%)
- Series F 3 (8%)
Country
- United States 26 (70%)
- Hong Kong 1 (3%)
- Switzerland 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blake Heston
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Chris Howard
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Colleen Keeley
Administration
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Administration | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David S. Wachter
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
John Lambrech
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
impact.com
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impact.com the leading global partnership management platform, has been transforming the way enterprises discover and manage all types of partnerships — including affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more — since its founding in 2008. Their powerful, purpose-built platform helps businesses — brands, publishers, andagencies — to build authentic, enduring, and rewarding relationships with both publishers and consumers. By providing visibility across the entire consumer journey, they are able to aggregate, orchestrate, and optimize the total value of the entire mix of partnerships with ease and transparency — driving growth and creating new value for consumers. To learn more about how impact.com's technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L'Oreal, Fanatics, Levi's and 1-800-Flowers, visit www.impact.com. | $100M / Private Equity / Apr 27, 2022 | |
SentinelOne
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SentinelOne delivers autonomous endpoint protection that prevents, detects, and responds to attacks across all major vectors.The company aims to shape the future of endpoint security with an integrated platform that combines behavioral-based detection, advanced mitigation, and forensics to stop threats in real time. Specializing in attacks thatutilize evasion techniques, SentinelOne is a vendor that offers complete protection against malware, exploit, and insider-based attacks. This led Gartner to recognize SentinelOne as a Visionary in their recent Endpoint Protection Magic Quadrant. SentinelOne is also a next-generation endpoint protection company to be independently certified as a true antivirus replacement for Windows, OS X, and Linux, including certification for both HIPAA and PCI. SentinelOne was formed by an elite team of cybersecurity and defense experts from IBM, Intel, Check Point Software Technologies, Cylance, McAfee, and Palo Alto Networks.SentinelOne was named the seventh fastest-growing company in North America in 2019, the fastest-growing in Silicon Valley, and was the only cybersecurity company recognized in the top 10 of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. SentinelOne was also the only endpoint protection company on the Forbes AI 50 list, recognizing the 50 most promising companies using AI as a core part of its business model and success. | $120M / Series D / Jun 04, 2019 | |
Workfront
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Workfront is a cloud-based Enterprise Work Management solution that helps marketing teams, creative agencies, and other enterprise teams conquer the chaos of excessive email, redundant status meetings, and disconnected tools. Unlike other tools, Workfront Enterprise Work Cloud is a centralized, easy-to-adopt solution for managing and collaboratingon all types of work through the entire work lifecycle, which improves team productivity and executive visibility. Workfront is trusted by thousands of global enterprises, like Cars.com, Cisco Systems, Comcast, iProspect, Schneider Electric, and Trek. To learn more, visit www.workfront.com or follow us on Twitter @Workfront_Inc. | $280M / Secondary Market / Mar 13, 2019 | |
Billtrust
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Billtrust is a provider of cloud-based software and integrated payment processing solutions that simplify and automate B2B commerce. Accounts receivable (AR) is broken and relies on conventional processes that are outdated, inefficient, manual and largely paper-based. Billtrust is at the forefront of the digital transformation of AR, providingmission-critical solutions that span credit decisioning and monitoring, online ordering, invoicing, cash application and collections. Billtrust's solutions integrate with a number of ecosystem players, including financial institutions, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and accounts payable (AP) software platforms, to help customers recognize revenue more quickly and efficiently. Customers use Billtrust's platform to transition from expensive paper invoicing and check acceptance to efficient electronic billing and payments, which accelerates revenue capture, generates cost savings, and provides a better user experience. | $4M / Secondary Market / Jan 01, 2018 | |
Payoneer
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Payoneer is a financial technology company that enables small and medium-sized enterprises to transact and thrive. | Series E / Dec 05, 2017 | |
GroundTruth
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GroundTruth is a global location technology company that drives results with real data. They believe in the power of place. Build your brand, increase sales and more by building off what real people are doing in the real world, mapped using their proprietary Blueprints technology. GroundTruth delivers superior consumer insights by seeing morepeople and places than anyone else, with an unrivaled first-party database of 95 million active monthly users and 17 million active daily users, across 100 million places and points of interest. GroundTruth currently serves 21 countries globally. | $42.5M / Series E / Nov 14, 2016 | |
FreshDirect
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Fresh Direct is a fresh food and grocery delivery service, offering their services primarily to customers in the New York metropolitan area. | $189M / Private Equity / Sep 26, 2016 | |
US-Pan Asia IoT Superhighway
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US-Pan Asia IoT Superhighway helps companies excel in IoT, wearables, and emerging technologies. US-Pan Asia IoT Superhighway bridges the gaps in the startup community and connect dispersed efforts and resources. It began operation in 2016, with its headquarters in Hong Kong. | $4.5M / Angel / Jan 20, 2016 | |
ReadWrite Labs
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ReadWrite Labs is a computer software that helps businesses and companies to grow and serves as a research analyst for the internet of things industry. Its software specializes in digital transformation, mobility, infrastructure, and the internet of things. ReadWrite Labs was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $4.5M / Jan 18, 2016 | |
Ravn Air Group
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Ravn Alaska is a regional airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, that offers scheduled service between Anchorage, Fairbanks, Bethel, Cordova, Homer, Valdez, Kenai, Kodiak and over 100 smaller Alaskan communities. It also offers service for passenger groups and odd-sized cargo up to 6,000 pounds, and is licensed for charters throughout Canadaand the continental United States. | Private Equity / Aug 03, 2015 | |
| See all 37 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does W Capital Partners invest in?
W Capital Partners invests primarily in Software, Marketing and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Series D stage. Most of the 37 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 W Capital Partners?
The team at W Capital Partners includes Blake Heston (Partner), Chris Howard (Associate) and Colleen Keeley (Administration), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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