Grafton Street Partners
Overview
Grafton Street Partners is an equity-focused public/private evergreen investment fund that invests in founders and businesses across their life cycles, from seed stage investments through the public markets, with a perpetual capital mindset and value-additive partnership approach. The firm also invests in fund managers with deep expertise in their focus areas and a proven track record of value creation and investment performance. Their team brings diverse experience across investment management, private and public equities, management consulting, investment banking, and business operations. They are supported by world-class operators who bring their expertise and networks to bear to support their portfolio companies. They are backed by families and individuals, many of whom are entrepreneurs and executives themselves, who are closely aligned with their mission and vision and keen to support their portfolio companies. Their mission is to support visionary founders and operators with value-add and permanent capital to build the industry-defining businesses of tomorrow. They are building a flourishing ecosystem of founders, operators, industry experts, and investors to facilitate high-impact introductions and drive value. They utilize their experience, investment acumen, and networks to catalyze the achievement of extraordinary outcomes for their entrepreneurs and investors. Their investment philosophy focuses on businesses with an outstanding team, alignment with major, enduring industry shifts, growing revenue and current profitability or potential for future earnings, a fair valuation, and a long runway for future growth. They invest in private and public businesses across sectors such as software, fintech and payments, consumer internet/e-commerce, healthcare IT, and tech-enabled services. They also selectively invest in investment managers with differentiated expertise and a repeatable track record of superior investment performance.
Investment Focus
- Outstanding team
- Alignment with major, enduring industry shifts
- Growing revenue and current profitability or potential for future earnings
- Fair valuation
- Long runway for future growth
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Unlock full contacts →Frequently asked questions about Grafton Street Partners
What sectors does Grafton Street Partners invest in?
Grafton Street Partners invests in Software, E-commerce, Consumer Internet, Healthcare IT, Tech-Enabled Services and Fintech and Payments, and is based in Chicago, United States. Grafton Street Partners is listed as a private investment firm in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Grafton Street Partners invest at?
Grafton Street Partners backs companies at Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth and Late Stage.
Which regions does Grafton Street Partners invest in?
Grafton Street Partners invests across United States.
Who are the partners at Grafton Street Partners?
Team members listed for Grafton Street Partners include Andrew Charnesky (Co-Founder & Partner) and Stephen Santrach (Co-Founder & Partner).
How do I contact Grafton Street Partners?
Grafton Street Partners's contact details — including LinkedIn — are listed in the ConnectSafely investor database, along with its website and the LinkedIn profiles of its partners.
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