Founded in 2000, Saints is a pioneer in the venture secondary market, with a unique focus on GP-led transactions. Saints has executed over 35 portfolio transactions in its history, acquiring over $3 billion of assets. Saints prides itself on taking a partner-first mentality in structuring transactions to align interests for GPs, LPs and early investors alike.
Saints is an investment firm dedicated to providing liquidity to investors in private companies. Saints formed its first fund in 2000, and was a pioneer as a direct secondary fund. Since 2000, Saints has provided liquidity to General Partners and their Limited Partners in Venture Capital and Private Equity funds, to founders and early employees of venture-capital backed companies, and to financial institutions (banks, hedge funds and corporations) who have portfolios of private investments that they have wanted to sell. Saints prides itself on being honest with sellers about pricing and ability to close as well as being flexible in structuring a transaction to meet the needs of a seller—our deals are often structured and can include loans, deferred payments and upside sharing.
Years of GP-led secondaries experience
GP-led transactions
Portfolio companies
Total exits
IPO exits
Assets acquired
Over the past decade, the secondary market has grown exponentially from a nascent, opportunistic one when Saints began investing in 2000 to a large, institutionalized asset class today.
The venture secondary market is experiencing tremendous growth currently due to a number of structural challenges in the venture industry, including:
In addition to these factors, the venture market has seen a mindset shift by venture capital GPs to embrace secondary transactions with financial buyers. It is no longer frowned upon for early investors and founders to seek interim liquidity, and many sophisticated GPs are leveraging secondaries as a critical tool in managing exit liquidity and timing for their own limited partners.
At Saints Capital, we take pride in delivering exceptional value and building long-term relationships with our partners.
Saints brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in structuring bespoke liquidity solutions for GPs. They've been a highly collaborative and thoughtful partner in helping us execute our first continuation vehicle and we'd like to partner with them on another.
Working with Saints Capital has been a seamless experience. Their team is highly knowledgeable, and their approach to secondary investments is both strategic and transparent. We feel confident in their ability to guide us to the right solution.
We’d love to hear from you! Whether you’re an investor, partner, or simply have a question, our team at Saints Capital is here for you.
