Our Approach
Our investment team is highly collaborative across sectors and stages to identify innovative entrepreneurs and businesses that we believe will create the future.
Venture capital and growth equity investors differentiate themselves based on their access, selectivity, and ability to add value. We believe our experience, combined with access to the Sands Capital platform, helps give us an advantage.
We leverage our deep personal networks and thesis-driven research to find high-quality growth businesses at any stage.
We believe our six investment criteria framework instills the discipline to invest only in what we believe are innovative businesses at fair valuations.
We seek to add value beyond financial support in the form of strategic and operational guidance and high-impact introductions.
Leveraging our global networks to elevate our partners’ growth potential
When you partner with Sands Capital, you access the full scope of research, networks, and insights across the Sands Capital platform. We use our six investment criteria framework established more than 30 years ago to identify what we believe are the best growth companies and to fuel their businesses.
With decades of experience as pure growth investors, we know what it took for today’s leading businesses to get to the top, and together we can help the next generation of entrepreneurs get there.
Our early-stage strategy invests in entrepreneurs building businesses in dynamic, high-growth markets like AI/ML, cyber security and identity intelligence, healthcare technology, and digital life.
Sector
AI/ML, cybersecurity, healthcare technology, and digital life
Stage
Series A and B focused
Geography
U.S., U.K., Europe, and emerging tech hubs
Investment Size
$2 million to $15 million
Our life sciences strategy is focused on companies operating in specific areas of innovation, including therapeutics, diagnostics, and life sciences tools.
Sector
Leaders in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences tools
Stage
Businesses with clinical data and/or meaningful proof of concept
Geography
Primarily U.S.-based businesses but also international life sciences hubs
Investment Size
$15 to $30 million
Our growth equity strategy invests at the nexus of our public and private strategies and focuses on private technology business with the potential to become leading public companies.
Sector
Cloud-native software, data science, internet/ecommerce, fintech
Stage
Large private businesses with strong unit economics
Geography
Global businesses (ex, China) leading global structural change
Investment Size
$25 million to $150 million
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Investment Criteria
Our approach is rooted in the philosophy that has guided Sands Capital for more than 30 years. The six criteria guide our diligence and decision-making across all of our strategies.
1
Sustainable
Above-average Growth
2
Leadership in a Promising
Business Space
3
Significant Competitive
Advantage
4
Clear Mission and
Value-added Focus
5
Financial
Strength
6
Rational Valuation
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