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Saints Capital
Saints Capital is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Denver, CO, registered since 2012. The firm manages approximately $659 million in regulatory assets.
Saints Capital
Saints Capital is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Denver, CO, registered since 2012. The firm manages approximately $659 million in regulatory assets. It has 5 employees and 4 investment advisers.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2000
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Denver
Corporate office
Denver, CO, United States
Additional offices
San Francisco, CA · Phoenix, AZ · New York, NY
Principals
Ken Sawyer
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
David Quinlivan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Brian Yee
General Partner
Bob Keppler
Chief Financial Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What distinguishes Saints Capital's approach to venture secondaries from multi-strategy secondary funds?
Saints is organized exclusively around GP-led venture secondary transactions — continuation vehicles, full portfolio sales, and single-asset liquidity — with no LP-stake or buyout-fund trading business. The firm acts as Registered Investment Adviser for the continuation vehicles it sponsors, with the original GP often retained as sub-advisor. This architecture is designed to keep portfolio-company relationships intact, and it positions Saints as a specialist counterparty for venture GPs who might resist selling to a generalist buyer.
Who runs investment decisions at Saints Capital?
Co-founders Ken Sawyer and David Quinlivan serve as managing partners, supported by General Partner Brian Yee. The firm lists a four-person investment leadership group alongside CFO Bob Keppler, operating as a tight-knit team that the website describes as handling sourcing, evaluation, structuring, and execution collaboratively.
What is Saints Capital's typical deal size and structure?
According to the firm's own website, fund-level transactions — predominantly continuation vehicles for venture funds more than 10 years old — range from $25 million to $200 million. Single-asset deals providing liquidity to venture funds, angel investors, or founders typically run $5 million to $15 million. Saints emphasizes structured solutions that can incorporate loans, deferred payments, and upside-sharing arrangements.
How does Saints Capital source deal flow?
Saints describes its sourcing as relationship-driven, anchored in a 25-year track record of working with venture GPs, LPs, and management teams. The firm's broader advisory network includes partners from Canaan Partners, Shasta Ventures, Insight Partners, and Revelation Partners — a constellation that suggests deal flow originates largely through longtime venture-ecosystem relationships rather than competitive auction processes.
Does Saints Capital publish a full portfolio of holdings?
No. The firm's website does not disclose a named portfolio beyond general descriptions of technology, healthcare, and software verticals. Its advisor roster, which includes operating partners at Insight Partners and Shasta Ventures and the former CEO of Pluralsight, provides indirect signals about the types of scaled growth companies that have appeared in Saints portfolios.
Where does Saints Capital's investment capital come from?
Saints has not publicly disclosed a current AUM figure or a detailed LP base. The firm's marketing language references providing liquidity for institutional investors, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals, and Saints's own funds are raised to acquire the venture portfolios in its secondary transactions.
How does Saints Capital handle governance and conflicts in continuation vehicle transactions?
Saints typically assumes the Registered Investment Adviser role in the continuation vehicles it creates, with the selling GP often retained as sub-advisor on portfolio companies. This structure centralizes fiduciary oversight with Saints while preserving the original GP's company-level relationships, a governance design intended to mitigate conflicts between selling LPs seeking liquidity and remaining investors betting on future upside.
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