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What does Globespan Capital Partners invest in?
Globespan Capital Partners invests most often at Series B and Series C (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Subscription, Smartphone and Recurring.
Globespan Capital Partners highlights
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156 rounds on record
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Mostly Series B and Series C: 52% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $8.0M
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37 exits from the portfolio
What they do
The site describes portfolio companies and exits (e.g., 'Roku completes IPO', 'Palo Alto Networks continues to lead'), indicating venture capital investment.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- SubscriptionSmartphoneRecurring
- Based in
- Boston, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first156 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- Jul
- 2019
1 round
- Aug
- 2017
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jan
- 2016
2 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- 2015
6 rounds
- Nov
- Aug
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Jan
- 2014
4 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- 2013
9 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Aug
- Jun
- May
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- 2012
18 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Apr
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
APAndrew Philip GoldfarbExecutive Managing Director; ManageriForm ADV
SJSteven J WoodChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
We also hold 5 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$467Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Globespan Capital Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 160205
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
21 of 29 we have independently watched raise
BettermentBityotaCoskataCreditsesameFollowing itsGildKonteraLindenlabMarketliveNanteroNominumNwayOpenspanPerfectomobileSilicormaterialsSilkStrongviewSundayskyTurbonomicUpworkZeachemBitsighttechEnterpriseMowingoRedfin's opening bell ceremonyRevRokuSonicsincThenew
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed37 in all
TurbonomicBought by IbmUndisclosedJun 2021
MarketLiveBought by Vista Equity PartnersUndisclosedNov 2015
StrongViewBought by HGGCUndisclosedSept 2015
KonteraBought by Amobee$150MJun 2014
Virident SystemsBought by Western Digital Technologies$685MSept 2013
Open MileBought by Echo Global LogisticsUndisclosedMar 2013
ZipcarBought by AvisUndisclosedJan 2013
Amalfi SemiconductorBought by RF Micro DevicesUndisclosedNov 2012
Palo Alto NetworksListedUndisclosedJul 2012
expressor softwareBought by QlikTechUndisclosedJun 2012
Solar Power PartnersBought by NRG EnergyUndisclosedNov 2011
Q1 LabsBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedOct 2011
CloakwareBought by XceediumUndisclosedSept 2011
ZipcarListed$174MApr 2011
Hatteras NetworksBought by Overture NetworksUndisclosedMar 2011
Akorri NetworksBought by NetApp$60MJan 2011
BlackwaveBought by Juniper NetworksUndisclosedNov 2010
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.