# Globespan Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Globespan Capital Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 156 investments on record, latest Jul 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Globespan Capital Partners

Last cheque observed Jul 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund, Nov 2022 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Subscription Smartphone Recurring

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 156 on record

Since the last cheque **466** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$43M** Rounds led **0 of 156** Sole investor **11 rounds** Exits **37 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch Globespan Capital Partners

## Globespan Capital Partners highlights

- 01 156 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series C: 52% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $8.0M
- 04 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Subscription Smartphone Recurring
- **Based in:** Boston, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **156 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Gupshup](https://millionrounds.com/company/gupshup)** US · TechCrunch **$60M** With 4 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Credit Sesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)** Debt · US · FinSMEs **$43M** With 7 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Credit Sesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)** Debt · US · FinSMEs **$42M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Turbonomic](https://millionrounds.com/company/turbonomic)** US · FinSMEs **$50M** With 3 others
- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Nantero](https://millionrounds.com/company/nantero)** US · VentureBeat **$21M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[SundaySky](https://millionrounds.com/company/sundaysky)** Series D · US · Businesswire **$30M** With 7 others
- **2015** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[Perfecto Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfecto-mobile)** Series E · US **$35M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Nantero](https://millionrounds.com/company/nantero)** Venture · US **$9.4M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[BitSight Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitsight-technologies)** Series B · US **$23M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Nantero](https://millionrounds.com/company/nantero)** Series E · US **$32M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Credit Sesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)** Series D · US **$16M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[VMTurbo](https://millionrounds.com/company/vmturbo)** Series D · US **$50M** With 3 others
- **2014** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kaminario](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaminario)** Series E · US **$53M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Gild](https://millionrounds.com/company/gild)** Series B · US **$14M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Perfecto Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfecto-mobile)** Series D · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Betterment](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterment)** Series C · US **$32M** With 5 others
- **2013** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Redfin](https://millionrounds.com/company/redfin)** Series F · US · techcrunch.com **$50M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[SundaySky](https://millionrounds.com/company/sundaysky)** Series C · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Divide](https://millionrounds.com/company/divide)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$12M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Pelican Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/pelican-imaging)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[BitSight Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitsight-technologies)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$24M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Pelican Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/pelican-imaging)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$20M** With 4 others
- **May** **[VMTurbo](https://millionrounds.com/company/vmturbo)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Rev](https://millionrounds.com/company/rev)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Gild](https://millionrounds.com/company/gild)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$8.0M** With 6 others
- **2012** 18 rounds
- **Nov** **[Nantero](https://millionrounds.com/company/nantero)** Series D · US · masshightech.com **$10M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Perfecto Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfecto-mobile)** Series C · US · masshightech.com **$15M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Kontera](https://millionrounds.com/company/kontera)** Series D · US **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$26M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Gild](https://millionrounds.com/company/gild)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Roku, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/roku-inc)** Series E · US · techcrunch.com **$45M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Gild](https://millionrounds.com/company/gild)** Venture · US **$303K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Bityota](https://millionrounds.com/company/bityota)** Series A · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Venture · US **$5.7M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Credit Sesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)** Series C · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Credit Sesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$12M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Kaminario](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaminario)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$25M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Certeon](https://millionrounds.com/company/certeon)** Venture · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Amalfi Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/amalfi-semiconductor)** Venture · US · amalfi.com **$20M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Growth · US **$20M** Sole investor

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 registration **2 named**

AP **Andrew Philip Goldfarb** Executive Managing Director; Manager i Form ADV

SJ **Steven J Wood** Chief Financial Officer i Form 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

**$467M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[Betterment](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterment)[Bityota](https://millionrounds.com/company/bityota)[Coskata](https://millionrounds.com/company/coskata)[Creditsesame](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)[Following its](https://millionrounds.com/company/redlock)[Gild](https://millionrounds.com/company/gild)[Kontera](https://millionrounds.com/company/kontera)[Lindenlab](https://millionrounds.com/company/linden-lab)[Marketlive](https://millionrounds.com/company/marketlive)[Nantero](https://millionrounds.com/company/nantero)[Nominum](https://millionrounds.com/company/nominum)[Nway](https://millionrounds.com/company/nway)[Openspan](https://millionrounds.com/company/openspan)[Perfectomobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfecto-mobile)[Silicormaterials](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicor-materials)[Silk](https://millionrounds.com/company/silk)[Strongview](https://millionrounds.com/company/strongview)[Sundaysky](https://millionrounds.com/company/sundaysky)[Turbonomic](https://millionrounds.com/company/turbonomic)[Upwork](https://millionrounds.com/company/upwork)[Zeachem](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeachem) Bitsighttech Enterprise Mowingo Redfin's opening bell ceremony Rev Roku Sonicsinc Thenew

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 listed **37 in all**

**[Turbonomic](https://millionrounds.com/company/turbonomic)** Bought by [Ibm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibm) **Undisclosed** Jun 2021

**[MarketLive](https://millionrounds.com/company/marketlive)** Bought by [Vista Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vista-equity-partners) **Undisclosed** Nov 2015

**[StrongView](https://millionrounds.com/company/strongview)** Bought by [HGGC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hggc) **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Kontera](https://millionrounds.com/company/kontera)** Bought by Amobee **$150M** Jun 2014

**[Divide](https://millionrounds.com/company/divide)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$120M** May 2014

**[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Bought by [Western Digital Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/western-digital-technologies) **$685M** Sept 2013

**[Open Mile](https://millionrounds.com/company/open-mile)** Bought by [Echo Global Logistics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/echo-global-logistics) **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

**[Zipcar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipcar)** Bought by Avis **Undisclosed** Jan 2013

**[Amalfi Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/amalfi-semiconductor)** Bought by RF Micro Devices **Undisclosed** Nov 2012

**[Palo Alto Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/palo-alto-networks)** Listed **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[expressor software](https://millionrounds.com/company/expressor-software)** Bought by QlikTech **Undisclosed** Jun 2012

**[Amobee](https://millionrounds.com/company/amobee)** Bought by [SingTel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/singtel) **$321M** Mar 2012

**[Solar Power Partners](https://millionrounds.com/company/solar-power-partners)** Bought by [NRG Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nrg-energy) **Undisclosed** Nov 2011

**[Q1 Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/q1-labs)** Bought by [IBM (International Business Machines)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibm-international-business-machines) **Undisclosed** Oct 2011

**[Cloakware](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloakware)** Bought by Xceedium **Undisclosed** Sept 2011

**[Zipcar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipcar)** Listed **$174M** Apr 2011

**[Provigent](https://millionrounds.com/company/provigent)** Bought by [Broadcom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadcom-limited) **$314M** Mar 2011

**[Hatteras Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/hatteras-networks)** Bought by Overture Networks **Undisclosed** Mar 2011

**[Akorri Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/akorri-networks)** Bought by [NetApp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netapp) **$60M** Jan 2011

**[Blackwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwave)** Bought by [Juniper Networks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/juniper-networks) **Undisclosed** Nov 2010

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Nov 2022

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$43M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$8.0M**

Led 0 of 156 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2025
- **Exits:** 37 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *41*
- Series C *35*
- Series D *24*
- Series A said *20*
- Venture *17*
- Series E *9*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Sigma Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners) 30
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 22
- [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) 14
- [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) 12
- [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) 12
- [Advanced Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advanced-technology-ventures) 7

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Globespan Capital Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Sigma Partners** VC firm **30** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Menlo Ventures** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[**CRV** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv)[**Greylock** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**Advanced Technology Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advanced-technology-ventures)[**Bessemer Venture Partners** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[**DCM Ventures** Private equity **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures)[**GrandBanks Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grandbanks-capital)[**Benchmark** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)[**Flybridge** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)[**Highland Capital Partners** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Globespan Capital Partners put money into.

[**Gupshup** $60M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/gupshup)[**Credit Sesame** $43M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-sesame)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Globespan Capital Partners in their description, not their title.

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 30 Mar 2021 · 44 min Daniel Leff of Waverley Capital on media tech, how he's crafted a successful VC career by being contrarian, and the role of strategic LPs as differentiators With [Daniel Leff](https://millionrounds.com/person/daniel-leff) Mentions [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners)[Luminari Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminari-capital)[Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Globespan Capital Partners

### 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.

### How active is Globespan Capital Partners?

156 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2025.

### What has Globespan Capital Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Gupshup (Undisclosed round, Jul 2025), Credit Sesame (Debt, Aug 2019) and Turbonomic (Undisclosed round, Jan 2017).

### How big are Globespan Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $43M.

### Does Globespan Capital Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 156 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Globespan Capital Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Globespan Capital Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2025.

### Who does Globespan Capital Partners invest alongside?

Most often Sigma Partners (30 rounds together), Sequoia Capital (22 rounds together) and Menlo Ventures (14 rounds together).

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