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What does Sands Capital Management invest in?
Sands Capital Management invests most often at Growth and Series E (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology, SaaS and Biotechnology.
Sands Capital Management highlights
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8 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Growth and Series E: 67% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $2.0B
What they do
- Type
- Growth equity
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Growth
- Sectors
- Information TechnologySaaSBiotechnology
- Based in
- Arlington, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
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The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first17 appearances
- 2026
8 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Aug
- Jun
- May
- May
- Mar
- 2025
3 rounds
- Jun
- May
- Jan
- 2024
1 round
- Dec
- 2019
1 round
- Apr
- 2018
1 round
- Oct
- 2017
1 round
- Apr
- 2015
1 round
- Oct
- 2014
1 round
- Jul
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 registration23 named
ARAlexandra Rebecca FulkChief Compliance Officer, Senior CounseliForm ADV
APAndrew Phillip GiordanoExecutive Managing Director, Business Development and Client RelationsiForm ADV
BJBarron J. MartinExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BABrian Alan ChristiansenExecutive Managing Director, Sr. Portfolio Manager, Research AnalystiForm ADV
CEChris EngExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DMDana Marie McnamaraExecutive Managing Director, Chief Administrative OfficeriForm ADV
DEDavid Edward LevansonExecutive Managing Director, Sr. Portfolio Manager, Research AnalystiForm ADV
EEErin Elizabeth SouleManaging Director, Head of Private Markets Finance and OperationsiForm ADV
FMFrank Melville SandsChief Investment Officer, Chief Executive OfficeriForm ADV
IWIan W RatcliffeExecutive Managing Director, Executive Managing PartneriForm ADV
JLJeff LockhartDirectoriFiling they signed
JTJob TaylorExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JPJonathan Paul GoodmanGeneral Counsel and SecretaryiForm ADV
JAJoseph AndraskoExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MSMarina SerenbetzExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MJMichael J. ClarkeExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MFMichael Franz RaabExecutive Managing Director, Director of Research, Portfolio Manager, Sr. Research AnalystiForm ADV
MGMichael GraningerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MRMichael RubinExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SFScott FrederickExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SFStephen Frew NimmoExecutive Managing Director, Business Development and Client RelationsiForm ADV
SZStephen ZacharyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TPThomas Perry WilliamsPresidentiForm ADV
We also hold 30 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
$50Bassets it manages, 3 advisers combinedOct 2026
3+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 335568
Funds on its Form ADV
29 private funds, $2.5B in gross assets · filed Nov 2024
Private equity 17Venture 9Pooled investment vehicle 3
- Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Master Fund, L.P.Pooled investment vehicle66 investors$751M
- Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II, L.P.Private equity265 investors$393M
- Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund II, L.P.Private equity196 investors$237M
- Sands Capital Global Venture Fund II, L.P.Venture107 investors$175M
- Sands Capital Global Venture Fund I, L.P.Venture58 investors$171M
- Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund, L.P.Private equity90 investors$143M
- Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund C-1, L.P.Private equity33 investors$139M
- Sands Capital Global Venture Fund III, L.P.Venture134 investors$96M
- Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-X, L.P.Private equity265 investors$76M
- Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund, L.P.Private equity80 investors$47M
And 19 more on the filing.