Great insights from Spencer McLeod, G Squared Partner & Head of Research, on “The battle for growth at all costs” panel at Collision Conf. Read more about Spencer’s perspective on the current fundraising environment.
G Squared
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Chicago , IL 6,276 followers
G Squared is a growth stage venture capital firm that invests privately in today's most dynamic companies.
About us
Founded in 2011, G Squared is aligned to a fundamental shift – venture-backed companies stay private longer. As a result, private companies need both primary capital to continue their growth trajectory and transitional capital to provide liquidity to early investors, current and former employees, and other sellers. Positioned at the crux of this liquidity access challenge, G Squared partners with portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle using a fundamentally different approach than traditional VCs. We invest in companies that challenge the status quo and demonstrate a clear path to superior returns, partnering world-class entrepreneurs tackling big problems. G Squared funds have invested in household names such as 23andMe, Coursera, Instacart, Lyft, Pinterest, and Spotify, and in the next generation of disruptors including Auto1 Group, Blend, Bolt, Brex, Capsule, Flexport, Impossible Foods, Toast, and Turo.
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 2011
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Excited to see G Squared Partner & Head of Research, Spencer McLeod, speak at Collision Conf, one of the world’s biggest tech conferences, in Toronto from June 17-20. Details below! #CollisionConf
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Thrilled to see G Squared portfolio companies so well represented on the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50. Congratulations to all!
These are the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies: See the full list of startups riding the AI wave
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Check out the latest edition of The Square. In this issue, we highlight advancements in AI, G Squared’s recent investments, the growing relevance of the secondary market, and a chat with CEO & Co-Founder Johannes Reck of GetYourGuide. Subscribe today: https://lnkd.in/gr9SGpp2
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Congratulations to the team at Cover Genius on their Series E! We are thrilled to support your journey and excited for the road ahead.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised $80M in Series E funding! 🚀 This latest funding round was led by Spark Capital with support from existing investors Dawn Capital, King River Capital and G Squared. The investment highlights the strength of our embedded business model and will accelerate our investment in new technology to improve and expand the protection solutions available on our platform. As we continue to grow, we remain steadfast in our mission to protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies with solutions backed by technology, policy innovation, and industry expertise. Learn more about the news below:
Cover Genius Closes $80M in Series E Funding as Investors See $700 Billion Opportunity in Embedded Protection - Cover Genius
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🚀 Larry Aschebrook offers insights on the IPO landscape in 2024: Significant interest rate cuts are needed for companies to test public markets and for successful IPOs to ignite momentum. Meanwhile, private market liquidity pressures are mounting, leading late-stage companies and shareholders to seek liquidity through large-scale secondary sales, alleviating the need for public market fundraising. Read more in today's WSJ Pro VC: https://lnkd.in/gEJAEM3G #IPO #venturecapital #secondaries 📈
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G Squared is proud to support Anvilogic in its Series C with funding to boost generative AI capabilities throughout the SOC lifecycle. Congratulations to Karthik and the team!
I could not be more pleased to announce that Anvilogic has secured a $45M Series C funding led by one of the largest cybersecurity investors, Evolution Equity Partners and we welcome our newest Board Member, Karthik Subramanian to the company! Our existing investors also participated in the round - Ashu Garg & Sid Trivedi from Foundation Capital, Shirish Sathaye from Cervin, Noah Carr from Point72 Ventures, David Dubick from Outpost Ventures, Dean Mai & Chris Fisher from Myriad Venture Partners, Grayden Gaykowski & Spencer McLeod from G Squared, and Hunter Somerville from StepStone Group. This has been a fantastic journey getting to this milestone, not without challenges, of course, and I would like to thank our CUSTOMERS without whom we would not be here today, our INVESTORS who always have our back, and our TEAM who are the most passionate and talented people alongside whom I have the honor of working. This round is validation of the opportunity Anvilogic brings to the modernization of the SOC, with our multi-data platform SIEM architecture, allowing enterprises to go beyond legacy platforms and into the AI-first, cloud world, leveraging security data lakes and expanding their detection coverage, without having to rip & replace existing investments, and yet significantly reducing their costs. We look forward to the growth years ahead of us now! Read more: https://www.anvilogic.com.
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In this issue of The Square, we dig into the dynamics of Enterprise SaaS, G Squared’s recent investments, the latest on the secondary market, and catch up with Co-Founder & CEO Renaud Laplanche from Upgrade, Inc.. Subscribe here for access to our latest issue: https://lnkd.in/gr9SGpp2
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This Groundhog Day, we're on the lookout for signs of spring and sustained interest rate cuts. Time will tell… Until then, read more from Larry Aschebrook in today’s Fortune Term Sheet. 🐹
What do VCs really want from the Fed?
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We are delighted to be featured in the National Venture Capital Association’s latest member spotlight. Learn more about G Squared’s approach in the current landscape from Founder and Managing Partner Larry Aschebrook. “The current conditions facing VC are similar across regions, characterized by liquidity pressures for shareholders in all sectors and classes. G Squared’s distinctive approach surfaces opportunity amid these challenges, with a particular focus on secondary markets.”
Member Spotlight: G Squared - National Venture Capital Association - NVCA
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