# Silversmith Capital Partners

> Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston growth-equity firm that backs profitable, fast-growing technology and healthcare businesses, often as their first institutional investor. Founded in 2015, it manages more than $5 billion across five funds and typically makes flexible minority or majority investments in founder-led companies, combining capital with focused help on infrastructure, executive hiring, go-to-market execution, and acquisitions.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Jeff Crisan (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Todd MacLean (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Jim Quagliaroli (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Lori Whelan (Co-founder, Managing Partner and COO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 70 employees; LinkedIn listed 71 employees and a 51-200 company-size band in 2026.
- **Products:** Growth equity investments, Plan: Infrastructure, Fortify: Team Building, Accelerate: Go to Market, Expand: M&A
- **Notable:** Raised more than $5 billion across five funds in its first decade., Closed the $1.7 billion Fund V at its target and hard cap three months after launch in 2025., Deployed more than 70% of its capital as the first institutional investor in a company.

## Products & services

- **Growth equity investments** — Flexible minority or majority investments, typically $20 million to $125 million, in growing and profitable SaaS, information-services, healthcare IT, and healthcare-services companies.
- **Plan: Infrastructure** — Support for the systems, processes, data, and organizational foundations needed to operate at greater scale.
- **Fortify: Team Building** — Executive recruiting, leadership support, and organizational development tailored to a portfolio company's needs.
- **Accelerate: Go to Market** — Practical work with management teams on sales, marketing, customer strategy, and revenue operations.
- **Expand: M&A** — Guidance on acquisition strategy, diligence, financing, integration, and market expansion.

## Achievements

- Raised more than $5 billion across five funds in its first decade.
- Closed the $1.7 billion Fund V at its target and hard cap three months after launch in 2025.
- Deployed more than 70% of its capital as the first institutional investor in a company.
- Partnered with more than 50 founder-led technology and healthcare companies by October 2025.
- Recorded 16 full or partial realizations representing $1.7 billion in cash proceeds by the 2022 Fund IV close.
- Backed companies that reached public markets or strategic exits, including LifeStance Health, Iodine Software, Panalgo, and Market Access Transformation.
- Named to Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors list for five consecutive years through 2025.
- Named a GrowthCap Top Growth Equity Firm for six consecutive years through 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Shelby Miller and Danielle Waldman were named to GrowthCap's 2026 Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing list.
- **2026-05** — Silversmith joined Bregal Sagemount in a strategic growth investment in Vastian.
- **2026-02** — GrowthCap named Silversmith a Top Growth Equity Firm for the sixth consecutive year.
- **2026-01** — The firm promoted five investment professionals, including Shelby Miller and Jordan Braunstein to principal.
- **2025-12** — SkillCorner announced a $60 million growth investment from Silversmith.
- **2025-10** — Silversmith was named to Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors list for a fifth consecutive year.
- **2025-07** — Silversmith closed its oversubscribed $1.7 billion fifth fund, bringing total capital commitments to more than $5 billion, and named Sri Rao managing partner.
- **2025-05** — Former Slack and Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones joined as a senior advisor.
- **2025-04** — Former Salesforce executive Eric Webster joined as operating partner for go-to-market.

## Links

- Website: https://www.silversmith.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/silversmith-capital-partners
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SilversmithCap
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/silversmithcap

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Last updated: 2026-08-12