# Sway Capital

> Sway Capital is a Newport Beach-based alternative investment platform that grew out of Sway Ventures and now spans venture capital, growth equity, private credit, impact investing, media production and private-markets advisory. It serves technology founders seeking capital and operating help, institutional and qualified investors seeking private-market exposure, corporate partners pursuing new ventures, and creators developing content assets.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Newport Beach, United States
- **Founders:** Brian Nugent (Co-Founder), Bill Malloy (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 51-200 employees on LinkedIn; supplied company data lists 56 employees
- **Products:** Sway Ventures, Sway Growth, Sway Private Credit, Sway Impact, Sway Studios
- **Notable:** Sway Ventures says it has invested in more than 65 companies across finance, real estate, retail and supply-chain technology., Early portfolio companies include Addepar, OpenGov, Fetch Robotics, Twilio and Uber., OpenGov was acquired by Cox Enterprises in 2024 at a reported $1.8 billion valuation.

## Products & services

- **Sway Ventures** — Early-stage venture investing, commonly beginning at pre-seed or seed and supporting companies through later rounds, with sector experience in finance, real estate, retail and supply chain technology.
- **Sway Growth** — Growth-equity capital and operating support for technology companies seeking to become category leaders.
- **Sway Private Credit** — Flexible financing solutions for innovative companies at different stages of growth.
- **Sway Impact** — Impact investing, venture acceleration and strategic advisory focused on healthcare, education, economic development and the environment, with an emphasis on underrepresented founders and underserved communities.
- **Sway Studios** — A venture studio that pairs entrepreneurs-in-residence with corporate assets to build venture-fundable companies around identified problems.
- **Sway Media** — A media investment and production platform focused on content assets and AI-enhanced production.
- **Thirdpath** — A private-markets advisory and solutions platform serving institutional allocators with bespoke separately managed accounts across private credit and private equity.

## Achievements

- Sway Ventures says it has invested in more than 65 companies across finance, real estate, retail and supply-chain technology.
- Early portfolio companies include Addepar, OpenGov, Fetch Robotics, Twilio and Uber.
- OpenGov was acquired by Cox Enterprises in 2024 at a reported $1.8 billion valuation.
- LiveAction's 2024 transaction was described by Sway as a $300 million exit.
- Sway Impact launched its first eight-company HBCU Founders Fund cohort in 2023 and a nine-company second cohort later that year.
- The firm publicly unveiled the broader Sway Capital multi-strategy identity at Sway Minds 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Thirdpath publicly launched as a private-markets solutions platform co-founded by Brey Jones and John McGuinness, with separately managed accounts across private credit and private equity.
- **2025-10** — Sway Minds 2025 brought together investors, founders and cultural figures in Newport Beach and previewed a Sway Media documentary project.
- **2025-07** — Sway Ventures announced an investment in Capitalize.io, an AI platform organizing commercial-real-estate finance data.
- **2024-09** — The firm unveiled Sway Capital as its broader multi-strategy alternative-asset-management identity.
- **2024-05** — Bank of America and NCInvest joined Costco in supporting Sway Impact's HBCU Founders Fund.

## Links

- Website: https://sway.capital
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swaycapital
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/swayventures
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swayventures/

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Last updated: 2026-08-17