springboard enterprises

Springboard accelerates the growth of entrepreneurial companies led by women through access to essential resources and a global community of experts. We are a leading network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women who are transforming industries. The measure of our success is in the results. Since we started in 2000, 850+ Springboard portfolio companies have created more than $36.4B in value, executed over 225 exits to strategic acquirers, and achieved 26 IPOs.

massmutual ventures

Our Culture: At MMV, we’re a team of fair, dedicated investors and operators who put integrity, collaboration, and teamwork at the forefront of what we do. We believe in sharing ideas and perspectives and welcome the robust debate that comes with it. We approach our work knowing that trust and respect are earned. We look for this same culture in the founders and companies we back. Where We Invest: Our investment focus is on enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, healthtech, and climate tech companies, areas that are fundamentally transforming business processes and consumer relationships. We invest in companies that bring differentiated technology solutions and scalable business models to drive enterprise-level innovation. When We Invest: We are a multistage investor, funding seed through growth stage rounds. We back teams that address real industry pain points and successfully convey the value of their solution to customers who are willing to pay. Our Value: MassMutual Ventures' sole limited partner is MassMutual, a Fortune 500 financial services company offering a wide range of wealth management, protection, accumulation, and retirement products and services. Barings, MassMutual’s global asset management subsidiary, is the primary investment adviser for the company’s general investment account. As of December 31, 2020, MassMutual’s assets under management stood at $616 billion. Our connection to MassMutual gives MMV invaluable access to executives and teams across the company with deep expertise in fintech, cybersecurity, data science, healthtech, and technology infrastructure.

Terra Global Capital

Terra Global, a woman-run, for-profit social enterprise, was founded in 2006 to facilitate financially, socially and environmentally sustainable forestry and agricultural land management practices. Terra Global is now the leader in developing programs that integrate climate change mitigation and social benefits, quantifying greenhouse gases from land-use and deploying conservation finance through providing technical expertise and investment capital to their global client base in a collaborative and innovative manner. Since its founding, Terra Global has been recognized as a pioneer and innovator in alignment of development values and financially viable approaches to sustainable landscape management working with its community, NGO and government partners. Terra Global has extensive developing country and U.S. experience as a leading developer of quantification and monitoring protocols of the environmental outcomes from a full range of agricultural and forest management practices.

opengate capital

OpenGate Capital is a private equity firm that strives to acquire and optimize lower-to-middle market businesses throughout North America and Europe. OpenGate Capital partners with companies to drive operational improvement and realize opportunities for long-term value creation. We provide flexible capital solutions on a global basis in key industry verticals including Industrials, Technology, Consumer, and Business Services. Founded in 2005, with headquarters in Los Angeles and Paris, France, OpenGate has completed 36 platform acquisitions and 16 full realizations including, 15 pre-fund investments and one fund investment.

Runway Growth Capital

Runway Growth Capital is an experienced, reliable source of debt financing for dynamic, late-stage growth companies.