The Savant Ecosystem
DevSavant is the result of a unique and disruptive approach to traditional venture capital by Savant Growth. Through DevSavant, Savant Growth allows B2B SaaS companies to be capital efficient by supporting their growth with services that combine talent and analytics. Globally, the Savant Growth team has advised over 200 firms and its investments have amassed over 50 high-growth ventures.
A Success Story
Savant Growth is a US-based investment fund with a powerful software and operations platform dedicated to accelerating growth for capital-efficient B2B SaaS companies. Over the last three decades, the Savant Growth partners have invested almost $1 billion in capital in the American and European markets.
They assist founders and CEOs in constructing high-growth, market-leading companies while harnessing the power of DevSavant. Collaborating with Kennet Partners, Savant Growth manages specific investment programs, collectively striving for global market leadership for the companies it supports.
Investment Philosophy
Savant Growth is interested in diverse market segments that are both embracing technology and undergoing significant transformations. Its companies invariably empower businesses automating their processes, thus enhancing capital efficiency or improving outcomes. The bedrock of any company is its management team and its clientele.
Target Markets
- CRM
- Fintech
- Healthcare, Life Science
- Legal Automation
- Human Resources
- Field Service, Logistics
- Workflow Automation
- Network Security
Deal Profile
- Capital-efficient Founders: Entrepreneurs who have effectively leveraged resources to reach a pivotal customer base, signaling readiness for growth.
- Performance Metrics: Companies with an Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) between $5M to $25M in our investment’s first year and a growth trajectory of 30% to 100%+.
- Investment Type: We’re open to both majority and sizable minority stakes. Often, we’re the first institutional investors, especially for companies predominantly funded by customer revenues. Seed and angel funding prior to our investment is common.
We Are Growth Investors
We are not VCs. In the early stage VC ‘hits’ model, a few companies deliver the fund returns while the rest face a higher risk of failing or stagnating. We diligently pursue the big wins and take an active role in helping each portfolio company succeed.
Your Equity Is Top Priority
We fund investments to your specific cash needs; not to what a particular fund size requires. Billion-dollar funds need to write big checks to make the numbers work. We target big valuation step-ups, 18-24 months out. This means you keep more equity.
Partial Founder Liquidity Is Important
Bootstrapping companies is tough. We celebrate the success of founders and understand the importance of separating company and personal balance sheets with partial liquidity upfront.
Collaborative Partners
We love what we do and enjoy being active partners with founder-led companies. We leverage experience, people, technology, and services to increase the probability of a big outcome. We also respect that management needs to run the business.
Patience Is A Virtue
First time founders, weak board books, no board books, technical debt, no management, unaudited number, CXOs that are really director-level. We have seen it all. We understand that in order to ensure the best outcome, we need to exercise flexibility and patience to successfully work through it all.
Proven Model
Whether it is hiring executives, building an outbound sales team, scaling engineering, adding systems and processes, expanding TAM, moving from SMB to enterprise or any and all of these, we have the resources you need with a proven track record for success. We continue to invest in and expand our portfolio support capabilities in a unique, proprietary way.
Maximize The Exit
Building category-leading, lasting businesses, whether stand-alone or acquired, is the goal. We have advised and/or exited more than 200 companies and pride ourselves in being expert marketers of your equity to maximize the big win.
Savant Growth
Benefits
We Are Growth Investors
Your Equity Is Top Priority
Partial Founder Liquidity Is Important
Collaborative Partners
Patience Is A Virtue
Proven Model
Maximize The Exit
Join The Savant Ecosystem And Unleash Your Growth Potential
You built a great company, Savant Growth invests capital to fuel your growth and partners to achieve your aspiration.