You bootstrapped a software company.
We're here to help you realize its full potential.
Trusted by founders to help their companies scale and grow.
Even for B2B companies that find early product-market fit and success, the opportunities to accelerate growth often outpace their resources. Mainsail is a growth equity firm purpose-built to help founders, like you, achieve your vision for company, customer, and personal growth.
"Mainsail's vast knowledge and expertise among their operations team have been critical to our business's growth; they understand the challenges we face today and anticipate the ones we'll encounter tomorrow. They are wonderful people to work with, consistently challenging you to do more and be your best."
Elizabeth Francisco
“As a founder, bringing in your first investor is one of the hardest and most important decisions you'll make. We were fortunate to get it right when we partnered with Mainsail. Their help in recruiting talent has been instrumental in sealing our organization and continuing our growth trajectory. This is one of many areas they've exceeded our expectations.”
Mark Tipton
“When we set out to choose an investment partner, we were careful to find the right team that understood the long-term vision we aimed to build. That’s why we selected Mainsail, a founder-friendly company that truly understands and supports what we’re trying to do.”
Caleb Frankel
"We are not only focused on achieving outstanding business growth but also on cultivating a strong, collaborative culture that empowers our team members and fosters innovation. With Mainsail Partners by our side, we are confident in our ability to enhance our culture and achieve our business goals.”
Jennifer Doyle
“Like many bootstrapped founders’ experience, our growth was catching up with our cashflow. A growth equity partnership with Mainsail was absolutely the sweet spot for us to attain the capital we needed to continue to invest in running and growing ProShop, as well as the domain experience in every aspect of the business that we needed to get better at.”
Paul Van Metre
Why Mainsail
Certain statements about Mainsail Management Company, LLC (“Mainsail” or “Mainsail Partners”) made by portfolio company executives herein are intended to illustrate Mainsail’s business relationship with such persons, including with respect to Mainsail’s facilities as a business partner, rather than Mainsail’s capabilities or expertise with respect to investment advisory services. Portfolio company executives were not compensated in connection with their participation, although they generally receive compensation and investment opportunities in connection with their portfolio company roles, and in certain cases are also owners of portfolio company securities and/or investors in Mainsail-sponsored vehicles. Such compensation and investments subject participants to potential conflicts of interest in making the statements herein.
The portfolio companies identified do not represent all of the investments made or recommended by Mainsail and were not selected based on the performance of such investments. These investments are meant to show a portion of the Mainsail portfolio and are not intended to be representative of any current or future investments. There can be no assurance any fund managed by Mainsail will be able to consummate investments with the same or similar characteristics to the portfolio companies described herein, or that, if consummated, such investments will be profitable. For more information on Mainsail’s portfolio companies, please refer to the Portfolio page.