About Escalate Capital Partners
Escalate Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. It is primarily based out of Austin, United States. As of Oct 2023, Escalate Capital Partners has invested in 69 companies. It primarily invests in Conventional Debt round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Optimize Health Overall, Escalate Capital Partners portfolio has seen 3 IPOs and 47 acquisitions including key companies like Accolade, SailPoint and Phreesia. A lot of funds co-invest with Escalate Capital Partners, with names like Comerica sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Escalate Capital Partners has team of 7 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series B, Series C & 7 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Escalate Capital Partners' List of Top Investments
Escalate Capital Partners has a portfolio of 69 companies. Their most notable investments are in ThreatQuotient and Market Force.Their portfolio spans across United States, Australia, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series C and 7 more. Here is the list of top investments by Escalate Capital Partners:
1. Accolade
Cloud-based platform for employee health benefits. The platform provides consumer healthcare engagement and influence solutions for employers and payer organizations. The company offers a web portal and app-based health assistant to consumers which acts as a point of contact for health benefits or healthcare needs. It has features for users to engage in healthcare plans, access clinical guidance, access population health management, and compares benefits.
Key facts about Accolade
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Plymouth Meeting (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Feb 29, 2024
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $228M
- Investors: Cross Creek, Andreessen Horowitz and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Oct 15, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. SailPoint
Provider of identity security solutions for modern enterprise risk management. The company offers a unified platform designed to manage and secure access to critical data and applications. It provides solutions for mitigating cyber risk, embracing zero trust, maintaining compliance, and improving IT efficiency. The platform also accelerates on and offboarding processes.
Key facts about SailPoint
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $26.6M
- Employee Count: 3,642 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Herald Investment Management, Elsewhere Partners and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 18, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Phreesia
Provider of a patient check-in and registration platform for healthcare organizations. The platform replaces the outdated patient clipboard with a free wireless touch screen and swipe card enabled PhreesiaPad. The patient self-service solution includes electronic payment applications, clinical and administrative data collection, and consent form management, online appointment & referral management, revenue cycle management, registration, clinical screening tools, patient engagement.
Key facts about Phreesia
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Jan 31, 2026
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $109M
- Employee Count: 1,524 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: MFS Investment Management, Echo Health Ventures and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 13, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Bswift
Provider of benefits administration solutions for enterprises. It provides AI-driven guidance for benefits enrollment and improving process for both employees and HR departments. It provides tool provides tailored benefits package recommendations based on individual employee needs.
Key facts about Bswift
- Founded Year: 1996
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $51M
- Employee Count: 1,317 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Great Hill Partners and Escalate Capital Partners
- Latest Funding Round: PE, Apr 02, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Market Force
Technology solutions that offer a platform for collecting, integrating and visualizing data. The solutions provide customer experience data and analysis to multi-location businesses. Helps clients identify the actions required at the store level for better customer loyalty and financial performance. They provide a mobile app for internal auditors, mystery shoppers, and customers to complete questionnaires regarding businesses. Provides a dashboard for clients that provides a graphical representation of the data collected. Stakeholders can view the data as per their role and gain actionable insights. Data collection channels they utilize include mystery shopping, customer surveys, compliance audits, social media, and employee engagement surveys. They also provide advisory and market research services. Caters to retailers, restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, gas stations, financial institutions and entertainment studios.
Key facts about Market Force
- Founded Year: 1997
- Location: Louisville (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $41.3M
- Employee Count: 610 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Hercules Capital, Comerica and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Aug 01, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Escalate Capital Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Escalate Capital Partners has invested in 69 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Optimize Health and most recent follow-on round was in AeroSafe Global.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Escalate Capital Partners' Investments by Stage
Escalate Capital Partners has made 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13.2M, 5 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $17.7M and 3 investments in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $12.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 6 |
Series C | 5 |
Conventional Debt | 3 |
Venture Debt | 3 |
Series D | 2 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Escalate Capital Partners' Investments by Sector
Escalate Capital Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 60 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 60 Tech companies, 42 Software companies and at least 37 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 19 |
Vertical SaaS | 10 |
HealthTech | 6 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Escalate Capital Partners' Investments by Geography
Escalate Capital Partners has made most investments in United States (20), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 20 |
Australia | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Escalate Capital Partners' recent investments
Escalate Capital Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Escalate Capital Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 10, 2023 | United States | Series B | 1981 | [+8] | |
Aug 22, 2023 | United States | Series F | 9927 | [+5] | |
Apr 19, 2023 | United States | Seed | 8125 | [+2] | |
Aug 30, 2022 | United States | Series B | 5507 | [+3] | |
Feb 09, 2022 | Australia | Series B | 2968 | [+5] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Escalate Capital Partners' Portfolio
3 of Escalate Capital Partners' portfolio companies have become public. Phreesia got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Jul 2019 at marketcap of $639M and SailPoint got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at marketcap of $1.03B.Here are Escalate Capital Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 19, 2019 | - | - | 4344 | |
Nov 17, 2017 | - | - | 2917 | |
Dec 16, 2011 | - | - | 8857 |
Acquired companies in Escalate Capital Partners' Portfolio
47 companies from Escalate Capital Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was ThreatQuotient in Jun 2025 by Securonix for $*****.Here are Escalate Capital Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 11, 2025 | Apr 06, 2021 | Series C | 4050 | |
Jan 08, 2025 | - | - | 8233 | |
Nov 25, 2024 | Aug 18, 2016 | Conventional Debt | 8065 | |
Oct 08, 2024 | Dec 27, 2013 | Series C | 9798 | |
Mar 25, 2024 | Sep 26, 2011 | Series B | 8283 |
Team profile of Escalate Capital Partners
Escalate Capital Partners has a team of 7 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Escalate Capital Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Escalate Capital Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Austin | - | ||
Partner | Raleigh | - | ||
Partner | San Marcos | - | - |
Co-investors of Escalate Capital Partners
Over the past 20 years, 139 investors have co-invested in Escalate Capital Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Escalate Capital Partners: OpenView, Hercules Capital and 93 others have invested in rounds before Escalate Capital Partners. There are 3 companies where OpenView has invested before Escalate Capital Partners and 2 companies where Hercules Capital has invested before Escalate Capital Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Escalate Capital Partners: 24 investors entered a company along with Escalate Capital Partners. These include investors like Comerica (3 companies).
- Invested after Escalate Capital Partners: A total of 20 investors have invested in Escalate Capital Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include JMI Management (2 companies), Main Street Capital (1 company) and Atlaspeak (1 company).
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HPS/PayMedix Secures $33M to Scale Guaranteed Healthcare PaymentsHIT Consultant•Jan 13, 2026•PayMedix, HLM Investment Partners, Escalate Capital Partners, SV Health Investors and 1 other
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Optimize Health Closes $18M Series B FinancingFinSMEs•Oct 11, 2023•Optimize Health, Foundry, Escalate Capital Partners, Bonfire Ventures and 8 others
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