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Sway Ventures

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Sway Ventures is a US-based venture capital firm that invests in early to mid-stage technology companies.

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AITV

founded date

29.04.2013

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The firm has been investing in 65+ companies across four foundational industries for nearly a decade, seeking high-performing teams with ambitious visions to sustainably lead their industry. Sway Ventures provides strategic capitalization, business development support, and engineered exits to help great teams change the future. They invest early, often being the first check at the pre-seed or seed stages, and support companies from the core through the growth stage. Learn more at www.swayvc.com.
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Darius Sankey
Darius Sankey

Darius Sankey

N. Darius Sankey, PhD is a founding General Partner at Sway Ventures, as well as a seasoned executive in the venture capital and technology industries. Before his work with Sway Ventures, Darius served as a Senior Director of Portfolio Management at Intellectual Ventures, a Managing Director at DFJ – Zone Ventures, and has served as a board member for several companies including Siimpel Corporation and Neven Vision (acquired by Google). He has worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and held strategic planning, consulting, and R&D positions at RAND and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Darius holds a Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester and a B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT. He is also an adjunct professor at Rady School of Business at the University of California, at San Diego (UCSD).

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Brent Granado
Brent Granado

Brent Granado

Brent is a Managing Partner at Sweetwater Private Equity and a member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to Sweetwater, Brent was a General Partner at Sway Ventures, an early and growth stage venture capital firm. As General Partner with Sway, he served on the investment committee, sat on numerous boards, and helped manage primary and secondary transactions. Prior to Sway, he held the position of Director of Corporate Development at DDi Corp. (NASDAQ) of which he was instrumental in the sale of the business to ViaSystems Group, Inc. (later acquired by TTM Technologies, Inc.). Brent has held positions in investments and M&A, including Managing Director at RFC Capital Partners (a merchant bank and private equity fund), and legal counsel, for over 20 years. He holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at USC, a JD from Whittier Law School, and graduated with a BS in Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside.

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Sweetwater Capital Partners

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Brent Granado

Brian Nugent
Brian Nugent

Brian Nugent

Brian Nugent is a founding General Partner of Sway Ventures, as well as a seasoned technology industry executive, entrepreneur, and board director. As an investor, entrepreneur, operator and strategic advisor in over 150 technology ventures, Brian has built domain expertise and deep connections across the IT industry on five continents. Brian has a proven record of driving software, SaaS, hardware and IT Services companies to market leadership positions. As an entrepreneur and operating executive he ran both public and privately-held enterprise software companies. Previously Brian was a senior executive at Teros (acquired by Citrix), Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens) and LuxN (acquired by Sorrento Networks). He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ThreatSTOP, Liquid Grids, and CyberHive. Brian is a member of the ‘Alliance of CEOs’, the San Diego Venture Group, and is a frequent lecturer at CEO consortium’s such as the ‘CEO Total Access Series’. He is active in a variety of charitable organizations and is a Board Member of PEERS Network and is a member of the 2013 National Champion Sunset Water Polo Club. Brian holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.

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Bill Malloy
Bill Malloy

Bill Malloy

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Bret Awbrey

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Brennan Reif

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Darren Kimura

Darren Kimura

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Giovanni 'Gio' Agostinelli

Giovanni 'Gio' Agostinelli

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Michael Burns

Michael Burns

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Shelly Kapoor Collins

Shelly Kapoor Collins

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Dylan Weening

Dylan Weening

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Daniel Haders

Daniel Haders

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