Springboard Growth Capital

Springboard Growth Capital (SGC) invests in high-growth companies founded by dynamic female entrepreneurs. With a focus on helping visionary entrepreneurs create market leaders, SGC employs a scalable independent sponsor model that is unique among women-focused funds in its capacity and flexibility to make growth equity investments of meaningful size. Backed by leading financial institutions, family offices and notable entrepreneurs, SGC invests in digitally native brands and consumer-facing technology companies that are transforming categories and revolutionizing industries.

Lori Wachs

Partner

Amy Wildstein

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

9 past transactions

Hint

Series D in 2020
Hint produces and markets natural-flavored unsweetened essence water. Its products include watermelon, blackberry, cucumber, pear, and lime-flavored water. The company markets and distributes its products through specialty markets, grocery stores, spas, hotels, and an online portal. Hint was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.

AQUIS

Series B in 2020
AQUIS is a beauty tool manufacturer that pioneers a science-based approach to restoring hair’s natural strength, vitality, and beauty. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

AQUIS

Series B in 2019
AQUIS is a beauty tool manufacturer that pioneers a science-based approach to restoring hair’s natural strength, vitality, and beauty. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Hint

Series C in 2019
Hint produces and markets natural-flavored unsweetened essence water. Its products include watermelon, blackberry, cucumber, pear, and lime-flavored water. The company markets and distributes its products through specialty markets, grocery stores, spas, hotels, and an online portal. Hint was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Fleur Du Mal

Convertible Note in 2018
Fleur du Mal, is a luxury lingerie and ready to wear brand founded in 2012 by Jennifer Zuccarini. Inspiring dressing up and undressing, the collection is distributed online at fleurdumal.com and with top department stores and specialty retailers around the world.

ClassPass

Series D in 2018
ClassPass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible. With over 25,000 studio, gym, and wellness partners across the globe, ClassPass connects members to a variety of classes and appointments including yoga, cycling, Pilates, boxing, massage, acupuncture, and more. It facilitates the discovery process, using machine learning to surface the most relevant recommendations to its members from a catalog of more than 5 million classes a month. In addition, ClassPass helps to lift the fitness industry daily, working directly with studio partners around the globe to merchandise their excess inventory, find new customers, and generate new streams of revenue.

The RealReal

Series G in 2018
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 37 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal has sold nearly 40 million items and provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. They have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, The RealReal gives new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. They make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. As a full-service, luxury consignment service, The RealReal does all of the work for its consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing items, as well as handling shipping, payments and customer service.

ClassPass

Series C in 2017
ClassPass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible. With over 25,000 studio, gym, and wellness partners across the globe, ClassPass connects members to a variety of classes and appointments including yoga, cycling, Pilates, boxing, massage, acupuncture, and more. It facilitates the discovery process, using machine learning to surface the most relevant recommendations to its members from a catalog of more than 5 million classes a month. In addition, ClassPass helps to lift the fitness industry daily, working directly with studio partners around the globe to merchandise their excess inventory, find new customers, and generate new streams of revenue.

The RealReal

Series E in 2016
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 37 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal has sold nearly 40 million items and provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. They have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, The RealReal gives new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. They make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. As a full-service, luxury consignment service, The RealReal does all of the work for its consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing items, as well as handling shipping, payments and customer service.
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