Steve Sarracino is a technology investor and venture capitalist. He is best known for founding Activant Capital, a growth equity and venture capital firm focused on investing in growing technology businesses. Early life and education Sarracino grew up in Irvine, California and holds a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Career Sarracino founded Activant Capital in 2013. Sarracino previously was a founding member of Serent Capital and founded the Technology Group at American Capital. Prior, was with McKinsey & Co in Hong Kong and was senior member of the M&A team at Robertson Stephens. At Activant, Sarracino led investments in Better.com, Bolt, Deliverr, Indigo Agriculture, NewStore, Turvo, RetailNext and Boxed. The firm has had several exits including hybris, an e-commerce software business that sold to SAP for $1.4 billion, Upland Software, which went public and the recent sale of predictive analytics company Celect to Nike. Personal life Sarracino lives with his wife and three children in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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