Bay Grove

What they do

Bay Grove is an investment firm formed in late 2007 by Kevin Marchetti and Adam Forste and joined in 2011 by Dave Brandes. The firm focuses on creating platform companies with lifespans measured in decades, building them through a combination of acquisitions and organic deployment of capital. Bay Grove emphasizes developing deep domain expertise around each platform and using capital and capital markets efficiently. Since late 2008, Bay Grove has executed this owner-operator vision and approach with Lineage and currently devotes its efforts to the growth and success of this platform.

What they look for

Bay Grove focuses on building long-term platform companies, currently exemplified by its work with Lineage, using a strategy that combines acquisitions, organic capital deployment, and deep domain expertise. The firm applies an owner-operator approach and aims to use capital and capital markets as efficiently as possible.

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

Mobility and logistics, Climate, Deeptech, SaaS, AI, Fintech

Based

San Francisco, US