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    Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital

    New York, New York, United States
    www.morganstanley.com/im/en-us/individual-investor/about-us/people-and-teams/investment-teams/expansion-capital-team.html
    Enterprise SoftwareHealthcareConsumerMedia & EntertainmentE-Commerce & Marketplace

    Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital is a private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management targeting late-stage growth equity and credit investments in technology, healthcare, consumer, digital media, and other high-growth sectors. The platform typically leads investments ranging from $20 million to $60 million in established companies seeking capital to scale revenue and expand operations.

    They made 4 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $48.3M (across 60 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    49

    Fund Size

    $1.2B

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    LI

    Lincoln Isetta

    Managing Director

    NN

    Nick Nocito

    Managing Director

    SC

    Steve Cao

    Executive Director

    PC

    Pete Chung

    Managing Principal and Head

    AM

    Akhil Madan

    Vice President

    JS

    Jon Sheets

    Growth & VC Investor

    WG

    William Gana

    Venture Capital and Growth Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    70 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    GroundCover logoGroundCoverSeries C$100MJul 2026
    Subtle Medical logoSubtle MedicalSeries C$33MJun 2026
    Censys logoCensysSeries D$70MMar 2026
    Sokin logoSokinSeries C—Dec 2025
    Sokin logoSokinSeries B—Jan 2025
    Ecentria logoEcentriaUnknown$15MJan 2025
    Sokin logoSokinSeries B—Jul 2024
    Octagos Health logoOctagos HealthSeries B—Jul 2024
    Cloudian logoCloudianGrowth$23MJun 2024
    Mad Mobile, Inc. logoMad Mobile, Inc.Growth$50MJun 2024
    Cover Whale logoCover WhaleSeries A$27.5MMay 2024
    Vortexa logoVortexaSeries C—Jan 2024
    cPacket logocPacketUnknown$67MJan 2024
    Cover Whale logoCover WhaleUnknown$27.5MJan 2024
    Urban Plates logoUrban PlatesGrowth$27MAug 2023
    DataGuard logoDataGuardSeries B$61MSep 2022
    Platform.sh logoPlatform.shSeries D$140MJun 2022
    NovoPayment logoNovoPaymentSeries A$19MApr 2022
    Tiff's Treats logoTiff's TreatsGrowth$30MNov 2021
    Elligo Health Research logoElligo Health ResearchSeries E$135MSep 2021
    Elligo logoElligoSeries E$135MSep 2021
    Elligo logoElligoBridge$135MSep 2021
    FreshBooks logoFreshBooksSeries E$80.8MAug 2021
    CComplianceMetrixSeries A$50MJun 2021
    Elligo Health Research logoElligo Health ResearchSeries E$135MJan 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners21 shared
    Ally Bridge Group6 shared
    Norwest Venture Partners6 shared
    One Peak5 shared
    Upfront Ventures3 shared
    Prysm Capital3 shared
    Watershed Ventures3 shared
    GV3 shared
    New Enterprise Associates3 shared
    First Round Capital3 shared
    Noro-Moseley Partners3 shared
    Piper Sandler Merchant Banking3 shared
    NewView Capital2 shared
    Kurma Partners2 shared
    Greylock Partners2 shared
    Intel Capital2 shared
    Mohr Davidow Ventures2 shared
    CIBC Innovation Banking2 shared
    Eurazeo1 shared
    Benhamou Global Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026