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    Santa Barbara Venture Partners

    Santa Barbara, California, United StatesFounded 2020

    Santa Barbara Venture Partners (SBVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. The firm invests in tech and tech-enabled companies, leveraging deep expertise in customer acquisition and marketing to help portfolio companies maximize revenue growth.

    33% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Their most common stage is series-a (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $31.3M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $25M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Dan Engel

    Dan Engel

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Daniel Hedden

    Daniel Hedden

    Partner

    Andrea Hurtado

    Andrea Hurtado

    Marketing & Platform Lead

    Christy Noay

    Christy Noay

    Research Assistant

    Jennifer Weisman

    Jennifer Weisman

    Fund Finances

    Sarah Stark

    Sarah Stark

    VC Fund Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    9 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Hydrosat logoHydrosatSeries B$60MJan 2026
    Rwazi logoRwaziSeries A$12MJul 2025
    BuyerCaddy logoBuyerCaddySeed$1.5MJan 2024
    SSpin AISeries A$16MAug 2022
    SSpin AISeries A$16MJan 2022
    Spin Technology logoSpin TechnologySeries A$16MJan 2022
    Hydrosat logoHydrosatSeed$10MNov 2021
    Jackpocket logoJackpocketSeries D$120MNov 2021
    NNice HealthcareSeries A$30M—

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    Last updated: 7 October 2026