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    Sweetwater Private Equity

    Encinitas, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Sweetwater Private Equity is a boutique private equity firm headquartered in Encinitas, California, specializing in single-asset direct secondary transactions and private market liquidity solutions for General Partners. Founded in 2016, the firm focuses on secondary investments in buyout and growth-stage companies across healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors.

    60% of their portfolio is in Enterprise Software. Their most common stage is series-d (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $220.3M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    4

    Fund Size

    $505M

    Top Stage

    Series D

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Brent Alvord, MBA

    Brent Alvord, MBA

    Managing Director

    James Gamett, MBA, CFA, CPA

    James Gamett, MBA, CFA, CPA

    Founder & Partner

    Matt Kelsay, MBA

    Matt Kelsay, MBA

    Partner

    Kevin Rogers

    Kevin Rogers

    Director

    Ali Pfitzenmaier

    Ali Pfitzenmaier

    Principal

    Brianna Boretto, CPA

    Brianna Boretto, CPA

    Principal

    Bijan Sagart

    Bijan Sagart

    Associate

    Gabe Willes

    Gabe Willes

    Associate

    Griffin Garcia

    Griffin Garcia

    Associate

    Jasmine Peng, MBA

    Jasmine Peng, MBA

    Associate

    Natalie Arterburn

    Natalie Arterburn

    Associate

    Nicolas Forno

    Nicolas Forno

    Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    10 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Rippling logoRipplingSeries G$450MMay 2025
    Rippling logoRipplingSeries F$200MApr 2024
    Rippling logoRipplingSeries C$250MMar 2023
    Rippling logoRipplingSeries D$250MMay 2022
    Rippling logoRipplingSeries C$250MOct 2021
    Apeel logoApeelSeries E$250MAug 2021
    Engage3 logoEngage3Series D$35MJan 2021
    Apeel logoApeelSeries D$250MMay 2020
    Apeel logoApeelSeries D$250MJan 2020
    Faction logoFactionSeries B$18MMar 2018

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    Last updated: 27 September 2026