US$2.2B
Assets under management
10+
Years investing
100+
Investments in private companies
Data as of 30/06/2025.
Our approach
Technology focused
The funds focus on private late-stage opportunities across enterprise software, dual-use defence and industrial, and
consumer technologies.
Concentrated portfolios
Our boutique-sized funds enable concentrated portfolios of the highest quality businesses in
the ecosystem.
Lifecycle investors
Franklin Venture Partners is a private-public lifecycle investor, which appeals to later stage startups who are looking for long-term, deep-pocketed, long-only investors who grow their position post-IPO.
Portfolio1
Exits1
Below is a list of all past portfolio companies backed by Franklin Venture Partners.
Investment team
James Cross, CFA
Managing Director
Investment Experience: 27 Years
Robert Stevenson, CFA
Managing Director
Investment Experience: 22 Years
Ryan Biggs, CFA
Managing Director
Investment Experience: 17 Years
Sara Araghi, CFA
Director
Investment Experience: 22 Years
Anthony Hardy, CFA
Director
Investment Experience: 14 Years
Richard Herbert, CFA
Head of Investor Relations
Relevant Experience: 15 years
Andrew Dignum, CFA
Associate
Investment Experience: 5 Years
Emily McCarthy
Associate
Investment Experience: 2 Years
Dylan Serrentino-Mullins
Associate
Investment Experience: 1 year
Kat Anderson
Associate General Counsel
Legal Experience: 12 years
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Footnotes
1. The specific portfolio companies shown represent all the Franklin Venture Partners platform’s past and current portfolio companies as of 12/31/2024. It should not be assumed that investments in the portfolio companies shown were, are or will be profitable.
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