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Second Avenue Partners

Seattle venture firm giving capital and management help to early-stage companies around Puget Sound

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About Second Avenue Partners

Second Avenue Partners is a Seattle-based firm that provides capital, strategy and management support to early-stage companies in the Greater Puget Sound area. It builds long-term relationships with founders and works actively with the businesses it backs.

What Second Avenue Partners offers

  • Early-stage investment: funding for promising teams and new ideas.
  • Mentoring: hands-on advice from the partners to help portfolio companies grow.
  • Strategy support: help with planning and management as companies develop.

Who it serves

Entrepreneurial teams in internet, consumer and social media, software and clean energy, though the firm says it is open to other fields. It looks for original concepts and teams able to use new technology.

Key facts

  • Based in: Seattle, United States
  • Founded: 2000
  • Partners: Nick Hanauer, Pete Higgins and Mike Slade
  • Portfolio examples: Market Leader, In Situ, Azaleos, Newsvine, Fan Nation, Qliance and Flexe

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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