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Sands Capital Alternatives

Sands Capital Alternatives is a private equity and venture manager in Arlington, VA. It is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser with $5.4B in regulatory assets and 182 staff. It has 32 funds on file, the latest reported in August 2026.

Funds on file
32
Raised, all funds
$1.6B
Regulatory assets
$5.4B
Staff
182
Pension investors
None found
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Latest fund filing

Funds

DateFundTypeRaisedTarget
Aug 2026 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-DB, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Jul 2026 Sands Capital Global Venture Fund IV, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Apr 2026 Sands Capital - IS, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2026 SC-PM Fund 1, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2026 Sands Capital Global Innovation Opportunities Fund, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Feb 2026 Sands Capital - EYN, LLC Private equity $2M Not given
Feb 2026 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund III-3, L.P. Private equity $113.1M Not given
Jan 2026 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund III, L.P. Private equity $973.5M Not given
Sep 2025 Sands Capital Global Venture Fund II-PA, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
May 2025 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund III-2, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
May 2025 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund III-X, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
May 2025 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund III-RP, L.P. Private equity $20M Not given
Apr 2025 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-FG, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2025 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund III, L.P. Private equity $8M Not given
Jun 2024 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-AN, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2024 Sands Capital Global Venture Fund II-SLX, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Nov 2023 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Opportunities Fund, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Oct 2023 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund III (DE), L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Aug 2022 Sands Capital Global Venture Fund III, L.P. Private equity $201.5M Not given
Dec 2021 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund-SX, L.P. Private equity $15.1M Not given
Dec 2021 Sands Capital Global Venture Fund I-UPG, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Sep 2021 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-GST, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Aug 2021 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund II, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Jun 2021 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II-KLV, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Apr 2021 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II, L.P. Private equity $0 Not given
Sep 2020 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund-BYJUs, L.P. Private equity $43.5M $43.5M
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund C-1-GP, L.P. Private equity $340K Not given
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund C-1, L.P. Private equity $29.2M Not given
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund-GP, L.P. Private equity $630K Not given
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund, L.P. Private equity $111.2M Not given
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund-GP, L.P. Private equity $1.1M Not given
Jul 2020 Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund, L.P. Private equity $90.5M Not given

Adviser record

RegistrationRegistered with the SEC as an investment adviser.
Regulatory assets$5.4B
Employees182
Clients34 private funds.
Control personsJonathan, Paul Goodman, Ian, W Ratcliffe, Frank, Melville Sands.
Private funds26 private funds holding $1.7B in gross assets.

Private funds it reports

FundTypeGross assets
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund II Private equity $392.9M
Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund II Private equity $237.3M
Sands Capital Global Venture Fund II Venture $174.7M
Sands Capital Global Venture Fund I Venture $170.6M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund Private equity $142.7M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund C-1 Private equity $138.8M
Sands Capital Global Venture Fund Iii Venture $96.1M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund Ii-x Private equity $76.3M
Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund Private equity $47.3M
Sands Capital Global Private Growth Fund I Venture $43M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund Ii-klv Private equity $25M
Sands Capital Life Sciences Pulse Fund C-1 Private equity $24.2M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund Ii-gst Private equity $19.1M
Sands Capital Private Growth Fund Ii-blbk Venture $18.5M
Sands Capital Global Innovation Fund-sx Private equity $15.1M