Deviate Partners

Deviate Partners – where early-stage advisory and investment meets strategic marketing consultancy. We believe in breaking the mold to achieve uncommon growth. That is the difference between coal mining, and asteroid mining. To truly deliver outsized growth, a portion of your strategy must challenge the norm. Otherwise, you're merely chipping away in the same saturated mines as everyone else. We've been an investor and/or advisor for over two dozen startups. But the breadth of teams we've collaborated with isn't our only asset. Our true differentiation? Perspective. Having also been part of multiple acquisitions by large public companies both as the acquired and acquirer, I've witnessed the nuances of M&A. From the bankers building their pitch for one of the largest private equity deals, to building a compelling business case, to post-acquisition strategy execution. My journey with Symantec/Veritas covered projects including IMlogic, Vontu, KVS/EnterpriseVault, and Live Office, while with Atlassian, it has spanned OpsGenie, AgileCraft, CodeBarrel and others. This perspective positions us uniquely to help your company find the path to outsized growth. Our esteemed clientele and/or investments include: Anno, Angellist, Arcol, Axcient (acquired), Bagel (AI), Clinch.ai, Closer, Cozy (acquired), A Better Way to Build PCBs | Flux , Forescout (IPO), GetDX, Highlight, Hypothesis, Launchable (AI), Launchnotes, OneDrop, Optimizley (acquired), Perchwell, Rabble, Redactive , Semicab, Signpost, SimplyPut , Supersapiens, Workstream, and Yassir.