Frank Tower

General Partner, Savano Capital Partners

Frank is a General Partner with Savano Capital Partners, a Baltimore, MD-based growth equity investor specializing in direct secondaries. Savano Capital looks to partner with later-stage, high-growth, at-scale technology companies by providing interim liquidity to existing shareholders (founders, current and former employees, angel investors, early institutional and corporate strategic investors). Savano targets privately held technology and tech-enabled service companies with revenue from $50 to $250 million. Frank has been a General Partner with Savano since 2020 and joined the firm as a Venture Partner in 2017.

Frank has more than 30 years of experience financing high-growth, venture-backed technology and life science companies. Before Savano Capital, he was the President of the Venture Banking Group and a Director of Pacific Western Bank, a $26 billion asset bank serving venture-backed businesses and their VC and PE investors. In this capacity, Frank led the technology, life sciences, and venture capital practices across the country. Frank joined PacWest Bank through its acquisition of Square 1 Bank (NASDAQ:SQBK) in October 2015, where he was Executive Vice President overseeing the technology and life science practices on the East Coast.

Before joining Square 1 Bank in 2014, Frank was a founding General Partner of Gold Hill Capital, an independent private equity firm providing debt and equity capital to rapid-growth, venture-backed technology companies. With offices in Boston, MA and San Jose, CA, Frank and his partners raised two funds and deployed $1 billion in more than 200 companies. Previous experiences included roles as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer during his 10-year tenure at Silicon Valley Bank.

Frank earned a BS degree with a double major in Finance and Investments from Babson College.