Brian Sauer

Senior Partner | Private Equity | B2B Services, Franchising & Vertical Software | Platform Strategy + Add‑on M&A | Board Member

📍 Santa Monica, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2021
VC🌍 United States
7
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Apr 2021
Threshold Brands™ is a highly curated collection of home services providers. Our mission is simple, to open the door to a better lifestyle. Whether you’re looking to repair, maintain or enhance your home or property, or, if you would like to own a business that helps people do so, Threshold Brands has what you’re looking for. Our family of brands is dedicated to being environmentally conscious, franchisee and consumer-friendly, with a strong focus on being “a best place to work.” To explore owning a Threshold Brands franchise, go to: https://www.thresholdbrands.com/
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Feb 2017
Best Life Brands is a family of companies focused on the well-being of clients at any stage of life. Our brands include: ComForCare/At Your Side Home Care, premier franchised providers of in-home caregiving and private-duty nursing services; CarePatrol, the nation’s largest franchised senior solutions advising organization; Blue Moon Estate Sales, the leading estate sales franchise in the U.S.; Boost Home Healthcare, franchised medical care services for in-home recovery and long-term independence; and Next Day Access, franchised accessibility and mobility solutions. The company will continue to grow with future acquisitions that share the goal to serve people with diverse needs and help everyone live their best life possible.
Investor
Aug 2015
Soothe is the world’s leading wellness marketplace, connecting individual and corporate clients with wellness providers who meet their personalized needs through the Soothe app, Soothe Residential & Hospitality, and Soothe Corporate Wellness services. Service providers in Soothes marketplace offer a range of on-demand services including massage, skincare, hair and beauty services in over 70 markets across the United States.
Board Member
Jan 2009
Adventures in Advertising has the ability to help in many areas of branding your logo. We love to help with golf tournaments, conventions, employee reconition awards and trade shows. Our promise to you is; we can put your logo ON anything, ON time and ON budget.
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2021
Investor
Apr 2021
Threshold Brands™ is a highly curated collection of home services providers. Our mission is simple, to open the door to a better lifestyle. Whether you’re looking to repair, maintain or enhance your home or property, or, if you would like to own a business that helps people do so, Threshold Brands has what you’re looking for. Our family of brands is dedicated to being environmentally conscious, franchisee and consumer-friendly, with a strong focus on being “a best place to work.” To explore owning a Threshold Brands franchise, go to: https://www.thresholdbrands.com/
2018
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Aug 2018
Logically is a leading national managed security and IT solution provider that helps organizations secure and support their businesses today, solve for tomorrow, and strategize for the future with cyber-first solutions. Our team of experts, including cybersecurity, engineering, networking, and cloud specialists, collaborate with customers to implement solutions that protect their assets, reduce risk, and optimize performance, end to end. Since 1999, we have made long-term relationships, customer service excellence, and purposeful innovation guiding principles to ensure customers have a trusted advisor at their side, helping them focus on their business, not the technology behind it.
2017
Investor
Feb 2017
Best Life Brands is a family of companies focused on the well-being of clients at any stage of life. Our brands include: ComForCare/At Your Side Home Care, premier franchised providers of in-home caregiving and private-duty nursing services; CarePatrol, the nation’s largest franchised senior solutions advising organization; Blue Moon Estate Sales, the leading estate sales franchise in the U.S.; Boost Home Healthcare, franchised medical care services for in-home recovery and long-term independence; and Next Day Access, franchised accessibility and mobility solutions. The company will continue to grow with future acquisitions that share the goal to serve people with diverse needs and help everyone live their best life possible.
2015
Investor
Aug 2015
Soothe is the world’s leading wellness marketplace, connecting individual and corporate clients with wellness providers who meet their personalized needs through the Soothe app, Soothe Residential & Hospitality, and Soothe Corporate Wellness services. Service providers in Soothes marketplace offer a range of on-demand services including massage, skincare, hair and beauty services in over 70 markets across the United States.
2014
Investor
Aug 2014
Grace Hill provides technology-enabled performance solutions that help owners and operators of real estate properties increase property performance, reduce operating risk and grow top talent. Its industry-leading solutions covering policy, training, assessment, survey, and data-driven insights are bolstered by years of real estate experience, in-depth service-level expertise and outstanding customer support. Today, more than 500,000 real estate professionals from more than 2,300 companies rely on talent performance solutions from Grace Hill. Visit us at http://gracehill.com or on LinkedIn.
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