Christopher Cavanagh

General Partner at Guidepost Growth Equity

๐Ÿ“ Boston, Massachusetts, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 14 investments๐Ÿ“… 12 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jan 2025
VC๐ŸŒ United States
14
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12y
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Board Member
Jan 2025
PetScreeningโ„ข helps housing providers manage residents pets and assistance animals digitally while generating opportunities for pet-related revenue. The virtual screening platform standardizes risk-assessment for household pets by providing a digital Pet Profile and FIDO Score for each pet screened. PetScreening streamlines the assistance animal accommodation request review process while following HUD guidelines, and it helps limit unauthorized pets.
Board Member
Dec 2021
Dscout is a flexible Experience Research Platform for capturing in-context insights from high-quality participants. Leading brands use Dscout to test ideas, iterate quickly, collaborate, and build confidently.
Board Member
May 2021
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ โ€œ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€โ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜†. Thatโ€™s why our team never stops pushing boundaries in pet location and health technology. Our world-leading GPS trackers and mobile app allow pet parents to follow their petsโ€™ every step in real-time, discover their daily adventures, and know if they wander too far. Plus, wellness features like health alerts and activity monitoring help pet parents detect potential issues early. How does our team deliver the worlds most trusted GPS tracker for pets? Itโ€™s simple! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ & ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! Its what drives our success and what makes working at Tractive so special. With team members from over 40 nationalities, our global culture guarantees youโ€™ll make friends and build connections from all corners of the world. No matter where youโ€™re from, youโ€™ll fit right in! And with a culture that fosters ownership, transparency and teamwork, youโ€™ll unleash your fullest potential! No matter what your position is, with Tractive youll make a difference! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€! Joining the #TrackPack means youโ€™ll be able to take advantage of some pretty incredible perks and benefits โ€“ all designed with you in mind. 4-Day Work Week Flexible Schedule Hybrid Work Online Learning Wellness Bonus International Support ยฝ Price Public Transport Pawternity Leave Team Events ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ? We love sharing whatโ€™s going on โ€“ from product launches to pawsome customer stories! Follow us on our social channels to stay connected: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TractiveCompany Instagram www.instagram.com/tractive Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/tractive/ Kununu https://www.kununu.com/at/tractive2 Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.co.uk ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? Join the #TrackPack โ€“ https://tractive.com/en/hr/careers
Board Member
Feb 2021
Atlas understands how people work. Our team of trusted experts support you with the ins-and-outs of global expansion, local compliance, and employee experience across the globe. You find the talent โ€” we handle everything else.
Board Observer
Aug 2017
WP Engine, the worldโ€™s most trusted WordPress technology company, powers the freedom to create on WordPress. WP Engine's managed WordPress hosting, eCommerce solutions, and enterprise offerings, including our WordPress experience platform and headless WordPress solution power 1.5M digital experiences globally for companies and agencies of all sizes. WP Engine has offices in Austin, Texas; Brisbane, Australia; Krakรณw, Poland; Limerick, Ireland; London, England; Omaha, Nebraska and San Antonio, Texas. Many of our 1,000 employees work remotely around the world.
Board Member
Aug 2017
Spoonflowerโ€™s mission is to inspire individuals to make, buy and sell unique products built around color and pattern. Our e-commerce website makes it possible for individuals to create, sell, and shop for unique fabrics, wallpaper and home decor, such as bedding and table linens. Many of the designers who use Spoonflower to create products also use it to sell their artwork, making Spoonflower the worldโ€™s largest marketplace of surface designs. The community of designers and shoppers who make up Spoonflower is central to what we do. Our goal is to continue to expand the reach of Spoonflowerโ€™s services internationally, and, more generally, to expand the opportunities available for individuals to express themselves through color, pattern and personalization. At Spoonflower, creativity, customer-focus, resourcefulness, authenticity, fun and trust are the core values of our workplace. Our team is full of creative, multitalented individuals who embody -- like our customers -- a DIY ethic and an embrace of hard work. We offer team members competitive benefits, support of continuing education, the chance to learn new skills and to move within the company, and a dynamic and flexible company culture.
Board Observer
Mar 2017
Lucid was acquired by Cint Group in 2021. For up-to-date news from us, please follow Cint. Lucid (a Cint Group company) is a research technology platform that delivers programmatic access to first-party survey data. Our data can be used to build business strategies, measure the impact of advertising, publish research, and more. With available respondents in more than 100 countries, we make it possible for anyone, in any industry, to survey online audiences to get the answers they need โ€“ fast. Lucid's programmatic technology directly connects researchers with online communities of survey participants. In the Lucid Marketplace, projects are awarded via a reverse-auction bidding process. That means buyers (researchers) send survey opportunities, and suppliers match their respondents with these surveys.
Board Observer
Aug 2015
PlanSource is a technology company that automates and simplifies every aspect of employee benefit programs, so employees and HR teams can make smarter, more confident benefits decisions. More than 7.5 million consumers receive their benefits through the PlanSource platform, which provides the best experience possible for benefits communications, shopping, enrollment, billing, compliance and ongoing administration. With an end-to-end benefits platform and suite of technology-enabled services, PlanSource helps people maximize the benefits of their benefits, so they can live happier, healthier lives.
Board Member
Aug 2015
Since 2006, weโ€™ve helped the most innovative companies and HR leaders transform the employee experience to attract and retain top talent through employee benefits, strategic reward and recognition, wellbeing and much more. Across the globe, over 750 of us work together to make the world a better place to work, and as an ambitious, fast-growth, HR Tech SaaS company weโ€™re flexible, inclusive and keen to meet talented individuals who are passionate about positively impacting the future of work. Clients include American Express, Unilever, Samsung, IBM and McDonalds. For further information, please visit: www.rewardgateway.com
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2025
Board Member
Jan 2025
PetScreeningโ„ข helps housing providers manage residents pets and assistance animals digitally while generating opportunities for pet-related revenue. The virtual screening platform standardizes risk-assessment for household pets by providing a digital Pet Profile and FIDO Score for each pet screened. PetScreening streamlines the assistance animal accommodation request review process while following HUD guidelines, and it helps limit unauthorized pets.
2021
Board Member
Dec 2021
Dscout is a flexible Experience Research Platform for capturing in-context insights from high-quality participants. Leading brands use Dscout to test ideas, iterate quickly, collaborate, and build confidently.
Board Member
Aug 2021
Atheneum is a leading global insights platform servicing various clients including distinguished strategy consulting firms, renowned investment houses and well known global corporations. Our mission is to provide faster insights to empower our clientsโ€™ decision making. Through our AI capabilities we accelerate the decision-making of our clients by connecting them to the worlds top professionals and industry leaders. Atheneum is growing rapidly, with 600+ professionals in 11 offices across the US, South America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. For more information please visit https://www.atheneum.ai For clients: ce-global@atheneum.ai For experts: expert.relations@atheneum.ai
Board Member
May 2021
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ โ€œ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€โ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜†. Thatโ€™s why our team never stops pushing boundaries in pet location and health technology. Our world-leading GPS trackers and mobile app allow pet parents to follow their petsโ€™ every step in real-time, discover their daily adventures, and know if they wander too far. Plus, wellness features like health alerts and activity monitoring help pet parents detect potential issues early. How does our team deliver the worlds most trusted GPS tracker for pets? Itโ€™s simple! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ & ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! Its what drives our success and what makes working at Tractive so special. With team members from over 40 nationalities, our global culture guarantees youโ€™ll make friends and build connections from all corners of the world. No matter where youโ€™re from, youโ€™ll fit right in! And with a culture that fosters ownership, transparency and teamwork, youโ€™ll unleash your fullest potential! No matter what your position is, with Tractive youll make a difference! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€! Joining the #TrackPack means youโ€™ll be able to take advantage of some pretty incredible perks and benefits โ€“ all designed with you in mind. 4-Day Work Week Flexible Schedule Hybrid Work Online Learning Wellness Bonus International Support ยฝ Price Public Transport Pawternity Leave Team Events ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ? We love sharing whatโ€™s going on โ€“ from product launches to pawsome customer stories! Follow us on our social channels to stay connected: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TractiveCompany Instagram www.instagram.com/tractive Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/tractive/ Kununu https://www.kununu.com/at/tractive2 Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.co.uk ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? Join the #TrackPack โ€“ https://tractive.com/en/hr/careers
Board Member
Feb 2021
Atlas understands how people work. Our team of trusted experts support you with the ins-and-outs of global expansion, local compliance, and employee experience across the globe. You find the talent โ€” we handle everything else.
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