Caitlin Vorlicek Named to GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2026
Congratulations to Caitlin Vorlicek, who’s been named to GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2026!
Caitlin Vorlicek is a Partner at Sageview Capital, a growth equity firm that empowers industry-defining innovators to build enduring software and tech-enabled businesses. In her role, Caitlin is responsible for helping to lead the firm’s investment ideation, sourcing efforts, transaction activity, and post-investment value creation. Since she joined Sageview in 2021, Caitlin has been instrumental in enhancing the firm’s sourcing efforts and has been actively involved in the firm’s investments in Carewell, Elemental Machines, Specright, User Interviews, Stensul, Tive, and Uncountable.
Before joining Sageview, Caitlin led Partnerships and Corporate Development at Sifted, a logistics software company based in Kansas City, MO. Before joining Sifted, Caitlin spent three years at Summit Partners, sourcing and executing investments including Klaviyo, A Cloud Guru, Allego, and Sifted. Caitlin began her career in technology investment banking at Harris Williams & Co. Caitlin graduated cum laude from Colby College, receiving a BA in Economics with Distinction.
“The opportunity to back exceptional founders is already the privilege of a career – but what I’m grateful for in being included on this list is the women who mentored me through the long, uncertain stretches that growth investing demands, and the chance to pay that forward with an all-female investment team at Sageview Capital.” – Caitlin Vorlicek
More About The Award
Behind many of the most successful growth investment firms, portfolio companies, and value creation strategies are exceptional women whose talents and capabilities help drive exceptional outcomes year in and year out.
From investing and investor relations to operations, talent management, and firm leadership, these individuals play integral roles across a variety of functional areas and demonstrate how teams can come together to orchestrate and execute on oftentimes challenging and complex mandates. Their expertise, judgment, and commitment to excellence create lasting impact not only for their own firms and colleagues but also for the many executives and professionals of their portfolio companies.
Now in its sixth year, The Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing recognition honors a select group of professionals who have distinguished themselves through notable performance in their respective roles and meaningful contributions to their organizations. This year’s recipients were selected from a highly competitive pool of nominees following a comprehensive evaluation of their professional accomplishments, depth of experience, and the perspectives of those who have worked alongside them.
*The Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2026 was awarded in July 2026. Sageview Capital submitted nomination forms for the GrowthCap award to GrowthCap, who evaluated all nominees based on the quality of the feedback they received from portfolio company CEOs, firm colleagues, as well as peers in the industry. Sageview Capital paid GrowthCap to be included on the final published list. The GrowthCap award is awarded by third parties that are not affiliated with Sageview Capital. The number of nominees reviewed for the award, and the number of award recipients were not available to Sageview Capital. Therefore, those numbers and the percentages of nominees that received each award cannot be disclosed herein. The award is not indicative of Sageview Capital’s future performance and does not reflect the experience of, or any rating by, Sageview Capital’s investors or clients, and generally does not relate to investment advisory services to clients.