• About Us
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About Us

Who We Are

We are a growth equity firm that invests in technology, technology-enabled and high-growth industries globally. We strive to capitalize on transformation growth at an accelerating rate.

Our co-founding partners leverage the team's more than twenty-five year long and successful history of proprietary deal sourcing and value creation in partnership with founders and management teams to deliver attractive returns for our investment partners.

What We Believe

We focus on growing founder and management-team owned businesses that are largely underserved by private capital solutions.

We approach each partnership with a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset to ensure scalable, repeatable success across our partner base.

Alignment Tenacious Collaborative Performance Driven Firm-First Culture Operational Mindset & Capabilities Technologists Solution-Oriented

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Co-founders & Partners

Daniel Gibson

Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Daniel Gibson

Managing Partner & CIO at SGP. He was an original founding member of SCM, which he co-founded in 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience across private and public investments. At SGP, he led private investments into Aeva II. He currently serves on the boards of Aeva Technologies and PureCycle Technologies, and has also previously served on the board of Impinj, Inc. Daniel was previously a Partner at Coatue Management and a private equity investment professional at Calera Capital. He began his career in investment banking at UBS. He holds a BA in Economics from Amherst College.

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Jeff Fieler

Co-Founder & Partner
Jeff Fieler

Partner at SGP. He was an original founding member of SCM, which he co-founded in 2011. At SGP, he has led the investment into Energy Materials Corporation (EMC), a U.S.-based developer of high-speed, roll-to-roll printing technology for perovskite solar PV materials. Previously a Senior Partner at Coatue Management, he began his career as an Equity Research Analyst at Bear Stearns covering internet. He currently serves as an Independent Director of PureCycle Technologies. He holds a BA in Economics from Brown University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

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Karan Saraf

Co-Founder, Partner & Head of International
Karan Saraf

Partner, Head of International at SGP. Karan has more than 20 years of experience, having completed more than 20 investments, including 10 full realizations that have delivered in excess of 30% IRR. Prior to joining SGP, Karan was with 65 Equity Partners where he led the firm’s investments in AvePoint, Tuya, and TDConnex; his investment in TDConnex was awarded “Deal of the Year 2024” by SVCA, the regional private equity industry association. Prior to that, Karan spent approximately 13 years at KKR and CPP Investments, where he was one of the founding team members of both firms’ private equity platforms in Asia. He began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse in New York in 2006. He has previously served on the boards of TDConnex, NTCP, TCA, Acko Insurance, Virtusa, ACT, Dalmia Cement, amongst others. Karan holds a BSc in Accounting, Finance and International Business from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

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Our Team

Matthew Whitehead

Partner & COO
Matthew Whitehead

Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SGP and Sylebra Capital Management since January 2016. Matthew brings more than 25 years of experience across investment, business management, and operational execution. Prior to joining SGP and Sylebra Capital Management, Matthew spent several years at LIM Advisors, a Hong Kong-based hedge fund firm, where he worked across multiple business execution functions. Before that, he was with Morgan Stanley Investment Management in Hong Kong, where he led Asian hedge fund research. He began his career in London at ABN AMRO Asset Management as a hedge fund analyst. Matthew holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of Plymouth and was a CFA Charterholder from 2005 to 2021.

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Tony Xing

Principal
Tony Xing

Principal at SGP. Previously, Tony spent a decade at CPP Investments based in Hong Kong, where he was a founding member of the Relationship Investments Asia team. He invested in private and negotiated public market opportunities in Asia, partnering with companies seeking long-term capital to support expansion, M&A, IPO and shareholder transitions, with active engagement and board representation. He was engaged at the boards of Hong Kong Broadband Network and Delhivery Ltd. Tony holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from Queen’s University in Canada.

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David Rothwell

Director of Finance & Operations
David Rothwell

David brings more than 20 years of experience across fund accounting, finance and operations. Prior to joining Sylebra in 2026, he was Fund Controller at QVR Advisors, where he partnered with the CFO on operations and accounting across multiple funds and SMAs and led the firm’s OMS migration to Enfusion. From 2018 to 2020 he was a Manager in CFO Services at Constellation Advisers, acting as outsourced CFO and Controller to hedge funds, venture capital funds and family offices. Before this, David was an Account Manager at Citco Fund Services and spent seven years in Product Control at Lloyds Banking Group. He began his career in London at Ernst & Young and Morgan Stanley. David has a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration from the University of Bath and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Eugene Back

Associate
Eugene Back

Associate at SGP, which he joined in October 2022. Previously, Eugene was a Research Analyst at Haitong International Securities Group in Hong Kong. Before that, he was an Equity Research Intern at Dymon Asia Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.

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Elijah Brown

Associate
Elijah Brown

Associate at SGP, which he joined in September 2024, based in Palo Alto. Previously, Elijah was a Financial Analyst at Applied Materials in Santa Clara. He holds a degree in Finance and Business Analytics from the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

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Ashiya Vasudeva

Corporate Analyst
AV

Corporate Analyst at SGP. Prior to joining, she worked in research at True North Insights and revenue operations at SeaWorld. She holds a B.S. in Business Economics, with a minor in Technology, Innovation, and Supply Chain, from the University of California, San Diego.

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