Summit Partners
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1984[1][2][3] |
Founder | Roe Stamps[2] Stephen Woodsum[2] Gregory Avis[4] |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1][2][3] |
Key people | Peter Chung (CEO)[5] |
Products | Private equity Venture capital Private credit Public equity |
AUM | US$35 billion (2022)[6] |
Website | www.summitpartners.com |
Summit Partners is an American private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] The firm focuses on investing in technology, healthcare, life sciences and other growth industries.[1][3]
Background
Summit Partners was founded in 1984 by Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum, who previously worked together at TA Associates.[2][7][8] Greg Avis would also join as a co-founder shortly after.[8][4]
In 2000, the three co-founders handed over daily management of the firm to five partners.[2][4]
In 2015, the firm acquired Alydar Capital.[9] It is now operating as the public equity investment arm of Summit Partners.[citation needed]
Summit Partners is headquartered in Boston[1][2][3] with additional offices in Menlo Park, London and Luxembourg.[3][5]
Business Overview
Summit Partners has three main business lines, which are:[1][5]
The firm typically invests in later-stage companies that have already been established with the objective of providing further growth.[1] Its private equity investments typically range from $30 million to $500 million each, while its venture capital investments range from $5 million to $30 million each.[1] The firm also provides debt financing as well as public equities' investment services.[1]
Notable investments made by Summit Partners include Uber,[10] McAfee,[citation needed] Avast,[11] Infor,[12] Flow Traders[13] and Arista Networks.[citation needed]
Funds
Growth
Fund[14][15] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII | 2006 | USD 3,100 |
Summit Partners Europe Private Equity Fund | 2008 | EUR 1,000 |
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII | 2012 | USD 2,700 |
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX | 2016 | USD 3,300 |
Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund II | 2017 | EUR 700 |
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X | 2019 | USD 4,900 |
Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund III | 2020 | USD 1,100 |
Venture
Fund | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Summit Ventures I | 1984 | USD 160 |
Summit Ventures II | 1988 | USD 230 |
Summit Ventures III | 1992 | USD 280 |
Summit Ventures IV | 1995 | USD 610 |
Summit Ventures V | 1998 | USD 1,120 |
Summit Accelerator Fund | 1999 | USD 170 |
Summit Ventures VI | 2001 | USD 2,085 |
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund II | 2006 | USD 310 |
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund III | 2012 | USD 520 |
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund IV | 2017 | USD 730 |
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund V | 2020 | USD 1,000 |
Credit
Fund[16] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Summit Partners Credit Fund | 2012 | USD 520 |
Summit Partners Credit Fund II | 2014 | USD 1,000 |
Subordinated Debt
Fund[17] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Summit Subordinated Debt Fund | 1994 | USD 140 |
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II | 1997 | USD 335 |
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund III | 2004 | USD 465 |
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund IV | 2009 | USD 840 |
Notable investments
- A Cloud Guru[18]
- Aeryon Labs
- Akeneo[19]
- Answers.com[20]
- Arista Networks[citation needed]
- Avast[11]
- AvePoint[21]
- AvidXchange
- Belkin[22]
- Bigpoint[23]
- Brightside
- Calypso Technology[24]
- Clarabridge[25]
- CrossFit[26]
- Darktrace[27]
- Everi Holdings[28]
- Fleetcor[29]
- Flow Traders[13]
- Funding Circle
- Fuze[30]
- Healthline[31]
- HelpSystems[32]
- Infor[12]
- Ingenico[33]
- Integrated DNA Technologies
- Jamf[34]
- Jumia Group[35]
- Lazada Group[36]
- Liquidnet[37]
- Logi Analytics[38]
- M/A-COM
- Markforged[39]
- Masternaut[40]
- McAfee[citation needed]
- Morphe Cosmetics
- Mozio
- Perforce[41]
- Philz Coffee[42]
- Podium
- Postini[43]
- Reverb.com[44]
- RiskIQ[45]
- Signavio[46]
- Siteimprove[47]
- Smartsheet
- Tippmann[48]
- TSheets
- Uber[10]
- Veepee
- Welltec
- Wildfire Interactive
- Zalora Group[49]
- Zenoss Core
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Summit Partners, L.P." Dun and Bradstreet.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974 - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Summit Partners Investor Profile: Portfolio & Exits | PitchBook". pitchbook.com.
- ^ a b c "New Williams Trustees Named". Office of Communications.
- ^ a b c "Summit Partners Global Announces Promotions". www.businesswire.com. 2021-01-25.
- ^ "FORM ADV" (PDF). AdviserInfo.sec.gov.
- ^ "Summit Partners Surpasses $20 Billion in AUM with a Focus on Software/SaaS | The Software Report". TSR.
- ^ a b "Kellogg World Alumni Magazine, Summer 2009, Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "SEC FORM 13F-HR". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ a b "Uber Raises Giant $1.2 Billion Funding Round At A $17 Billion Valuation". TechCrunch. 6 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Summit Partners Pumps $100 Million Into Antivirus Software Maker AVAST Software". TechCrunch. 23 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Infor Raises More Money, Finally Completes Lawson Transaction". IT Jungle. 2012-04-09.
- ^ a b "Summit Partners invests in electronic trading firm Flow Traders | Hedgeweek". www.hedgeweek.com. 2008-06-04.
- ^ "Summit Partners Growth Equity | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Summit Partners Europe Private Equity Fund | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Summit Partners Credit Advisors | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Summit Partners Subordinated Debt | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Guru, A. Cloud. "A Cloud Guru raises $33M growth equity round led by Summit Partners to scale its leading online cloud training platform for enterprises and cloud professionals". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Maffei, Lucia. "European software firm Akeneo to grow Boston headcount with $46M round". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Answers Corporation - Answers.com Agrees to be Acquired for $127 Million in Cash: $10.50 per Share". 2011-02-05. Archived from the original on 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Goldman Sachs to invest in AvePoint". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Bradshaw, Tim (24 September 2018). "Belkin founder pushes the benefits of staying private". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "bigpoint.net". 2011-09-19. Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Calypso Technology Acquired by 2 Private Equity Firms". WatersTechnology.com. 2016-04-19.
- ^ "Clarabridge Secures $80 Million From New Investors". WashingtonExec. 2013-09-10.
- ^ Ufford, Matt (2012-11-15). "CrossFit avoids corporate takeover". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Steeped in spycraft, cybersecurity firm Darktrace rockets on London debut". Reuters. 2021-04-30.
- ^ "GCA sells majority interest for 2nd time in 2 months". www.atmmarketplace.com. 2004-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "FleetCor Lands $45-Million Infusion". Convenience Store News.
- ^ Konrad, Alex. "Why Boston Startup ThinkingPhones Renamed Itself Fuze After Raising $112 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Wednesday, Sarah Sluis //; April 17th; Am, 2019-12:04 (2019-04-17). "How A Focus On Quality And Discipline Revived Healthline Media". AdExchanger. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Summit Partners Sells Help/Systems to Audax Group". IT Jungle. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Summit Partners acquires majority stake in e-payment services firm Ogone". TechCrunch. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Grayson, Katharine. "Fast-growing JAMF Software raises $30M". www.bizjournals.com.
- ^ "Summit Partners Puts $26M Into Samwer Brothers' African Amazon Clone Jumia". TechCrunch. 6 March 2013.
- ^ Russell, Jon (2013-01-22). "Lazada, Rocket's Amazon clone in Asia, raises 'close to $20m' to develop its e-commerce marketplace". TNW | Asia. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Bunge, Michelle Price and Jacob. "Liquidnet private equity investors redeem stake". www.fnlondon.com.
- ^ "Logi Analytics Secures $27.5M Investment led by LLR Partners | Logi Analytics News". Logi Analytics. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Markforged raises $82 million for its industrial 3D printers". TechCrunch. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Telematics provider Masternaut bought by Summit Partners and FleetCor". www.fleetnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Summit Partners acquires Alameda's Perforce Software". The Mercury News. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Philz Coffee Raises Eight-Figure Round From Summit, Angels, As Specialty Coffee Market Heats Up". TechCrunch. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "ISP-Planet - Business - Postini Revisited". 2010-04-15. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Reverb, Marketplace for Musicians, Cranks Up With $25 Million in Funding". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "RiskIQ puts companies in a threat-prevention state of mind with $10M". VentureBeat. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Sidley Advised Summit Partners on Its Sale of Shares in Signavio GmbH". www.sidley.com.
- ^ Partners, Summit (2015-12-22). "Growth Equity Firm Summit Partners Invests $55 Million in Danish SaaS Company Siteimprove". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Tippmann: Our Company: Press Releases". 2010-02-06. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Zalora secures €20mil investment from German retail giant". Digital News Asia. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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- www.summitpartners.com (Company Website)
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