Summit Partners

Summit Partners understands the challenges of buildign a successful growth company because we have done it ourselves.

In 1984, we started Summit Partners with a vision of helping profitable companies realize their full growth potential. As a fast-growing company, we learned firsthand about the value of hard work and innovation, striving against odds, and following a dream. Today, we are a leader in private equity and venture capital for growth companies. Our investment team is one of the largest and most experienced in the business. We employ more than 90 investment professionals across our three offices in Boston, Palo Alto, and London. In total, we employ nearly 150 people.

Since our founding in 1984, Summit Partners has raised more than $11 billion in capital, and has invested in more than 300 businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. These companies have completed nearly 125 public offerings and more than 110 strategic sales or mergers.

Whether Summit takes a minority or majority ownership position, our approach is the same. We view ourselves as a hands-off investor that provides strategic guidance to help proven, existing management teams reach their companies’ full growth potential.

Summit has built an extensive record of helping entrepreneurs create value. Our senior investment professionals serve on the boards of directors and assist the management teams of our portfolio companies, providing them with direct points of access to our entire firm.