Summit Partners

What is Summit Partners?

Summit Partners is a growth-focused investment company founded in 1984 with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. With assets under management worth $42 billion, they are dedicated to being the investment partner of choice for top-tier companies and executive talent.

The firm invests across North America, Europe and Asia, focusing on equity investments in a broad range of industries including software, web marketplace SaaS, PropTech, IT & TMT, media, education, biotech, business solutions, FinTech, hardware manufacturing, energy, retail e-commerce, sales marketing, entertainment sports, CleanTech, AI big data, HealthTech fitness, web security privacy, analytics, autonomous vehicles cars, cloud services infrastructure, food beverage, insurance InsurTech, local commerce, logistics distribution, material science, medical devices hospital services, robotics, real estate construction, healthcare wellness, mobility, consumer, pharmaceutical medicine, and other sectors.

Their investment strategy is geared towards companies operating in the business services, technology, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products and services, education, energy, financial technology and services, semiconductors and electronics, industrial, and software domains.

Summit Partners provides flexible growth capital to exceptional businesses and focuses on both minority and majority positions. Offering strategic support and resources, Summit Partners aims to back companies in becoming market leaders through a collaborative partnership.

Summit has a history of being actively involved in its portfolio companies' growth, harnessing decades of experience to drive their development. The firm specializes in Series A, Series B, and Seed rounds with an investment minimum of $5 million, a maximum of $50 million, and a sweet spot of $20 million.