Sunstone Partners

What is Sunstone Partners?

Sunstone Partners is a growth-oriented private equity firm that specializes in investing in technology-enabled services and software businesses, with a focus on the North American market. They aim to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs, often serving as the first institutional capital partner, to support and accelerate organic growth and facilitate acquisitions.

The firm leverages over 70 years of collective experience in helping technology companies achieve successful outcomes. Since its inception in 2015, Sunstone Partners has garnered over $1.7 billion in committed capital across its three funds, engaging in both majority and minority transactions.

Understanding the entrepreneurial journey, Sunstone operates with a philosophy of backing the entrepreneurial spirit with humility and mutual respect. Notably, Sunstone Partners has earned recognition on Inc.

Magazine's Founder-Friendly Investors list for three consecutive years in acknowledgment of their collaborative portfolio engagement strategy.

This strategy empowers companies to thrive with strong management support, strategic guidance, and the implementation of operational best practices. Their investment approach focuses on technology-enabled services and software businesses that demonstrate a sector focus, revenue of $20 million or more, a growth rate of over 20%, and a history of capital efficiency.

For these companies, they aim for investment check sizes ranging from $50 million to $150 million. The firm, initially known as TC Growth Partners and related to Trident Capital, is now based in San Mateo, CA, operating from their Sunstone Partners I, LP fund with $310 million of committed capital.

They engage in both significant minority positions and control transactions.

What they say:

We invest in financial services, specifically growth equity.