Summit Partners
Investor- Venture Capital
Overview
Summit Partners was founded in 1984 with a commitment to find and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to help them accelerate their growth and achieve dramatic results. Since then, Summit has become the investment partner of choice for many of the best growth companies in the world.
Country: United States
Founded: 1984
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
617-824-1000
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
- Europe
- Asia
Sector Focus
- WealthTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Early Stage Venture
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
Summary
Summit Partners was founded in 1984 with a commitment to find and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to help them accelerate their growth and achieve dramatic results. Since then, Summit has become the investment partner of choice for many of the best growth companies in the world. We invest around the world, and have portfolio companies in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Based from offices in North America and Europe, our team travels the globe in search of growing companies and the resources to support them. We’ve grown to a team of more than 90 investment professionals, led by 28 Managing Directors whose tenures average more than 13 years with Summit. We have the capital and team to support your growth initiatives.
Our range of funds enables us to offer tailored options designed to support your company’s continued growth. Summit’s Peak Performance Group provides operational and tactical support to our portfolio companies, on-demand and at no cost. When you seek additional support to identify high-impact opportunities across sales, operations and infrastructure, we provide analysis and execution and then help transition newly developed tactics and operating approaches to your team.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Darktrace
Series C
Han Sikkens
Security Technology
United Kingdom
Vestmark
Private Equity
Wealth Management
United States
Fuze
Series E
Bruce Evans
Enterprise Software
United States
Patsnap
Series B
Data Analytics
Singapore
Signavio
Venture
Enterprise Software
Germany
Reverb.com
Series B
E-Commerce
United States
Mi9 Retail
Undisclosed
Enterprise Software
United States
TSheets
Series A
HR Software
United States
Striim
Series B
Peter Y. Chung
Data Analytics
United States
RELEX
Venture
Han Sikkens
Enterprise Software
Finland
Darktrace
Series B
Han Sikkens
Security Technology
United Kingdom
Visier
Series C
Greg Goldfarb
HR Software
Canada
RiskIQ
Series B
Security Technology
United States
TeleSign Corporation
Series B
Security Technology
United States
Wellcentive
Venture
Data Analytics
United States
NetBrain Technologies
Venture
Thomas Jennings
Security Technology
United States
Arista Networks
Venture
Data Analytics
United States
Linio
Private Equity
E-Commerce
Mexico
A10 Networks
Private Equity
Security Technology
United States
RiskIQ
Series A
Security Technology
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
Summit Ventures
$160M
Summit Ventures II
$230M
Summit Ventures III
$280M
Summit Ventures IV
$610M
Summit Ventures V
$1.12B
Summit Ventures VI
$2.08B
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund
$140M
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II
$335M
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund III
$465M
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund IV
$840M
Summit Accelerator Fund
$170M
Credit Fund
$520M
Credit Fund II
$1B
Ninth flagship fund
Undisclosed
Summit Partners Europe Private Equity Fund
$1.05B
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund II
$310M
Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund III
$520M
Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII
$3B
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII
$2.7B
Key Employees
Michael A. Medici
Managing Director
Peter A. Francis
Vice President
Justin A. Craigie
Senior Associate




















