# ABRY Partners: portfolio, investments and team > ABRY Partners is a private equity based in United States. 9 investments on record, latest Jan 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/abry-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # ABRY Partners Last cheque observed Jan 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Private equity Quiet Last fund $750M, Jan 2022 Seed Series A Series B Gamedev Audio/voice Sportstech Follow ABRY Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fabry-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record Since the last cheque **2850** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$86M** Cheque size, as they say **$20M – $200M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Sole investor **5 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 71%** Pitch ABRY Partners ## ABRY Partners highlights - 01 9 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Growth and Series A: 50% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $22M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Abry Partners is an experienced private equity firm investing in middle market companies From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $20M – $200M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Gamedev Audio/voice Sportstech - **Based in:** Boston, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Jan** **[Aduro](https://millionrounds.com/company/aduro)** US · FinSMEs **$22M** Sole investor - **2016** 1 round - **Jul** **[StackPath](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackpath)** Series A · US · Fortune **$150M** Sole investor - **2015** 1 round - **Feb** **[Accela](https://millionrounds.com/company/accela)** Series E **$144M** With 2 others - **2013** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Xand](https://millionrounds.com/company/xand)** Debt · US · pehub.com **$200M** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Thomsons Online Benefits](https://millionrounds.com/company/thomsons-online-benefits)** Growth · GB · finance.yahoo.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **2011** 1 round - **Aug** **[Airband Communications Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/company/airband-communications-holdings)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** Sole investor - **2007** 3 rounds - **Jul** **[QuoVadis](https://millionrounds.com/company/quovadis)** Venture · BM · quovadisglobal.bm **$15M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Brash Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/brash-entertainment)** Series A · gamasutra.com **$400M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Brash Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/brash-entertainment)** Growth · US **$400M** With 3 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **24 named** AM **Andrew M. Banks** Executive officer i Filing they signed AA **Azra A. Kanji** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed BR **Blake R. Battaglia** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed BD **Brent D. Stone** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed BR **Brian R. St. Jean** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed CJ **Charles Joseph Brucato, III** Executive officer of general partner i Filing they signed CJ **Charles Joseph Brucato** Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV DJ **Debra J. Johnson** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV EM **Erik M. Brooks** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed GA **Gavin A. Wolf** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed HA **Hilary A. Grove** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed JM **Jay Michael Grossman** Managing Member and Co-Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV JG **John G. Hunt** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed JP **John P. Connor** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed KS **Kostantinos Sofronas** Chief Compliance Officer / General Counsel i Form ADV MI **Matthew I. Lapides** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed MA **Michael A. Ashton** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed MV **Michael V. Yirilli** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed NI **Nicolas I. Massard** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed PJ **Peggy Jean Koenig** Executive officer of general partner i Filing they signed PA **Peni A. Garber** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed RJ **Robert J. Nicewicz, Jr.** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed RP **Robert P. MacInnis** Executive officer and partner i Filing they signed RG **Royce G. Yudkoff** President and Managing Member i Form ADV We also hold **125** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$16B** assets it manages, 3 advisers combined Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** ABRY Partners III, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 323712 Funds on its Form ADV **45** private funds, **$18B** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024 Private equity **41** Hedge **4** - ABRY Partners IX, L.P. *Private equity* 187 investors $3.8B - Minotaur Aggregator, LLC *Private equity* 41 investors $2.8B - ABRY Advanced Securities Fund IV, L.P. *Hedge* 143 investors $1.9B - ABRY Senior Equity V, L.P. *Private equity* 153 investors $1.3B - ABRY Senior Equity VI, L.P. *Private equity* 98 investors $1.3B - ABRY Advanced Securities Fund III, L.P. *Hedge* 129 investors $832M - ABRY Partners VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 194 investors $691M - ABRY Heritage Partners II, L.P. *Private equity* 76 investors $672M - ABRY Partners VII, L.P. *Private equity* 191 investors $566M - ABRY Heritage Partners, L.P. *Private equity* 114 investors $536M And 35 more on the filing. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise Jumpingjackrabbit Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Xand](https://millionrounds.com/company/xand)** Bought by [TierPoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tierpoint) **Undisclosed** Oct 2014 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **Direct Travel** **Undisclosed** Dec 2015 **International Medical Group** **Undisclosed** Sept 2015 **FastMed** **Undisclosed** May 2015 **Compusearch** **Undisclosed** May 2015 **[Telx](https://millionrounds.com/company/telx)** **Undisclosed** Aug 2011 **[Masergy Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/masergy-communications)** **Undisclosed** Jun 2011 **RCN** **$1.2B** Mar 2010 **Q9 Networks** **$345M** Aug 2008 **[CyrusOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyrusone)** **Undisclosed** Jul 2007 **CapRock Communications** **$200M** Nov 2005 **Language Line Services** **$722M** May 2004 Latest fund on file **$750M** raised in Jan 2022 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$86M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$22M** Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $20M – $200M - **Sole investor:** 5 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jan 2019 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Growth *2* - Series A said *2* - Venture *2* - Debt *1* - Series E *1* - Seed said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2007 2019 Often in the room with - [New York Life Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-life-capital-partners) 2 - [PPM America Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ppm-america-capital-partners) 2 **Pitching ABRY Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as ABRY Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**New York Life Capital Partners** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-life-capital-partners)[**PPM America Capital Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ppm-america-capital-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies ABRY Partners put money into. [**Aduro** $22M · Jan 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/aduro)[**StackPath** $150M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackpath) ## Books by the people here One book written by people at ABRY Partners: [John Hunt](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-hunt). - The Art of the Idea: And How It Can Change Your Life John Hunt · 2009 4.02 from 257 ratings on Goodreads About the book "An original and beautiful book. It suggests that the surestway to liberate ourselves is through the power of our ideas." -Nelson Mandela Foundation "This is not just one of those books that makes you think.It challenges you to think. It demands that you think, andto beware of… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## Quick answers about ABRY Partners ### What does ABRY Partners invest in? ABRY Partners invests most often at Growth and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Gamedev, Audio/voice and Sportstech. ### How active is ABRY Partners? 9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2019. ### What has ABRY Partners invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Aduro (Undisclosed round, Jan 2019) and StackPath (Series A, Jul 2016). ### How big are ABRY Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $86M. It says it writes cheques of $20M to $200M. ### Does ABRY Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does ABRY Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (71%), the United Kingdom (14%) and Bermuda (14%). ### Is ABRY Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2019. ### Who does ABRY Partners invest alongside? Most often New York Life Capital Partners (2 rounds together) and PPM America Capital Partners (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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