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What does Advent International invest in?
Advent International invests most often at Venture and Series D (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Business & Financial Services, Consumer and Healthcare.
Advent International highlights
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9 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Series D: 52% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $33M
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7 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Advent is a leading global private equity investorFrom their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Business & Financial ServicesConsumerHealthcare
- Based in
- Boston, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first59 appearances
- 2026
9 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2024
1 round
- Dec
- 2014
3 rounds
- Oct
- May
- Apr
- 2013
1 round
- Oct
- 2012
2 rounds
- Aug
- Jun
- 2011
1 round
- Feb
- 2010
1 round
- Jun
- 2009
1 round
- Apr
- 2008
2 rounds
- Jun
- Mar
- 2007
3 rounds
- Aug
- Apr
- Jan
- 2006
4 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Feb
- Jan
- 2005
8 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2004
7 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Jul
- Jul
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 registration11 named
AMAmanda Mcgrady MorrisonChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
DMDavid Marks MussaferExecutive Officers' Committee MemberiForm ADV
HKHeather Kennedy MinerChief Operating OfficeriForm ADV
HRHeather Ross ZuzenakChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
JGJames Gerald Arthur BrocklebankExecutive Officers' Committee MemberiForm ADV
J(Jan (nmn) JanshenExecutive Officers' Committee MemberiForm ADV
JLJohn Leonard MaldonadoExecutive Officers' Committee MemberiForm ADV
NCNeil CrawfordSenior Director of the GP of the MGR of a MGR of the GPiFiling they signed
PPPatrice Philippe Nogueira Baptista EtlinExecutive Officers' Committee MemberiForm ADV
RKRichard KaneManaging Director and SVP of Business Operations of the Manager of a Manager of the GPiFiling they signed
SASusan Anne GentileChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
We also hold 176 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
$92Bassets it managesOct 2026
11+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Advent International, L.P.
- SEC number
- CRD 105673
Funds on its Form ADV
143 private funds, $87B in gross assets · filed Mar 2024
- Advent International GPE IX Limited PartnershipPrivate equity186 investors$9.8B
- Advent International GPE X Limited PartnershipPrivate equity212 investors$8.8B
- Advent International GPE X-A SCSPPrivate equity138 investors$5.8B
- Advent International GPE X-G Limited PartnershipPrivate equity82 investors$5.7B
- Advent International GPE IX-H Limited PartnershipPrivate equity9 investors$3.2B
- Advent International GPE VIII-B Limited PartnershipPrivate equity153 investors$3.0B
- Advent International GPE IX-A SCSPPrivate equity117 investors$2.9B
- Advent International GPE IX-G Limited PartnershipPrivate equity53 investors$2.8B
- Advent International GPE VIII-A Limited PartnershipPrivate equity82 investors$2.2B
- Advent International GPE X-B Limited PartnershipPrivate equity55 investors$2.0B
And 133 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
5 LPs on record in Advent International's funds
- Committed
- $7.8B
- Funds
- 19
- Vintages
- 2005 to 2025
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)7 funds$2.9B
Fund Vintage Committed Advent International GPE X Limited Partnership 2022 $650M Advent Global Technology II Limited Partnership 2022 $150M Advent International GPE IX Limited Partnership 2019 $550M Advent International GPE VIII-B Limited Partnership 2016 $500M Advent International GPE VII-C 2012 $450M Advent International GPE VI-A 2008 $500M Advent International GPE V-D 2005 $81M 
Washington State Investment Board7 funds$2.6BFund Vintage Committed Advent International GPE X Limited Partnership 2022 $600M Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund VII 2021 $200M Advent International GPE IX 2019 $600M Advent International GPE VIII-B 2016 $500M Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund VI-H 2015 $160M Advent International GPE VII-B 2012 $400M Advent International GPE VI 2008 $135M - California State Teachers Retirement System4 funds$985M
Fund Vintage Committed Advent International GPE X 2022 $300M Advent International GPE IX 2019 $300M Advent International GPE VIII-D 2016 $150M Advent International GPE VI 2008 $235M 
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund5 funds$700MFund Vintage Committed Advent International GPE XI 2025 $250M Advent International GPE X 2022 $200M Advent International GPE IX 2019 $100M Advent International GPE VII C 2012 $50M Advent International GPE VI A 2008 $100M 
Minnesota State Board of Investments6 funds$655MFund Vintage Committed Advent International GPE XI 2025 $150M Advent International GPE X 2022 $150M Advent International GPE IX 2019 $115M Advent International GPE VIII-B 2016 $100M Advent International GPE VII 2012 $90M Advent International GPE VI-A 2008 $50M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
4 of 34 we have independently watched raise
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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 listed7 in all
Shoes For CrewsBought by CCMP Capital AdvisorsUndisclosedOct 2015
Enanta PharmaceuticalsListed$56MMar 2013
Airwide SolutionsBought by Mavenir SystemsUndisclosedMay 2011
LogMatrixBought by NitroSecurityUndisclosedOct 2010
DemantraBought by Oracle CorporationUndisclosedJun 2006
Topspin CommunicationsBought by CiscoUndisclosedApr 2005
Seranoa NetworksBought by White Rock NetworksUndisclosedMar 2005
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
Faculdade da Serra Gaucha.UndisclosedMar 2015
Allied SAUndisclosedDec 2014
Distribution InternationalUndisclosedDec 2014
Noosa YoghurtUndisclosedNov 2014
Priory GroupUndisclosedJan 2011
DegussaUndisclosedDec 2005
Casa RehaUndisclosedSept 2005
Making MemoriesUndisclosedMay 2005
TillimpaUndisclosedJun 2004
Sportfive (Active Sports Marketing)UndisclosedMar 2004
DufryUndisclosedMar 2004
Bulgarian TelecommunicationsUndisclosedJan 2004