# Great Hill Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Great Hill Partners is a private equity based in United States. 30 investments on record, latest May 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Great Hill Partners

Last cheque observed May 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Seed Series A Series B Financial Services Healthcare Technology

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 30 on record

Since the last cheque **2713** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$50M** Rounds led **1 of 30** Sole investor **22 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 86%**

Pitch Great Hill Partners

## Great Hill Partners highlights

- 01 30 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth and Series A: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 22 rounds, median $68M
- 04 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We are currently investing a $4.65 billion fund targeting exceptional high-growth companies. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Financial Services Healthcare Technology
- **Based in:** Boston, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **30 appearances**

- **2019** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Mission](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission)** US · FinSMEs **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **May** **[TodayTix](https://millionrounds.com/company/todaytix)** US · FinSMEs **$73M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[MineralTree](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineraltree)** US · FinSMEs **$50M** *Led*
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[The RealReal](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-realreal)** Series G · US · Prnewswire **$115M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Paytronix](https://millionrounds.com/company/paytronix)** US · FinSMEs **$65M** Sole investor
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Reliam](https://millionrounds.com/company/reliam)** US · TechCrunch **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Sugarfina](https://millionrounds.com/company/sugarfina)** US · FinSMEs **$35M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[The RealReal](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-realreal)** Growth · US · FinSMEs **$50M** Sole investor
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Aug** **[PlanSource Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/company/plansource-holdings)** Series C · US **$70M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Reward Gateway](https://millionrounds.com/company/reward-gateway)** Growth · GB **$218M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Chrome River Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/chrome-river-technologies)** Series D · US **$100M** Sole investor
- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[BlueSnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluesnap)** Growth · US **$50M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Momondo Group Limited](https://millionrounds.com/company/momondo-group-limited)** Growth · GB **$128M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Qualifacts Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualifacts-systems)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **May** **[Network Merchants](https://millionrounds.com/company/network-merchants)** Growth · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Bswift](https://millionrounds.com/company/bswift)** Growth · US **$51M** Sole investor
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[DealerRater](https://millionrounds.com/company/dealerrater)** Growth · US · greathillpartners.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Intapp](https://millionrounds.com/company/intapp)** US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Wayfair](https://millionrounds.com/company/wayfair)** Venture · US · venturebeat.com **$36M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Veracity Payment Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/veracity-payment-solutions)** Growth · US · freshnews.com **$80M** Sole investor
- **2011** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[BlueSnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluesnap)** Growth · US **$115M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Wayfair](https://millionrounds.com/company/wayfair)** Series A · US · masshightech.com **$165M** With 3 others
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.](https://millionrounds.com/company/dun-and-bradstreet-credibility-corp)** Series A · US · dandb.com **$100M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/dun-and-bradstreet-credibility-corporation)** Growth · US **$200M** Sole investor
- **2008** 1 round
- **Jun** **[BlueSnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluesnap)** Series A · venturebeat.com **$18M** With 1 other
- **2007** 1 round
- **May** **[Gorilla Nation Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/gorilla-nation-media)** Growth · US **$50M** Sole investor
- **2004** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Paychoice](https://millionrounds.com/company/paychoice)** Series A · AU **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2003** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Northface University](https://millionrounds.com/company/northface-university)** Series B · US **$13M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Neumont University](https://millionrounds.com/company/neumont-university)** Series B · US **$13M** Sole investor
- **2000** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Buscape](https://millionrounds.com/company/buscape)** Series A · BR **$6.0M** 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 **5 named**

CS **Christopher S Gaffney** Executive Officer i Form ADV

JS **John Stephen Dwyer** Chief Financial Officer / Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

MD **Mark Douglas Taber** Executive Officer i Form ADV

MT **Matthew T Vettel** Executive Officer i Form ADV

MA **Michael Andrew Kumin** Executive Officer i Form ADV

We also hold **86** 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

**$19B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Great HILL Partners, LP
- **SEC number:** CRD 158158

Funds on its Form ADV

**34** private funds, **$15B** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

- Great Hill Equity Partners VI, L.P. *Private equity* 130 investors $2.9B
- Great Hill Equity Partners VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 192 investors $2.3B
- Great Hill Equity Partners VII, L.P. *Private equity* 154 investors $1.8B
- Great Hill Equity Partners V, L.P. *Private equity* 141 investors $1.1B
- Great Hill Equity Partners IV, L.P. *Private equity* 86 investors $899M
- Great Hill Equity Partners VIII-PREF PV, L.P. *Private equity* 21 investors $817M
- Great Hill Equity Partners VIII-PREF, L.P. *Private equity* 38 investors $700M
- Great Hill Equity Partners VII-PREF, L.P. *Private equity* 26 investors $583M
- Great Hill Equity Partners VII-PREF PV, L.P. *Private equity* 21 investors $462M
- Great Hill Equity Partners VIII PV, L.P. *Private equity* 32 investors $461M

And 24 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

Icx

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 **3 in all**

**[Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/dun-and-bradstreet-credibility-corporation)** Bought by [Dun & Bradstreet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dun-and-bradstreet) **$350M** Apr 2015

**[Bswift](https://millionrounds.com/company/bswift)** Bought by [Aetna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aetna) **$400M** Nov 2014

**[Buscape](https://millionrounds.com/company/buscape)** Bought by [Naspers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naspers) **$374M** Oct 2009

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

**[Yoga Works](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoga-works)** **Undisclosed** Jul 2014

**Legacy.com** **Undisclosed** Apr 2012

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$50M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$68M**

Led 1 of 30 rounds **3%**

- **Sole investor:** 22 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2019
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth said *11*
- Series A said *5*
- Series B said *2*
- Series C *1*
- Series D *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2019

Often in the room with

- [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) 2
- [HarbourVest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harbourvest-partners) 2
- [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Great Hill Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)[**HarbourVest Partners** Fund of funds **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harbourvest-partners)[**Spark Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Great Hill Partners put money into.

[**Mission** $1.5M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission)[**TodayTix** $73M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/todaytix)[**MineralTree** $50M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineraltree)[**The RealReal** $115M · Jul 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-realreal)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Great Hill Partners in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 14 Dec 2022 · 22 min Backing The Exceptional: Great Hill Partners’ Michael Kumin With [Michael Kumin](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-kumin) Mentions [Great Hill Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-hill-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 4 May 2023 · 18 min The Art and Science of Value Creation Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 20 Mar 2022 · 19 min Software Pioneer and Builder: EDB CEO Ed Boyajian Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Great Hill Partners

### What does Great Hill Partners invest in?

Great Hill Partners invests most often at Growth and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology.

### How active is Great Hill Partners?

30 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in May 2019.

### What has Great Hill Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mission (Undisclosed round, May 2019), TodayTix (Undisclosed round, May 2019) and MineralTree (Undisclosed round, Mar 2019).

### How big are Great Hill Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $50M.

### Does Great Hill Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 30 investments on record (3%).

### Where does Great Hill Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and the United Kingdom (7%).

### Is Great Hill Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2019.

### Who does Great Hill Partners invest alongside?

Most often Battery Ventures (2 rounds together), HarbourVest Partners (2 rounds together) and Spark Capital (2 rounds together).

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