# HighBar Partners: portfolio, investments and team > HighBar Partners is a private equity based in United States. 14 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/highbar-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # HighBar Partners Last cheque observed Jul 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $132M, Jan 2021 Private equity Seed Series A Series B Cloud Computing SaaS Recurring Follow HighBar Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fhighbar-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 14 on record Since the last cheque **2671** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$52M** Rounds led **0 of 14** Exits **4 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch HighBar Partners ## HighBar Partners highlights - 01 14 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series D and Venture: 54% of its rounds - 03 4 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > HighBar Partners is a private investment firm that provides strategic growth capital to enterprise and infrastructure software companies. From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Cloud Computing SaaS Recurring - **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **14 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Jul** **[Signpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/signpost)** US · FinSMEs **$52M** With 3 others - **2014** 1 round - **May** **[Load DynamiX](https://millionrounds.com/company/load-dynamix)** Series C · US **$12M** With 3 others - **2013** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Xangati](https://millionrounds.com/company/xangati)** Series A · US · prweb.com **$11M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[Clustrix](https://millionrounds.com/company/clustrix)** Series D · US · gigaom.com **$10M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Zettaset](https://millionrounds.com/company/zettaset)** Venture · US **$5.3M** With 3 others - **Feb** **[Blazent](https://millionrounds.com/company/blazent)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 1 other - **2012** 1 round - **Nov** **[Zettaset, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/zettaset-inc)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$10M** With 3 others - **2011** 1 round - **Nov** **[Vyatta](https://millionrounds.com/company/vyatta)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$12M** With 3 others - **2010** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Blazent](https://millionrounds.com/company/blazent)** Venture · US · marketwire.com **$10M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Soonr](https://millionrounds.com/company/soonr)** Series D · US · mobile.venturebeat.com **$4.5M** With 4 others - **2008** 1 round - **Oct** **[CollegeWikis](https://millionrounds.com/company/collegewikis)** Seed · US · thealarmclock.com **$2.0M** With 3 others - **2005** 1 round - **Apr** **[Ingrian Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ingrian-networks)** Series D · US · ingrian.com **$15M** With 4 others - **2004** 2 rounds - **Mar** **[NeoPath Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/neopath-networks)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Ingrian Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ingrian-networks)** Series C · US **$14M** 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 **2 named** JH **John Hyungjoon Kim** Managing Member of the General Partner. i Filing they signed RA **Roy Allen Thiele-Sardina** Managing Member; Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV We also hold **11** 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 **$115M** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Highbar Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 166244 Funds on its Form ADV **3** private funds, **$178M** in gross assets · filed May 2024 - HighBar Partners III Opportunity Fund, L.P. *Venture* 1 investor $166M - HighBar Partners III, L.P. *Venture* 26 investors $8.9M - HighBar Partners II, L.P. *Venture* 14 investors $3.8M ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **6** of 8 we have independently watched raise [Blazent](https://millionrounds.com/company/blazent)[Cloudsphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudsphere)[Mariadb](https://millionrounds.com/company/mariadb)[Signpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/signpost)[Silkroadtechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/silkroad-technology)[Zettaset](https://millionrounds.com/company/zettaset) Ss8 Virtana 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 **4 in all** **[Soonr](https://millionrounds.com/company/soonr)** Bought by Autotask **Undisclosed** Jul 2015 **[Vyatta](https://millionrounds.com/company/vyatta)** Bought by [Brocade Communications Systems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brocade-communications-systems) **Undisclosed** Nov 2012 **[Ingrian Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ingrian-networks)** Bought by SafeNet **Undisclosed** Feb 2008 **[NeoPath Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/neopath-networks)** Bought by [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) **Undisclosed** Mar 2007 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$132M** raised in Jan 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$52M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 14 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2019 - **Exits:** 4 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series D *4* - Venture *3* - Series C *2* - Series A said *2* - Series B said *1* - Seed said *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2004 2019 Often in the room with - [Brocade Communications Systems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brocade-communications-systems) 2 - [Citrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix) 2 - [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) 2 - [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) 2 - [Walden Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-venture-capital) 2 **Pitching HighBar 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 HighBar Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Brocade Communications Systems** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brocade-communications-systems)[**Citrix** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix)[**Globespan Capital Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners)[**Partech Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech)[**Walden Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-venture-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies HighBar Partners put money into. [**Signpost** $52M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/signpost) ## Quick answers about HighBar Partners ### What does HighBar Partners invest in? HighBar Partners invests most often at Series D and Venture (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cloud Computing, SaaS and Recurring. ### How active is HighBar Partners? 14 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2019. ### What has HighBar Partners invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Signpost (Undisclosed round, Jul 2019). ### How big are HighBar Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $52M. ### Does HighBar Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 14 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does HighBar Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is HighBar Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2019. ### Who does HighBar Partners invest alongside? Most often Brocade Communications Systems (2 rounds together), Citrix (2 rounds together) and Globespan 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. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=highbar-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=highbar-partners)