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What does Highland Capital Partners invest in?
Highland Capital Partners invests most often at Series B and Series A (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2B, Big Data & Analytics and Computer.
Highland Capital Partners highlights
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3 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 54% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 29 rounds, median $6.0M
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55 exits from the portfolio
What they do
39 years of putting the Entrepreneur first, 200 Exits, 50+ IPOs, 40 Unicorns, $7B AUMFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $10M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- B2BBig Data & AnalyticsComputer
- Based in
- Cambridge, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first356 appearances
- 2026
3 rounds
- Sept
- Jun
- Apr
- 2025
1 round
- Jun
- 2024
3 rounds
- Nov
- Aug
- Jul
- 2023
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Jul
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- 2022
6 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- Aug
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- 2021
4 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Feb
- 2020
1 round
- Mar
- 2019
3 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Apr
- 2018
2 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- 2017
1 round
- Jun
- 2016
4 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- 2015
26 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
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 registration9 named
CMCorey Michael MulloyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CACraig A. DriscollExecutive OfficeriForm ADV
DJDaniel J. NovaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DJDaniel Joseph NowiszewiskiMemberiForm ADV
JHJessica HealeyChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
MGManish G. PatelExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
PAPaul Albert MaederExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
RJRobert J. DavisExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SMSean Macmillan DaltonMemberiForm ADV
We also hold 27 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
$997Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Highland Capital Partners LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161205
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed55 in all
PredilyticsBought by WelltokUndisclosedMay 2015
SHIFTBought by Brand Networks$50MMay 2015
Hyperion TherapeuticsBought by Horizon Pharma$1.1BMar 2015
MelonBought by DAQRIUndisclosedFeb 2015
Answers CorporationBought by Apax PartnersUndisclosedAug 2014
Yoga WorksBought by Great Hill PartnersUndisclosedJul 2014
SmartThingsBought by Samsung Electronics$200MJul 2014
ZooveBought by MbloxUndisclosedJul 2014
iPierianBought by Bristol-Myers Squibb$175MApr 2014
SetMediaBought by ConversantUndisclosedFeb 2014
FanSnapBought by SeatGeekUndisclosedDec 2013
Violin MemoryListedUndisclosedAug 2013
StreamBase SystemsBought by TIBCO Software Inc.UndisclosedJun 2013
GigamonListed$128MJun 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.