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What does Summit Partners invest in?
Summit Partners invests most often at Venture and Growth (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Growth Products & Services.
Summit Partners highlights
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8 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Growth: 56% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 250 rounds, median $26M
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120 exits from the portfolio
What they do
At Summit Partners we provide capital and resources to power the growth of category-leading companies as a growth-focused private equity investor.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $10M – $100M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- TechnologyHealthcare & Life SciencesGrowth Products & Services
- Based in
- Boston, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first356 appearances
- 2026
8 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Feb
- 2025
10 rounds
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2024
7 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- May
- Apr
- 2023
5 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- May
- Apr
- Feb
- 2022
9 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Apr
- Mar
- Jan
- 2021
9 rounds
- Oct
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 registration24 named
ADAdam D. BrittExecutive officeriFiling they signed
AHAdam Hugh HennesseyExecutive Officer of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
ADAlexander D. WhittemoreExecutive officer of the general partner of the general partneriFiling they signed
ADAlexander D. WhittmoreExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
AAAndrew A. MccarthyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BRBruce Roger EvansExecutive officer of the general partner of the general partneriFiling they signed
CJCharles J. FitgeraldExecutive officeriFiling they signed
CJCharles James FitzgeraldExecutive officeriFiling they signed
CRChristian R. StrainExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CJChristopher John DeanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CZCourtney Z. McCarthyPromoteriFiling they signed
CDCraig David FrancesExecutive Officer of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
DMDarren Michael BlackExecutive Officer of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
DWDavid W. AverettExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DNDennis N. KimExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DBDevin B. O'MalleyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
EHErin Helen WhiteChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
GNGabe N. CarreiroExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
GSGreg S. GoldfarbExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
GJGregg J. NardoneExecutive officer of the investment adviseriFiling they signed
GBGus B. PhelpsExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
HLHan L. SikkensExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JMJames M. FreelandExecutive officer of the investment adviseriFiling they signed
JDJay D. PauleyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
We also hold 214 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
$47Bassets it manages, 3 advisers combinedOct 2026
12+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P.
- SEC number
- CRD 175100
Funds on its Form ADV
100 private funds, $38B in gross assets · filed Sept 2024
Private equity 88Hedge 12
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI-A, L.P.Private equity132 investors$4.4B
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI-B, L.P.Private equity142 investors$4.2B
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X-A, L.P.Private equity118 investors$3.7B
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-A, L.P.Private equity226 investors$2.6B
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X-B, L.P.Private equity100 investors$2.6B
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-B, L.P.Private equity81 investors$1.6B
- Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund IV, SCSPPrivate equity95 investors$1.5B
- Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund II, SCSPPrivate equity69 investors$1.5B
- Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund III, SCSPPrivate equity83 investors$1.4B
- Summit Partners Reinvestment Fund, L.P.Private equity162 investors$1.4B
And 90 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
3 LPs on record in Summit Partners's funds
- Committed
- $3.9B
- Funds
- 22
- Vintages
- 2004 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 State Teachers Retirement System17 funds$2.3B
Fund Vintage Committed Summit Partners GE XII 2025 $350M Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund IV 2024 $147M Summit Prtnrs Growth Eqty XI A 2022 $450M Summit Partners Europe GE III 2021 $117M Summit Partners VC Fd V-A 2021 $90M Summit Ptrs Reinvestment Fund 2021 $61M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X-A 2020 $300M Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund II 2018 $59M and 9 more
Minnesota State Board of Investments7 funds$945MFund Vintage Committed Summit Partners Growth Equity XII 2024 $250M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI 2021 $250M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X-A 2019 $150M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX 2015 $100M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII 2011 $100M Summit Subordinated Debt Fund IV 2008 $50M Summit Subordinated Debt Fund III 2004 $45M California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)2 funds$650M
Fund Vintage Committed Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI-A 2022 $400M Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X-A 2020 $250M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
1 of 2 we have independently watched raise
OdooCancer Insight
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 listed120 in all
NamshiBought by Emaar Malls PJSC$151MMay 2017
The Mutual Fund StoreBought by Financial EnginesUndisclosedNov 2015
Help/SystemsBought by H.I.G. CapitalUndisclosedAug 2015
360TBought by Deutsche Börse$796MJul 2015
MultifondsBought by TemenosUndisclosedMar 2015
Solid State Equipment HoldingsBought by Veeco InstrumentsUndisclosedDec 2014
TelerikBought by Progress Software$263MOct 2014
Fortegra FinancialBought by Tiptree Financial$218MAug 2014
Answers CorporationBought by Apax PartnersUndisclosedAug 2014
National Veterinary AssociatesBought by Ares ManagementUndisclosedJul 2014
HiperosBought by Opus GlobalUndisclosedJul 2014
Sparta SystemsBought by Thoma BravoUndisclosedJul 2014
Hittite MicrowaveBought by Analog DevicesUndisclosedJun 2014
AMXBought by Harman International Industries$365MMay 2014
MDVIPBought by Summit PartnersUndisclosedMay 2014
Progressive FinanceBought by Aaron's$700MApr 2014
PeopleAdminBought by Promachos HoldingUndisclosedMar 2014
Newmarket InternationalBought by Amadeus$500MDec 2013
The latest 20 here. 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
Paradigm OutcomesUndisclosedJun 2015
DentalProUndisclosedApr 2015
MDVIPUndisclosedMay 2014
Physicians FormulaUndisclosedNov 2003