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Top Tier

Last cheque observed Mar 2026; 5 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $301M, Oct 2026Growth equity

Series CSeries BSeries D

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque230days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$32MRounds led0 of 5Mostly inUnited States, 80%
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Top Tier highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Series B: 75% of its rounds

What they do

Type
Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Mar
    Frore SystemsSeries D · US · TechStartups$143MWith 9 others
  3. 2018

    3 rounds

  4. Oct
    Area 1Series C · US · FinSMEs$32MWith 4 others
  5. Sept
    ContinoSeries B · AU · FinSMEs$40MWith 1 other
  6. May
    PlastiqUS · FinSMEs$27MWith 2 others
  7. 2017

    1 round

  8. Apr
    QumuloSeries C · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 2 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 registration11 named

DADavid Arthur YorkDirector of the General Partner of the General Partner of Issuer and Managing Director of Investment AdvisoriFiling they signed
DMDavid M. MarechalGeneral PartneriFiling they signed
EAEric A.L. FitzgeraldManaging Director of Investment AdvisoriFiling they signed
GAGarth A. L. Timoll, Sr.Managing Director of Manager to General PartneriFiling they signed
GAGarth Andrew Leslie Timoll SrDirector of the General Partner of the General Partner of Issuer and Managing Director of Investment AdvisoriFiling they signed
JDJ. Daniel M. TownsendManaging Director of Manager to General PartneriFiling they signed
JLJessica L. ArchibaldDirector of the General Partner of the General Partner of Issuer and Managing Director of Investment AdvisoriFiling they signed
LMLisa M. EdgarDirector of Manager to General PartneriFiling they signed
PSPhilip S. PaulDirector of Manager to General PartneriFiling they signed
SASean A.L. EngelManaging Director of Investment AdvisoriFiling they signed
SCSean C. WarrenManaging Director of Manager to General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 23 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Top Tier put money into.

On podcasts

6 episodes naming Top Tier in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Top Tier

What does Top Tier invest in?

Top Tier invests most often at Series C and Series B (75% of the rounds on record).

How active is Top Tier?

5 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2026.

What has Top Tier invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Frore Systems (Series D, Mar 2026), Area 1 (Series C, Oct 2018) and Contino (Series B, Sept 2018).

How big are Top Tier's cheques?

The median round it joins is $32M.

Does Top Tier lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Top Tier invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and Australia (20%).

Is Top Tier investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Top Tier?

Top Tier is a growth equity firm.

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