Private Equity Firm: Summit Partners

November 3, 2011

Summit Partners is a growth equity investor that provides private equity and venture capital to growing companies. Founded in 1984, Summit Partners makes growth equity investments in companies across North America, Europe, India and Asia Pacific from its offices in Boston, Palo Alto and London.

Summit Partners invests in 3 different types of fund:

  • Private Equity Funds: range from USD 30 million to more than USD 500 million
  • Venture Capital Funds: range from USD 5 million to more than USD 30 million
  • Subordinated Debt Funds: up to USD 125 million in conjunction with a equity investment.

Above fund can be used by management teams for achieving their business objectives including growth equity, shareholder liquidity, recapitalizations and management buyouts.

Summit Partners focus its investment in many business sectors, including: business services, communications technology & services, consumer, education, energy, financial technology & services, healthcare & life sciences, industrial, internet and new media, semiconductors & electronics and software. Since its inception, the firm has raised over USD 11 billion in capital and has invested in more than 330 companies.

Some of current Summit Partners’ portfolio:

Krishidhan Seeds Limited (Agriculture), Zenith RMM, LLC, Access Information Management, Central Security Group, Inc. (Business Services), Accedian Networks Corporation, Casa Systems, Inc., Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (Communications Technology & Services), Florida Gaming Centers, Inc., Crosman Corporation (Consumer), Acturis Limited, Ogone SA/NV, Salient Partners, LP (Financial Technology & Services), Covenant Surgical Partners, Inc., CareCentrix, Inc., OB Hospitalist Group, Inc. (Healthcare & Life Sciences), PeerApp, Ltd., Bigpoint GmbH, Cloudmark, Inc., Wildfire Interactive, Inc. (Internet & New Media), Solid State Equipment, M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (Semiconductors & Electronics), Hiperos, LLC, AVAST Software BV, Clearwater Analytics, LLC, Winshuttle Holdings, LLC (Software).

On September 28, 2011, Zenith Infotech announced its newly formed managed services software provider – Zenith RMM, LLC, has received a growth equity investment from Summit Partners.

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