Frequently Asked Questions

Summit Partners is a growth-focused global alternative investment firm founded in 1984. The firm is currently managing more than $37 billion in capital and investing in growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities. Since the firm’s inception, Summit has invested in more than 550 companies across growth sectors of the economy. Summit Partners’ mission is to be he investment partner of choice for the very best companies and executive talent.

The Summit Partners portfolio includes companies operating across three primary sectors. Since the firm’s founding in 1984, the Summit Partners team has partnered with more than 550 companies in technology, healthcare & life sciences, and growth products & services sectors. Visit the Portfolio page for more information.

Summit Partners maintains five offices with locations in Boston, Menlo Park, New York, London, and Luxembourg.

The Summit Partners team includes more than 225 professionals with deep domain expertise in the firm’s target sectors. The team includes experienced investors, seasoned executives and knowledgeable operators. Visit the Team page to learn more.

Across geographies and sectors, the Summit Partners growth equity strategy is focused on powering the growth of great people and great companies and grounded in a foundational belief that profitable growth is the most reliable path to building a durable business and creating long-term value. Visit the Approach page to learn more.

Summit Partners seeks to invest in category-leading, profitable companies. The firm aims to back the best — to partner with the very best executives and companies in key sectors of focus — and to provide resources to help drive profitable growth and build lasting value. Summit Partners’ target investment range is $10 million to more than $500 million; the team seeks to structure investments that it believes best support the goals and growth of each portfolio company and is equally comfortable investing as a minority or majority shareholder.

Summit Partners focuses on growth equity investments in companies across growth sectors of the economy, including technology, healthcare & life sciences, and growth products & services industries, which includes consumer, financial technology and services, business services, and industrial technology sectors. For additional information, visit the Portfolio page.

Companies, executives and entrepreneurs may use capital from Summit Partners for a variety of purposes, including to support growth initiatives, M&A strategies and execution, as well as shareholder liquidity. Summit Partners pursues both minority growth equity and control transactions, including growth buyout and platform (or “buy and build”) investments.

As investors, active board members and trusted advisors, and through the engagement of the firm’s purpose-built Peak Performance Group (“PPG”), Summit works collaboratively with portfolio company executives and teams, offering flexible, on-demand resources and deep sector experience. The firm’s approach to value creation is designed specifically to provide dedicated expertise and resources in areas Summit believes are critical to promoting profitable growth and building long-term value, including operations, M&A, human capital, technology & data science and capital markets.

The Peak Performance Group ("PPG") is a dedicated, purpose-built team that provides operational and tactical support, working in partnership with portfolio company teams. The PPG team includes dedicated professionals with deep functional experience in areas Summit believes are critical to promoting profitable growth and building long-term value, including operations, M&A, human capital, technology & data science and capital markets. Portfolio companies are not billed for these flexible, on-demand resources.

The Portfolio Company Resource Center is a proprietary, password-protected repository of thought leadership and functionally focused content exclusively for Summit Partners' portfolio company leaders. It includes perspectives, growth strategies and stories informed and inspired by experiences working with companies and teams across the Summit Partners portfolio. For additional information, visit the Resources page.