Reach Your Summit
Exceptional people are the foundation for our success – both within Summit and at the companies in which we invest. Together, we work as a team to build companies and build careers.
Growth is the focus of everything we do.
Exceptional people are the foundation for our success – both within Summit and at the companies in which we invest. Together, we work as a team to build companies and build careers.
Growth is the focus of everything we do.
Like the entrepreneurs with whom we partner, we are constantly seeking new and creative ways to innovate and grow. Above all else, we believe in the power of the Summit Partners Network – and the integrity, teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset and commitment to service that define its members.
Teamwork
In joining the Summit team, I hadn’t initially appreciated that I’d also be joining a team of stellar operators across Summit’s portfolio and extended network. It’s incredibly powerful to work on a team that includes entrepreneurs who are scaling category-leading companies around the world.”
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Entrepreneurship is in our DNA. An Associate is expected to be as creative and thoughtful as the entrepreneurs we back, to solve complex problems and to identify the next generation of business leaders. Associates are trusted to be ambassadors for Summit around the world – I’ve traveled to Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Helsinki and Istanbul in the last six months alone."
Service
A commitment to service permeates the Summit culture – both in terms of service to our entrepreneurs and investors as well as through active involvement in the community. I’m incredibly proud of the level of participation I see across our team – from individuals mentoring at-risk high school students to the groups we have running the Boston Marathon or riding the Pan-Mass Challenge year after year."
Entrepreneurial Mindset
At Summit, we’re encouraged to let our intellectual curiosity drive us. Teams are lean and Associates play an integral role. Our senior members value our ideas on interesting industries and companies – and they rely on our character, judgement and work ethic to build strong relationships with entrepreneurs. I do so much more than crunching numbers – every day, I’m applying the EQ that will help me to be successful in any job.”
Tenacity
Tenacity is what sets apart great entrepreneurs and investors. Vision and ideas can get you so far, but a tenacious spirit and execution drives results. Summit’s culture is rooted in a tenacity that fuels our approach: we work hard to identify and partner with great companies and we’re tireless in our efforts to support their growth."
Integrity
Summit is very focused on data-driven decision-making and operating with an incredible level of integrity across the board. Whether we’re having discussions internally about a new investment or we’re helping a management team execute a plan, it all comes back to doing what we believe is right based on what the data is showing us."
Building lifelong connections and preparing you for incredible opportunities – within Summit and beyond
“As an Associate, you’re involved at every stage of an investment, from identifying the best businesses in a market, selling your way into an opportunity, and then helping that company succeed. Along the way, you’re not only developing finance and analytical skills, but also honing your strengths in strategy, operations, people assessment and much more. You’re truly building a skillset that can be applied anywhere.”
Andy Collins│Managing Director│Summit Partners
“Summit really taught me to use my voice. While my primary job was to reach out and build relationships with entrepreneurs and CEOs, I was always encouraged to share my ideas and opinions – to use my voice – internally as well. I quickly learned just how much change is possible by doing just that. And that’s something I’m taking with me into all of my next roles.”
Caitlin Vorlicek│SVP Partnerships│VeriShip
“At Summit, I learned the value of adopting a proactive mindset to create your own opportunities. This outlook was essential as I shifted from investing to a career as an operator. In evaluating opportunities after Summit, I took a thesis-driven approach while actively connecting with folks far beyond my extended network, and accepted a role at an early-stage startup that had launched a promising on-demand black car marketplace. Uber quickly became part of our everyday language, and I spent seven transformative years there. More recently, I applied the same approach and joined the team at Summit-backed Klaviyo.”
Pat Twomey│Director of Product Analytics│Klaviyo
“Summit was a great training ground. I was speaking with entrepreneurs on a day-to-day basis – really understanding their business, hearing about their challenges, their successes, their struggles, the whole experience of being an entrepreneur. And I was enthralled by that. From that foundation at Summit, I sought out opportunities where I could apply my skillset in finance, learn more about what it takes to build a business, and accumulate experiences that would put me in a position to ultimately lead an organization.”
Jay DeCoons│Brand President│The Bar Method
Growth through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Summit our focus is on growth: of our people, of our portfolio companies and of the teams with which we partner. We believe diverse teams create strong cultures and engaged employees, and we seek to celebrate and promote the positive impact diversity, equity and inclusion have on our investment process and outcomes.
We recognize the importance of and are committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive, performance-driven environment purpose-built to generate the best ideas, fuel innovation and power the professional growth of a diverse employee base both within Summit and across our portfolio companies.
Commitment to our Communities
Community engagement is core to the Summit culture. Together as a firm and independently as individuals, we are committed to serving the communities in which we work, invest and live. Year after year, members of the Summit Partners Network demonstrate dedication to civic engagement by participating in a variety of philanthropic activities and mentorship programs. We are proud of Summit’s culture of service, and we encourage our team to dedicate their time, resources and talents to organizations doing good in the community.
Inclusion drives our innovation. We hire exceptional people seeking to make a lasting impact.
We back talented teams and great companies across sectors and around the world.
During the first half of 2021, we saw an accelerating recovery of the global economy and renewed optimism for new opportunities ahead. While the operating environment remains complex, leaders and teams across the Summit Partners network have continued to focus on building durable growth businesses. We are pleased to share their stories in our 2021 mid-year update below.
Since 2007, Steffan has invested more than €415 million in eleven growth companies across Europe. His investment and board experience includes 360T Group (acquired by Deutsche Börse), Appway, Akeneo, Elatec, Market Logic Software, PatSnap, Red Points, RELEX Solutions and Signavio (acquired by SAP).
In recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we welcomed Jodi Bricker, CEO of Quay Australia, to talk with the Summit Team about how she’s built her career and the advice she has for young women looking to build their own.
Summit Partners was named to GrowthCap’s 2020 Top 25 Growth Equity Firms list. Over 350 firms were considered for this year’s awards process. Winners were selected based on each firm’s approach to growth equity investing and their approach to providing support and building value for their portfolio companies.
2020 was a year like no other, defined by unprecedented challenges and uncertainty around the world. Throughout, we witnessed the astounding resilience, amazing agility and enormous creativity of leaders and teams across the Summit Partners Network and experienced first-hand the value of expecting – and planning for – the unexpected. We are proud to share this look back at 2020, to celebrate the challenge of the entrepreneurial climb and to recognize all those who continue to reach for their summit.
Antony Clavel, Johannes Grefe, Adam Hennessey, Colin Mistele, Steffan Peyer and Ross Stern have been promoted to Managing Director. In addition, Gabriel Carreiro, Paul Furer, Patrick Murphy and Sophia Popova have been promoted to Principal.
Summit Managing Directors Andrew Collins and Matthew Hamilton were named to GrowthCap’s “Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2020” list. GrowthCap evaluated breadth of experience as well as feedback from CEOs and other executives in determining the 40 individuals named to this year’s list.
Colin Mistele, a Principal in Summit's Menlo Park office, was named to Venture Capital Journal's 2021 Rising Stars list. Colin joined Summit in 2011 and has since played an active role in partnering with nearly 20 Summit portfolio companies
Ross Stern, a Principal in Summit’s Boston office, was named to Mergers & Acquisitions’ "2020 Rising Stars of Private Equity" list.
Growth Through Advocacy: Summit Hosts 2019 Women’s Leadership Forum
We created the Summit Partners Women’s Network to power the professional growth and support the success of women across our network by creating opportunities to interact and learn from the insights and experience of others.