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.
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
“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
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.
Scott Ferguson, Paul Furer, Mark Nordstrom, Dayton Ogden and Sophia Popova have been promoted to Partner; Chris Bon, Ali Dowd, Mark Hexamer, Chelsea Jurman, Nick Oppedisano, and Jono Pagden have been promoted to Principal; and Jonathan Gilman, Andy Lee and Irina Müller have been promoted to Vice President.
As 2022 comes to a close, we’re proud to share the milestones and moments that have shaped the last twelve months – and offer perspective on the year ahead.
This fall, we brought together women leaders from across the Summit Partners network for our 2022 Women’s Executive Forum. We are thankful for the opportunity to work with this incredible community of women, and to build and support meaningful connections across our global portfolio.
This award recognizes some of the most experienced and accomplished individuals in software investing.
In the first half of 2022, we witnessed a dramatic shift in the macroeconomic environment as world and financial events combined to define a new, ever more complex operating environment. Throughout, leaders across the Summit Partners Network have continued to focus on building for growth and serving the needs of team members, customers and communities.
This year we have 21 talented students joining us from 15 colleges and universities, working across our global offices.
Summit Partners Raises $8.35 Billion for Eleventh U.S. Growth Equity Fund
Summit's latest flagship fund brings total capital raised to more than $10.5 billion since the start of 2020