We seek to partner with exceptional, category-defining leaders across our sectors of focus.

Tiny Prints is an online service for customizing and printing personalized social stationery and greeting cards sold under the Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas brands.

Sun Trading is a proprietary trading firm focused on quantitative trading across multiple asset classes on various electronic exchanges worldwide.

Answers is the world's leading destination for Q&A content. Reaching consumers across web, social media and mobile, Answers delivers the best content from subject matter experts, community members, social networks and internet databases to create the most multidimensional resource on the web.

Immco Diagnostics provides high-quality diagnostic test kits and lab testing services worldwide for the screening of autoimmune disorders.

Trident University International (formerly TUI University) is a regionally accredited, online university. Its technology-enabled online learning model and solutions provide a convenient, cost-effective and high-quality education with programs that lead to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.

With origins dating back to the 1970s, Fermentas produced molecular biology products for scientific research. Fermentas grew to be the dominant player in Europe, and sought an experienced life sciences partner to solidify this leading position while helping expand geographically into North America and Asia.

Welltec is a leading provider of robotic well intervention services and completion products for the upstream oil & gas industry. The company’s proprietary technology helps the world’s major oil producers to increase production levels and improve oil recovery in maturing reservoirs. After several years of impressive growth building an international footprint, Welltec’s founder sought an experienced financial partner to continue its rapid expansion.

Fortegra Financial is an insurance services company that provides distribution/administration services and insurance-related products to insurance companies, insurance brokers and agents, and other financial services companies in the United States.

Founded in 1999 and based in Zebulon, North Carolina, Nomacorc engineers synthetic wine closures to prevent cork taint, oxidation and crumbling, providing a long-term solution at a lower price than a traditional wine cork. By 2007, Nomacorc had become the worldwide leader in the growing market for synthetic wine closures. The company’s founders sought a financial partner to provide partial liquidity and to help them take full advantage of Nomacorc’s growth potential.

LiveOffice is a cloud-based email archiving company, addressing the compliance, discovery, and business intelligence needs of enterprises and their employees.

Veepee runs Internet-based, members-only sales of overstock from leading consumer brands. The company is a market leader in Europe, with operations in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Veepee also operates a subsidiary in Brazil.

Champion manufactures and installs replacement windows, patio rooms, entry doors, and siding. The company sells directly to the consumer through factory showrooms.

National Veterinary Associates (NVA) was founded by Dr. Stanley Creighton, DVM, with an emphasis on supporting local medical standards as established by individual hospitals and practitioners. He had a vision to consolidate the fragmented veterinary practice market through an acquisition model that would provide practice management support services while allowing veterinarians to focus on delivering outstanding patient care.

Innov-X Systems provides elemental analyzers for the industrial, transportation, security, and energy end-markets worldwide.

AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT) provides enterprise-class big data management, governance, and compliance software solutions for enterprise collaboration platforms. Serving IT, compliance and risk officers, AvePoint’s solution centralizes access and control of information assets residing in disparate collaboration and document management systems on-premises and in the cloud.

Empower RF Systems designs and manufactures solid-state, high-power, ultra-broadband radio frequency amplifier systems and modules for commercial and military customers worldwide.

In the late 1990s, Drs. Steve Gottlieb and Tushar Ramani built an anesthesiology department at a community hospital and quickly established a reputation for quality medical care and customer-focused service. Their model was well-received, and other hospitals sought their help in organizing their own internal anesthesiology departments. The founders established Anesthetix to provide comprehensive anesthesiology and pain management solutions to hospitals and surgery centers. Although the company was growing well, Drs. Gottlieb and Ramani believed they could scale the business more quickly with the help of an experienced partner, and they chose to work with Summit.

Aurora Diagnostics is a specialized anatomic pathology laboratory company, partnering with medical professionals across the United States to provide the highest quality diagnostics and patient care.

Founded in 1995 as IGEFI Group, Multifonds had grown to become the European market leader for fund accounting software, serving several of the world’s largest asset managers and service platforms. Profitable since inception and experiencing strong growth with blue-chip clients, the company’s founders recognized an opportunity to expand beyond Europe and broaden their product and technology offering. In 2006, the company chose Summit Partners to help professionalize the business, strengthen senior management and position the company for continued expansion, particularly into the United States and Asia.

Mo Industries is a designer, manufacturer, marketer, and wholesaler of premium branded apparel – primarily marketed under the Ella Moss® and Splendid® brands.

Sparta Systems provides enterprise quality and compliance management software for the life sciences, manufacturing and regulatory affairs industries.

The Mutual Fund Store is an independent fee-based investment advisory business with owned and franchised locations across the United States, collectively managing over $5.0 billion in assets for retail clients.

Investor Management Services (IMS) is the first investor experience platform for commercial real estate firms to engage their investors and manage assets. The web-based IMS platform provides automated waterfall distribution processing, investor dashboards, CRM, document sharing and investor statements.

Focus Financial Partners—a partnership of independent wealth management firms—was formed to capitalize on the continued growth of high-net-worth households, clients’ increasing interest in independent advice, and financial advisors’ expanding need for product and infrastructure assistance. We believe founders Rudy Adolf, Rajini Kodialam and Lenny Chang sought the experience and capital resources of Summit to achieve their vision of building a platform to consolidate the fragmented wealth management industry.

SafeBoot was launched to address the growing demand from corporations for encryption software and management systems on laptops and other mobile data security applications. By 2005, the company had grown to serve an extensive list of Fortune 1000 clients, and its management team saw tremendous potential for further growth as information security had become a top corporate priority.

Aramsco provides safety products, monitoring and sampling devices, remediation equipment, and decontamination supplies to the domestic preparedness market and environmental clean-up industry.

Actix provides analytics and optimization software for mobile operators, delivering real-time, geo-located, visibility and control over the Radio Access Network (RAN); the most critical part of a mobile operator’s infrastructure.

Founded and led by Dr. Robert Margolis, HealthCare Partners (HCP) is a leading integrated healthcare delivery system and is a role model for integrated and coordinated care, leading the transformation of the national healthcare delivery system to assure quality, access and affordable care for all. Although HCP was profitable, growing well and had a strong balance sheet, its physician owners sought an experienced healthcare investor to help them plan and execute a growth strategy.

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Liquidnet is an alternative trading system for the mutual fund and hedge fund industries. The company’s electronic platform allows money management firms to execute block trades directly and anonymously across international markets.

B&W Tek manufactures analytical spectrometers, spectroscopic lasers, medical lasers, and other industrial instrumentation.

Originally incubated by Ohio University, Diagnostic Hybrids (DHI) had built a profitable growth business whose diagnostic products were highly valued by customers around the world. But the company’s core technology strength was in a mature category and the company was concerned about market headroom. Summit embraced management’s vision of a new wave of technological innovation to access new markets and to continue DHI’s strong growth.

Tippmann Sports manufactures high-performance paintball markers and accessories. Its products are sold through specialty paintball dealers, distributors and the mass merchant channel.

LogistiCare provides non-emergency medical transportation services to U.S. governmental healthcare agencies and human services organizations.

Global Cash Access provides cash access and customer relationship marketing services to gaming properties and other clients in the United States, Canada, Caribbean, and Europe.

Autobase provides customer relationship management and sales force automation solutions for the U.S. retail automotive industry.

NightHawk Radiology provides off-hours tele-radiology services for radiology groups, hospitals, and clinics across the United States.

Web Reservations International Limited provides online bookings and reservations technology for the budget, independent, and youth travel sectors worldwide, through its boo.com, hostelworld.com, and hostels.com brands.

Bartlett Holdings, also known as BHI Energy, provides radiological protection services and skilled technicians to the US nuclear, fossil, wind and hydro power industries and the federal government.

optionsXpress is an online brokerage firm for self-directed investors who want to use options to protect portfolios, increase investment income, and maximize returns on stock movements.

Brian Schuchman began Commnet Wireless by building and operating the wireless networks of spectrum lottery winners, eventually securing roaming agreements with virtually every U.S.-based wireless provider including AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile and Verizon. To accelerate the company’s growth rate and penetrate new markets, Commnet Wireless sought outside capital to help fund the build-out of a GSM* network.

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Physicians Formula is a mass-market cosmetics company specializing in color corrective makeup.

SeaBright Insurance Holdings is a leading underwriter of specialty workers’ compensation insurance for the maritime and alternative dispute resolution markets.

Jamba! is a content provider to the mobile phone industry. The company sells audio and visual entertainment products and services for handset personalization.

Medical Information Technology, or MEDITECH, provides integrated software solutions to meet the information needs of health care organizations worldwide.

M-Audio is a leading provider of creative tools for electronic musicians and audio professionals. M-Audio specializes in transforming advanced technology into affordable products.

Senior Home Care provides a full range of Medicare home health services to senior citizens, including skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and personal care services, allowing them to provide and coordinate all aspects of healthcare within the home.

IntelliChem is a provider of intelligent electronic lab notebooks (iELN), which improve productivity and quality while ensuring regulatory compliance in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.

Sage Telecom is a competitive local exchange carrier providing local, long distance and enhanced voice services to residential and small business customers in rural and suburban markets.

PSC Info Group is a worldwide provider of leading edge document and information management services and business communications. The company delivers customized solutions for accounts receivable management, financial services, and healthcare companies.

Belkin International is a preeminent supplier of connectivity solutions and accessories for the computer and consumer electronics user.

ProClarity Corporation delivers analytic software and services that accelerate the speed at which organizations make informed decisions to optimize business performance.

FLEETCOR Technologies is aleading global corporate payments company that helps businesses spend less byproviding innovative solutions that enable and control expense-relatedpurchasing and payment processes. The FLEETCOR portfolio of corporate payment solutionsautomate, secure, digitize and manage payment transactions on behalf ofbusinesses around the world.

FLEETCOR announced its rebranding to Corpay (NYSE: CPAY) in 2024.

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TrelliSoft is a provider of storage resource management solutions, which enable users to map storage assets; analyze storage usage by user, application and database; and enforce selective policies such as backup.

GoldenGate Software is an infrastructure software company, providing solutions that enable real-time, multi-platform data movement and data integration for high volume mission-critical transaction systems.

Axis Systems provides hardware and software systems for functional verification of electronic systems and complex integrated circuits.

Blue Ocean Software provides cost effective help desk, asset management, and asset tracking software for small and medium-sized businesses.

Clinical Pathology Laboratories performs comprehensive clinical and anatomical testing for physicians, hospitals, and managed-care organizations.

Sybari Software provides groupware anti-virus and content filtering software to the corporate IT market.

Hittite Microwave Corporation is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits for wireless and wireline communications systems.

PowerSmart is a pioneer in the field of smart battery electronics. The company designs and manufactures semi-conductors which enable more efficient battery usage for mobile systems.

B&W Loudspeakers manufactures and distributes premium home loudspeakers, marketing its products in more than 70 countries worldwide.

MediaQ develops integrated semiconductors and software for mobile, wireless, and handheld devices to enhance visual display, improve connectivity, and minimize power consumption.

Meridian Systems provides enterprise solutions that optimize the plan, build and operate phases of real estate, construction and other physical infrastructure initiatives.

Freedom Scientific provides technology products for people with blindness or vision impairment, speech impairment, hearing loss, and learning disabilities.

MIND CTI provides billing and customer care, accounting and management solutions for multiple IP services including voice, data, content and unified messaging.

Globe Wireless provides wireless communications for the maritime industry. It combines service and technology to simplify worldwide communications to and from ships at sea.

Burst Media is an online advertising sales network, offering customized advertising solutions and effective advertisement management technology to web publishers.

Hemophilia Resources of America provides coagulation products used for self-infusion and related services for the treatment and management of hemophilia.

Staples.com is the online division of Staples, Inc. - a leading retailer of office supplies, furniture and technologies.

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WebEx Communications provides real-time communications infrastructure for business meetings on the Web that integrate voice, video, and data.

RightNow Technologies provides Internet-based customer support software and service solutions that deliver rapid time-to-benefit and quick return on investment.

Unica Corporation provides enterprise marketing software that helps users predict consumer behavior and execute effective marketing programs.

ISH delivers business improvement solutions and information technology implementations to prominent healthcare providers throughout the United States.

CallTech Communications provides outsourced contact center services including customer service, technical support, and transactions.

iPayment provides credit and debit card-based payment processing services to small- and mid-sized merchants across the United States.

Sirenza Microdevices designs and supplies high performance radio frequency components for communications equipment.

Fry provides web development and managed services solutions to clients in transaction-intensive consumer and B2B industries, including retail, financial services, consumer packaged goods, and automotive.

When Summit invested in WebSideStory in 1999, it was a single-solution company providing a web analytics platform that it monetized through display advertisements. As the Internet advertising market deteriorated following the tech collapse in 2000, WebSideStory reoriented its business to a SaaS subscription model and began expanding its product offering to provide a full suite of on-demand digital marketing tools. To help lead the company’s transformation, Summit supported the recruitment of industry veteran Jeff Lunsford as CEO.

Newmarket®, an Amadeus company, delivers proven solutions for hospitality organizations including sales and marketing automation, catering and events, workflow management, service optimization, property maintenance, meeting intelligence, customer relationship management, and guest loyalty. Newmarket’s expertise and Amadeus’ global scale empowers hospitality organizations to lower costs, increase revenue, improve customer satisfaction, and guest loyalty

AlphaSmart provides portable computer companion products that complement PCs in the classroom and help teachers become more productive.

EMED is a direct marketer of safety signage and related products to industrial, government, and other commercial customers.

Keystone RV Company manufactures towable recreational vehicle (RV) products, including travel trailers and fifth wheels.

The Galtney Group is an insurance and reinsurance broker and advisor that specializes in medical malpractice and professional liability insurance policies for medical professionals.

Benesight and Harrington Benefit Services, subsidiaries of Trewit, Inc., administer health and other benefit plans for self-funded and managed care companies that outsource benefit plan design, administration, and claims processing services through their subsidiaries.

Navis provides enterprise software solutions for the maritime transportation and logistics industry.

Finisar is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed, fiber-optic subsystems and test equipment used in data communications networks.

Somera Communications provides telecommunications operators with equipment deployment services to optimize their networks and equipment assets.

Hatcher Associates provides technical implementation, integration, and project management services to the banking IT industry.

Motion Recruitment Partners (formerly Stride & Associates) operates two nationwide contingency recruiting agencies, Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates, which specialize in technology hiring and placement.

PriceInteractive provides high-volume interactive voice response services, which allow organizations to provide automated customer service information on a 24/7 basis, without the need for a live operator.

AltoCom develops, markets and licenses intellectual property cores, which provide communications solutions to the embedded systems, remote access server, and personal computer markets.

3 Day Blinds is the largest manufacturer and retailer of hard window coverings in the U.S. Its products are manufactured to individual customers’ specifications.

Dorn Technology Group provides software solutions for the insurance industry. Its product is used primarily by risk and claim managers, adjusters, insurance managers, attorneys, and third-party administrators.

InstallShield Software provides professional Windows software installation and development tools.

GERS Retail Systems is a worldwide leader in information management software, hardware, and service solutions for the retail and direct marketing industries.

Sanitors is a regional provider of janitorial and maintenance services, primarily for office buildings, retail and institutional facilities.

OPNET Technologies provides software tools for planning, modeling, and simulating communication networks and distribution systems.

Clontech Laboratories provides reagents and testing material for the molecular and cellular biological research markets.

Netcom Systems specializes in high-performance test equipment systems for the networking industry.