Celebrating 5 Years of Fellowship! Last week our team was proud to reunite with a few of the current and past Sumeru Fellows for a great evening of networking at the Sumeru NYC office. Looking forward to our Bay Area meet up in less than a month! #SumeruFellows #NextGenLeaders
Sumeru Equity Partners
Investment Management
San Mateo, California 4,688 followers
Growth capital for leading technology companies
About us
Sumeru Equity Partners is a technology-focused private equity firm that invests $50-$250 million in leading mid-market software, technology enabled services, and hardware companies with a focus on growth. Sumeru was founded by an experienced team from Silver Lake Sumeru with significant first-hand operating experience. Our strategy and operating experience enables us to take a flexible approach to deal types and investment structures including growth funding, founder transitions, buyouts, take-privates, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Sumeru’s engagement model centers on partnering with management teams and investing in go-to-market, product, and operations to drive growth and strategic positioning.
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Continuing our Sumeru Fellows Program Speaker Series, we were thrilled to welcome back Tony Miller, Managing Partner at Excolere Equity Partners. Tony, a former Deputy Secretary of Education under the Obama administration and board member of GoGuardian and Criteria Corp, shared invaluable insights into his deep & versatile background across the public sector, EdTech investing & private equity in general. Thank you again to Tony! #AlwaysLearning #SumeruFellows #NextGenLeaders #EdTech
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As part of the Sumeru Fellows Summer Internship Program, we invite prominent members of the business and technology communities to speak with students about their experiences each year. We are excited to kick off this year's Fellows Speaker Series with Alison Lange Engel, CEO of Ceros, a Sumeru portfolio company! Big thank you to Alison for sharing her career journey and insights into business operations/leadership. #AlwaysLearning #SumeruFellows #NextGenLeaders
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the fifth year of the Sumeru Fellows Program! Partnering with our exceptional portfolio companies, we've welcomed a new group of talented students into our academy-style undergraduate internship program. This year’s Fellows are set to embark on a remarkable journey, gaining invaluable hands-on experience and shaping their future careers in technology, business, and investing. 🌟 #SumeruFellows #NextGenLeaders #AlwaysLearning 360Learning Aerospike beqom Ceros Consensus Firstup GoGuardian Zappi
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Simon Berg has built an incredible company Ceros & has literally found a way to knock down challenge after challenge to change the game in content creation! Congrats my friend on the new role! Ecstatic to partner with Alison Lange Engel as new CEO of Ceros! We've had the privilege of collaborating for years on the board and could not be more excited to be partnering with another top-notch human like her on the next episode!
It’s always fun and thrilling to start a new journey. Today, I’m officially the new CEO of Ceros. Over the last 20 years, I’ve been a part of once-in-a-generation companies including LinkedIn and Stripe. I got started in tech as employee 16 at a Series A startup, Massive Inc., that we scaled and sold to Microsoft. That startup experience changed my life. After that point, I was solely focused on companies where I could have an impact and work in an authentic way. I’m excited to bring my lessons learned from these experiences and from the most transformational CEOs that I have had the great fortune to work with to the opportunity ahead of us at Ceros. 900 enterprises like McKinsey and Pepsi partner with Ceros to create content and launch premium digital experiences. I first met Simon Berg, the founder of Ceros, in 2019 as I was joining Greycroft, one of Simon’s earliest backers. We found common ground in our passion for company building, culture, creativity, and in our personal values. We shared countless pictures of our kids and dogs. I joined the Ceros board shortly after and had a first class seat as Simon led the company through Covid and continued growth. I have so much respect for his ability and passion that brought Ceros to where it is today. You can say this all came full circle. This decision was a big one, but I have had this unique feeling of calm coupled with urgency as I start this journey, for a few reasons. 1) Simon is one of the most passionate founders I know. To take something that he created and continue to move it forward is an honor and a responsibility that I humbly accept. 2) I have served on the Ceros Board for the past three years so I’m ready to step in and lead its next stage of growth. I am deeply grateful to partner with Ceros leadership, the Board, and our lead investors at Sumeru Equity Partners. 3) I have great respect for the talented, dedicated Ceros team who partner with our customers to deliver value every day. 4) Fewer than 10% of CEOs are women. I hope to accelerate the narrative and cultural belief that women can and should lead at the highest level. 5) In the next decade, my daughters will enter the workforce. I feel accountable as a role model to support their paths. Thank you to the Ceros leadership team for all of your support Kevin Croxton, Matthew Wellschlager, Rob Bender, Jennifer Schwalb, Jack Dixon, Daniel Mc Glade and to the dedicated team at Sumeru Equity Partners, Sanjeet Mitra, George Kadifa, Nathan Stanley. I love the saying: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." I certainly feel that energy and can’t wait to see what our team at Ceros can accomplish.
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Sumeru is thrilled to partner with Subbu Iyer, Srini V. Srinivasan & the Aerospike team! We’ve long believed in Aerospike’s product strategy and innovation. We are highly enthusiastic that the company’s platform is well-positioned to become a foundational element for the next generation of real-time AI applications. We sincerely look forward to collaborating with Subbu, Tim NewView Capital, Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners and the rest of the shareholders as Aerospike looks to scale the real-time data market! #emboldeninnovators #scalingpartnership #sumeruAI
Big day for Aerospike and AI innovation! Today we closed a $109M investment led Sumeru Equity Partners - a tremendous validation of our momentum and business performance. #Aerospike was built from the ground up to be AI-ready, and with this investment, we’re ready to bring #AI to full fruition for mission-critical enterprise applications. #funding #growthcompany https://lnkd.in/eA_GxiPf
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Technology has revolutionized the capital markets, enabling real-time data analysis, process automation, and enhanced decision-making capabilities. Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of our latest Scaling with Sumeru podcast featuring Sumeru Principal, Jack McCabe and Growth Partner, Eric Brown as they discuss the digital transformation of investor relations software with Sumeru’s newest portfolio Founder & CEO, Darrell Heaps of Q4 Inc. Join us as we discuss: ▪ Evolution of Q4 ▪ The Capital Markets Ecosystem and Digital Transformation of Investor Relations ▪ Experience as a Public Company ▪ Operational Excellence and Customer Focus ▪ Partnership with Sumeru and Q4’s Growth Prospects Click one of the links in the comments to access this episode on your favorite podcast platform and subscribe so you never miss an episode! #ScalingwithSumeru #Q4 #IRsoftware
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Congratulations Rich Preece, Advait Shinde, and the remarkable team at GoGuardian. Sumeru extends our gratitude to Advait for his exceptional leadership in helping GoGuardian scale and take on new challenges. As we usher in this new era, we eagerly welcome Rich to the Sumeru portfolio. With his expertise and dedication, we are eagerly looking forward to this new collaboration. #AlwaysLearning #GoGuardian #SumeruEquityPartners
Today we announced Rich Preece as our new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 15, 2024. Rich will succeed Co-Founder Advait Shinde, who will retain his role as Executive Chairman of the Board and transition to a new leadership role focused on technology and innovation. Advait’s guiding vision and leadership of GoGuardian over the past 10 years has enabled us to support schools and teachers drive positive outcomes for students across the country. We welcome Rich to the team to continue on that mission into the next decade. To read more about today’s announcement: https://lnkd.in/eRre8cgZ
GoGuardian Appoints Rich Preece as CEO
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We congratulate Zappi and 360Learning on being recognized by Viva Technology as a top 100 Next Unicorn! This award is not to be construed as indicative of Zappi, 360Learning or Sumeru’s future performance. Reference to an award is only one piece of information relevant to an evaluation of a company and an investment adviser. This award represents information as of a specific date and time and may not reflect important information related to an evaluation of the investment adviser which has occurred prior to, or subsequent to, the award. Past results are not indicative of future performance and there can be no guarantee that Zappi and 360Learning will achieve unicorn status. Neither Zappi, 360Learning nor Sumeru are affiliated with Viva Technology nor did either Zappi, 360Learning or Sumeru pay to be considered for this recognition. More information on the methodology for determining “The Top 100 Next Unicorns” is available at https://lnkd.in/ecjGbV65.
#VivaTech’s "Next 100 Unicorns" list has just been released 🦄 In partnership with GP Bullhound, we have selected 100 promising tech companies in Europe with the potential to spread their wings & reach unicorn status in the near future 💸, with a valuation of €1B or more. You’d want to keep an eye on these... In the past, a third of the companies from our 2019 to 2023 lists have already become unicorns (just saying) 👀 Congratulations to all - we can't wait to see what the future holds! And a huge thanks as always to our VC partners Accel, Eurazeo, Northzone & Partech for their support & contribution.
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We are pleased to share that BluWave, LP has once again recognized Sumeru Equity Partners as a Top Private Equity Innovator. This recognition places Sumeru among the top 2% of PE firms for the second year in a row for our innovation across proactive due diligence, transformative value creation, modern private equity firm operations and corporate citizenship*. You can visit the link in the comments below to learn more about the awards. #TopPrivateEquityInnovator #BluWave #SumeruEquity *BluWave, LP has not received investment capital from and holds no ownership interest in the PE firms evaluated or recognized under the Top Private Equity Innovator awards program. BluWave received no compensation from any of the PE firms in connection with this awards program. However, BluWave may otherwise provide services to the PE firms and/or portfolio companies, but BluWave confirms that its assessment of the PE firms was independent of any such service arrangements. Top 2% in the PE industry is based on BluWave’s review of the more than 5,000 PE firms in the U.S. and Canada from which the PE firms were selected as award recipients. Disclaimer: Bluwave is a sourcing partner and advisory firm. The criteria considered for this award were determined by Bluwave and Bluwave evaluates the information they receive in support of each firm, exclusive of feedback on partners of the firm. The award is the subjective determination of the party conferring the award and not of Sumeru Equity Partners. The exact number of nominees reviewed for this recognition was not disclosed to Sumeru Equity Partners, and therefore, it and the percentage of nominees receiving the recognition, cannot be disclosed herein. Sumeru Equity Partners did not submit a nomination to be considered and did not pay to be included on and to promote inclusion on, this list. Sumeru Equity Partners received this award in 2023. For more information about Bluwave, please see their website at https://www.bluwave.net/. Sumeru Equity Partners is not responsible for the contents of any third-party website and has not confirmed the accuracy of any information provided therein.
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