Spectrum Equity is a growth equity firm that invests in companies across the information economy.

Spectrum Equity

Founded in 1994 with offices in Boston and San Francisco, Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support to innovative companies in the information economy. The firm has invested in over 170 companies and is currently investing its tenth fund and overage program with $2.3 billion in capital.

Spectrum partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build great companies. Spectrum seeks to invest in companies which have defensible and sustainable business models with strong recurring revenue, significant operating leverage, and structural competitive advantages. The firm has a flexible approach to ownership and typically invests  $25 – $150 million per investment, often representing the company’s first institutional investor. Spectrum plays a prominent role in helping its portfolio companies scale their business through senior management and Board recruitment, M&A, and sales & marketing optimization.

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GoodRx

Bitly

AllTrails

Quantile Technologies

RainKing

Lynda

PicMonkey

Leaf Group

Ease

Ethoca

ExamSoft

Extreme Reach

Momentive

Teachers Pay Teachers

Verafin

It's been a productive first half! Our 2024 highlights so far: 2 new investments, 4 liquidity events, 4 M&A transactions, and 25 senior executives and board members joining the portfolio. We also welcomed 9 new investment team members and celebrated 7 internal promotions, along with a number of exciting awards. 

Full write up here: https://lnkd.in/gYbcMBmQ

It's our 4th (!) year hosting highly motivated, super-smart high school interns from Minds Matter. In honor of #NationalInternDay, we asked them to share their expertise — what advice does every intern need to hear?

For #NationalInternDay, we checked in with our incredible undergrad summer crew: Sophie Zhang, Bryan Zhang, and Nolan Schepman. We're blown away by these college students' curiosity, dedication, and growth — check out a (tiny) sample of their takeaways so far:

Exciting addition to the already-stacked team at Spreedly...welcome Mike Rivers!

We're SO pleased to announce promotions for these seven exceptional team members! A huge congrats to Philip Rasansky for his promotion to VP, Katherine Xiao and Anna Yu on their promotions to Senior Associate, and to our newly promoted Associates: Georgina Davis, Andrew Rozanov, Charlie Sharton, and Ohad Yahalom. We can't wait to see what you do next. 🥂

Energy decision-makers rely on Benchmark Mineral Intelligence's data, and this acquisition of Rho Motion creates a comprehensive view of the EV supply chain "from mine to grid." This is an important milestone in the shift to clean energy — congrats to Simon Moores, Adam Panayi, and all involved.

Parag Khandelwal Adam Margolin Cameron Ghorbani Joseph Haig Katherine Xiao

Annaliesa Routh and Emily Calkins are the definition of leadership for us: they ask questions that challenge our thinking, they approach their partnerships with portfolio leaders with rigor and humility, and they always have time for their teammates.

We're immensely lucky to have them at Spectrum Equity, and couldn't be prouder of this recognition from GrowthCap as Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing. Congrats, Annaliesa and Emily! 🏆

See their write-ups (and the full list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/gQm6QmXB

A big welcome to our summer intern class: Bryan Zhang, Nolan Schepman, and Sophie Zhang! These three talented, industrious undergrads will spend the summer in SF as members of our investment team, helping us source and diligence companies (and making us feel old). We're so glad you're here!👏

When it comes to product-led growth, Lucid Software's Nick Rico can really cook. Nick recently shared his recipe for PLG greatness with Spectrum's marketing community—get the key ingredients below, or check out the full write-up (with Bitly's Kelsey Stevenson) here: https://lnkd.in/gp7eY8Pv

When Kelsey Stevenson joined Bitly, the company had a truly viral product, enviable brand awareness, and...some big challenges to tackle. 5 years later, Bitly has dramatically improved conversion and monetization, and Kelsey has become an expert in product-led growth.

In a recent Spectrum workshop (co-hosted by Lucid Software's Nick Rico) Kelsey candidly shared her learnings from Bitly's PLG journey. Watch the highlights below, or get the full run-down on Spectrum's blog here: https://spctrm.pe/44RWUEh

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