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Summit Partners acquisitions
Summit Partners is a private equity firm that invests in software. We track 37 of its acquisitions; the most recent was Cognitive Credit in Oct 2026. It buys most often in cybersecurity, fintech and payments, healthcare and life sciences.
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37
Most recent deal
Oct 2026
Deal size
Typically $10M to $500M or more
Based in
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What Summit Partners buys
Growth equity to buyout deals of $25M–$500M, minority and majority, in technology, healthcare and life sciences.
- Cybersecurity · 7
- Fintech and payments · 5
- Healthcare and life sciences · 5
- Logistics and supply chain · 3
- Media and telecom · 2
Buys in: North America, Europe
Buying activity
- 12021
- 32022
- 02023
- 02024
- 02025
- 32026
16 dated deals on record since 2012, most recently Oct 2026. We list the deals we can source, so earlier years may be incomplete.
How to sell to Summit Partners
Included with full access, for every acquirer in the database.
- 1 contact: intake email, forms and M&A team
- Deal structure: cash, earnouts, rollover
- What happens after close
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All Summit Partners acquisitions
2026 · 3
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Credit Minority stake | Oct 22, 2026 | Fintech and payments | $40.0M | summitpartners.com |
| Socure Minority stake | Aug 27, 2026 | Cybersecurity | — | summitpartners.com |
| Keyfactor Minority stake · Pending | Jul 7, 2026 | Cybersecurity | $1.0B | summitpartners.com |
2022 · 3
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallet-Ops Full acquisition | Sep 7, 2022 | Logistics and supply chain | — | summitpartners.com |
| CALco Pallets Full acquisition | Aug 25, 2022 | Logistics and supply chain | — | summitpartners.com |
| 48forty Solutions Minority stake | Mar 24, 2022 | Logistics and supply chain | — | summitpartners.com |
2021 · 1
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a.k.a. Brands | Sep 22, 2021 | E-commerce and retail | — | summitpartners.com |
2020 · 1
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRESB Full acquisition · Pending | Nov 16, 2020 | Energy and utilities | — | summitpartners.com |
2019 · 1
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Academy Full acquisition | Dec 16, 2019 | Education | — | summitpartners.com |
2016 · 1
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia Communications | May 12, 2016 | Media and telecom | — | summitpartners.com |
2014 · 4
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABILITY Network Majority stake | May 19, 2014 | Healthcare and life sciences | $550.0M | summitpartners.com |
| Peoplesadmin | Mar 28, 2014 | HR, payroll and recruiting | — | summitpartners.com |
| A10 Networks | Mar 20, 2014 | Cybersecurity | — | summitpartners.com |
| Safe Site Northwest and DataSite Business Archives Full acquisition | Jan 15, 2014 | — | — | summitpartners.com |
2012 · 2
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrievex Full acquisition | Oct 10, 2012 | — | — | summitpartners.com |
| 360T Group Majority stake | Jun 29, 2012 | Fintech and payments | — | summitpartners.com |
Date not disclosed · 21
Companies Summit Partners sold
- RWA Wealth Partners · PendingSep 30, 2026 · summitpartners.com
- Dr. Squatch · PendingJun 23, 2025 · summitpartners.com
- Fuze · PendingDec 1, 2021 · summitpartners.com
- A Cloud Guru · PendingJun 2, 2021 · summitpartners.com
- Access Information ManagementOct 21, 2014 · summitpartners.com
- Progressive Finance HoldingsApr 15, 2014 · summitpartners.com
Capital raised
- Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI · Fund close$8.3B · Oct 2021