Established in 1984, Summit Partners is a growth equity investor that provides private equity and venture capital to growing companies. Located in Palo Alto, Calif., the company invests in businesses that include business services, communications technology/services, consumer products, education, energy, financial services and health care/life sciences, among others. Summit Partners has provided growth equity, recapitalization and management buyout financing to more than 300 growing companies across a range of industries and geographies. The companys portfolio includes Accedian Networks Corporation, Actix Limited, Acturis Limited, Announce Media, LLC and ApoCell Inc., among others.
Silicon Valley Bank’s Menlo Park office is one of the locations where SVB helps innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, founded in 1976, is a private equity firm that specializes in management buyouts. The company s institutional investors include state and corporate pension funds, banks, insurance companies, other financial institutions and university endowments. With a location in Menlo Park, Calif., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company has completed more than 150 financial transactions since its inception. It is a global firm with offices located in New York, California, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo. It operates through several investment professionals who work with the client s management to develop operating budgets that support research and development, capital spending and acquisitions.
