Great Hill Partners

We are thrilled and honored to be named to Inc. Magazine's Founder-Friendly Investors list! At Great Hill, we believe in building lasting partnerships with founders, providing them with the strategic resources, capital and support they need to help scale their businesses. This recognition is a testament to our unwavering commitment to empowering visionary entrepreneurs and fostering innovation. We look forward to continuing to work alongside the highly skilled and passionate management teams within our portfolio of disruptive companies. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ebhzF2Xq Disclaimer: Past performance is not indicative of future results. Inclusion on Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Founder-Friendly Investors List was awarded on October 29, 2024. The ranking evaluated approximately 450 private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders between January 2019 and June 2024. Great Hill Partners paid an application fee to Inc. Magazine to be considered for this ranking. 

Great Hill is pleased to announce the partial sale of BigChange, a field service management software company for the service and transport sectors, to Simpro Software Group. Since forming our partnership with BigChange in 2021, the company has achieved tremendous growth, including increasing its revenue by 2.5x and expanding its customer base to over 2,200 clients. We’re excited to continue supporting BigChange in its next chapter as a minority investor. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eZp6m7sW

Our team recently held a firmwide community service day at the YMCA of Greater Boston, which is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families in the Boston community. In honor of the back-to-school season, our team packed backpacks, snack kits, and wrote encouraging notes of support for youth as they begin their next school year. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute our time to an organization with a strong, direct impact on the greater Boston community!

Great Hill Managing Director Matt Vettel recently shared insights with Mergers and Acquisitions - themiddlemarket.com’s Demitri Diakantonis about the game-changing opportunities AI brings to logistics and transportation management. Matt highlights how AI data software will eventually make large parts of the supply chain sector fully autonomous. As AI adoption accelerates, we can expect increased strategic interest in supply chain platforms with embedded AI applications. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eM-gE5Qv

We’re thrilled to announce a number of recent promotions within our investment and finance teams. On the investment side, Chris Bravo, Amanda Fava and Ryan O'Malley have been promoted to Vice President and Clay Campbell and Erik Kreukniet have been promoted to Senior Associate. Within our finance team, Tom Curry, CPA has been promoted to Director of Tax and Vince Duong, CPA has been promoted to Director of Portfolio Monitoring. Great Hill is built on the contributions of our talented and driven team members, and we are delighted to celebrate the accomplishments of these valued professionals. Congratulations to all!

Managing Director Michael Kumin recently attended the Jefferies Private Internet Conference and spoke with Cameron Lester, Global Co-Head of TMT Banking, to discuss the transformative power of artificial intelligence in growth investing for private equity. Michael highlighted Great Hill’s forward-thinking mindset and rigorous diligence process as key factors to harnessing AI's potential, seeking to ensure our portfolio is future-ready and primed for exceptional growth. Read (and watch) more here: https://lnkd.in/e4ScXT7t

We are excited to welcome David Doctorow as the new CEO of GHP portfolio company Custom Ink! David has an impressive thirty-year career building and growing leading digital businesses such as Realtor.com, eBay and Expedia. We look forward to working with him as he leads Custom Ink into its next phase of growth.   We are grateful to Marc Katz, Custom Ink’s co-founder and outgoing CEO, for his exceptional 25 years of leadership and our incredible partnership over the last five years and look forward to continuing our collaboration in his role as Chairman of the Board.   Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eebbDpW8

We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Varicent, the industry leader in sales performance management software, and to join forces with Warburg Pincus LLC on Varicent’s next chapter of growth.   In today's competitive landscape, coordinating sales plans is critical for sustainable revenue gains and operational efficiencies, yet many revenue leaders are hindered by processes and tools that are not designed for dynamic planning. Varicent's innovative and efficient solutions address these challenges, optimizing sales performance and driving growth with advanced operational and analytical capabilities.   Together with our new partners at Warburg Pincus and our existing partners at Spectrum Equity, we look forward to continuing to support Marc Altshuller and his dynamic team as they revolutionize sales performance management! Read more: https://lnkd.in/egkZjyYk

Great Hill Partners is a proud sponsor of the Synergist Network, an organization that seeks to connect women in the first decade of their investing careers and provide them with the infrastructure, network, and business acumen that is critical for long-term success. To help support this mission, we recently hosted an Executive Coaching event focused on enhancing executive presence for women professionals. Monica Murphy, a Senior Coaching Partner with the Speech Improvement Company, led the session. Participants learned how to manage perception, communicate clearly and effectively, and make a strong first impression. The event provided practical tools and strategies to help women navigate their careers with confidence and clarity. Thank you to all who attended this great event!

Great Hill Partners recently hosted a CPR and Heart Health training for our employees and their families. Over the course of four sessions, nearly 40 of our team members learned how to do hands-only CPR and use an AED. We are proud to have so many of our employees dedicated to learning this life-saving skill. Thank you to #timmystrong and all who made this training a success!