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Spectrum Equity

Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

1994

AUM

$8 200 M

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Pre-seed Seed Series B Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

North America Europe Australia and others
Investor profile last updated: 22 July, 2025

Profile

Founded in 1994, Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco, and London. For over 30 years, we’ve partnered with a select group of businesses across multiple sectors, focusing on category-leading software, data, and consumer internet businesses.

We invest more than capital: we aim to create productive partnerships with our portfolio companies and enduring relationships with founders and management teams.



Content contained in this profile and posted updates is not intended to and does not constitute legal advice or investment advice. Your use of this information in the posted update and materials linked is at your own risk. Spectrum Equity does not make any guarantee or other promise as to any results that may be obtained from using this content. No one should make any investment decision without first consulting his or her own financial advisor and conducting his or her own research and due diligence. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Spectrum Equity disclaims any and all liability in the event any information, commentary, analysis, and/or opinions prove to be inaccurate, incomplete or unreliable, or result in any investment or other losses. The specific companies identified in posts do not represent all of Spectrum’s investments, and no assumptions should be made that any investments identified were or will be profitable. View the complete list of portfolio companies at spectrumequity.com.

Industry

Financial Services Fintech Foodtech Healthcare Services Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Transportation Energy LegalTech Education SaaS Software CleanTech

Spectrum Equity Funds

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Spectrum Equity, VIII L.P.
Venture Capital (VC)
Education
Financial Services
Fintech
SaaS
Software
Energy
CleanTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$1300 M
October 2017
Spectrum Equity IX L.P.
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Marketing and Advertising
SaaS
Software
Energy
CleanTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
$5-10 m
$1500 M
May 2020
Spectrum Equity X, L.P.
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Foodtech
Healthcare Services
Marketing and Advertising
SaaS
Software
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$2000 M
July 2022

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FAQs about Spectrum Equity

Spectrum Equity is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Pre-seed, Seed, Series B and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Spectrum Equity is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Spectrum Equity was founded in 1994.
Spectrum Equity invests in companies and startups in Financial Services, Fintech, Foodtech, Healthcare Services, Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Transportation, Energy, LegalTech, Education, SaaS, Software, CleanTech.
Spectrum Equity invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe, Australia and others.
Spectrum Equity invests in companies and startups at Pre-seed, Seed, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Spectrum Equity usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Spectrum Equity has around $8 200m assets under management.
Spectrum Equity last fund was created/launched in 2022-07-27
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