Highland Capital Partners
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | William Boyce, Paul Maeder, Bob Higgins |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | Investments, Venture capital |
| Website | www |
Highland Capital Partners is a Boston, Massachusetts-based global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, and San Francisco. The company was founded in 1987 by Paul Maeder and Bob Higgins.[1]
Highland has raised over $4 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 280 companies, with 47 IPOs and 134 acquisitions.[2]
Investments and investment funds
| History of private equity and venture capital |
|---|
| Early history |
| (origins of modern private equity) |
| The 1980s |
| (leveraged buyout boom) |
| The 1990s |
| (leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble) |
| The 2000s |
| (dot-com bubble to the credit crunch) |
| The 2010s |
| (expansion) |
| The 2020s |
| (COVID-19 recession) |
The company was co-founded by Paul Maeder and Bob Higgins in 1987.[3]
Highland is typically the first institutional investor in the companies they back.[4]
Since its founding in 1988, the firm has raised eleven venture capital funds:
- 1988 — Highland Capital Partners
- 1992 — Highland Capital Partners II
- 1996 — Highland Capital Partners III
- 1998 — Highland Capital Partners IV
- 2000 — Highland Capital Partners V
- 2001 — Highland Capital Partners VI
- 2006 — Highland Capital Partners VII
- 2009 — Highland Capital Partners VIII
- 2013 — Highland Capital Partners 9
- 2018 — Highland Capital Partners 10
- 2020 — Highland Capital Leaders Fund
Notable investments
The company has invested some $4 billion in more than 280 companies since its founding, including 2U,[5] Auris Health,[6] Bromium,[7] Clearbanc,[citation needed] Everlywell,[8] Gigamon,[9] Imprivata[10] LevelUp,[11] Lululemon Athletica,[12] Malwarebytes,[13] Qihoo 360,[14] Quattro Wireless,[15] Rent the Runway,[16] Scopely,[17] ThredUp,[18] Turbonomic[19] and VistaPrint.[20]
Current and former employees
Notable members of the team include Bob Davis, the founder of Lycos;[21] Gaurav Tewari, the founder of Omega Venture Partners, and formerly of Highland Capital Partners;[22] and Wyc Grousbeck, owner of the Boston Celtics.[23] In February 2005, Thomas G. Stemberg, the founder and former CEO of Staples, joined Highland.[24]