# Andrew Kowal

> Andrew Kowal is a private equity investor at Francisco Partners backing Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Francisco Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-kowal-a9714840

Andrew Kowal is a private equity investor at Francisco Partners in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Apps. Andrew J. Kowal was appointed to our board of directors on July 2, 2009. Mr. Kowal is a Partner with Francisco Partners Management, LLC and has been with the firm since 2001. Mr. Kowal focuses primarily on investments in the semiconductor and hardware systems sectors. He has served on the board of directors of ADERANT Holdings, Inc., MagnachipSemiconductor LLC and Metrologic Instruments, Inc., and was a principal participant in the execution and management of Francisco Partners' investments in AMI Semiconductor and Ultra Clean Technology.Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2001, Mr. Kowal was a member of Princes Gate Investors, the private equity arm of the Institutional Securities Division of Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for the identification, evaluation and execution of private equity transactions in a variety of industries, including information technology and hardware. Mr. Kowal holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| GovTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 67% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Accela | Accela provides market-leading SaaS solutions that help governments worldwide to build thriving communities, grow businesses, and protect citizens' services. From planning, building, licensing, and permitting, to asset and service request management, finance, environmental health, and more.It was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in SanRamon, California. |  | Private Equity | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Tile | Tile gives everything the power of smart location, locating more than six million unique items every day. Leveraging its vast community that spans 195 countries, Tile’s cloud-based finding platform helps people find the things that matter to them most. The company is based in San Mateo, CA and is backed by Francisco Partners, Bessemer VenturePartners, and GGV Capital. For more information, please visit Tile.com. | $45M | Series C | Jul 24, 2019 |  |
| iconectiv | At iconectiv, they envision a world without boundaries, where the ability to access and exchange information is simple, secure and seamless. As the authoritative partner of the communications industry for more than 30 years, their market-leading solutions enable the interconnection of networks, devices, and applications for more than two billionpeople every day. Working closely with private, government and non-governmental organizations, iconectiv has intimate knowledge of the intricacies and complexities of creating, operating and securing the telecommunications infrastructure for service providers, governments and enterprises. iconectiv provides network and operations management, numbering, registry, messaging and fraud and identity solutions to more than 1,200 customers globally. A US-based company, Telcordia Technologies, doing business as iconectiv, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson. | $200M | Private Equity | Aug 11, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GGV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ggv-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SVB Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svb-financial-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Francisco Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Francisco Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. With $7 billion of capital under management, Francisco Partners is one of the world's largest technology-focused private equity funds. The firm was founded to pursue structured investments in technology companiesundergoing strategic, technological, and operational inflection points. Francisco Partners targets control investments in private companies, with transaction values ranging from $30 million to $2 billion. The principals of Francisco Partners have invested in excess of $3 billion of equity capital in over 50 technology companies.

5 contacts available at Francisco Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Ni | Principal | — |
| Andrew Kowal | Partner | — |
| Ashley Evans | Partner | — |
| Chris Adams | Partner | — |
| Ezra Perlman | Co-President | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Kowal invest in?

Andrew Kowal invests primarily in Mobile, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Private Equity and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Andrew Kowal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Kowal closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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