# Great Hill Partners

> Great Hill Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 97 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 97
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Fund size: $4.7B
- Last fund: Feb 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/great-hill-partners/
- Website: http://www.greathillpartners.com

Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm with $2.7 billion under management. Great Hill Partners seeks to partner with middle-market companies operating in high growth sectors in the media/communications, Internet, business services, consumer services, financial technology, healthcare technology, software, and transaction processingsectors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 20 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 15 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 11 | 11% |
| SaaS | 10 | 10% |

146 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 53 | 55% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 7% |
| Series B | 6 | 6% |
| Series C | 5 | 5% |
| Series A | 3 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 62 | 64% |
| Brazil | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Denmark | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atle Skalleberg | Executive in Residence | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atle-skalleberg |
| Cheng Li | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheng-li-2 |
| Christopher Gaffney | Co-founder, Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-s-gaffney |
| Christopher M. Busby | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-m-busby |
| Jack Y. Wang | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-y-wang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Woof Gang Bakery | Woof Gang Bakery is a pet grooming and specialty retailer. Their pet grooming services include butt scratches, nose boops, walk in nail trimming and grinding, nail painting, blueberry pie facials, Ear Cleaning, teeth brushing, and de matting. |  | Private Equity | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Woof Gang Bakery | Woof Gang Bakery is a pet grooming and specialty retailer. Their pet grooming services include butt scratches, nose boops, walk in nail trimming and grinding, nail painting, blueberry pie facials, Ear Cleaning, teeth brushing, and de matting. |  | Private Equity | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Mission Wealth Management | Mission Wealth Management is an independent financial planning and investment management firm. The company's services include Wealth Management, Financial Planning, Investment Management, Estate Planning, Risk Management, Tax Management, Socially Responsible Investing, and Redefining Wealth. |  | Private Equity | May 01, 2025 |  |
| Varicent Software | Varicent Software Incorporated provides incentive compensation management (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions for finance, sales, human resources and IT departments. Varicent's solution includes Enterprise (250 payees or more) and Business Editions (50 to 250 payees) for companies who face different compensation andmanagement challenges. Varicent for Enterprises helps organizations to streamline compensation processes, reduce errors, meet compliance requirements and drive improved sales performance. Varicent Business Edition is a flexible solution built to create and administer variable pay programs, automate commission calculations, and quickly distribute personalized payout results to sales teams. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Toronto, Canada. |  | Private Equity | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Fusion Risk Management | Fusion Risk Management is a provider of cloud-based continuity risk management software, contingency planning solutions, and consulting services. Fusion’s vision is to be the leading global provider of software solutions by empowering organizations to make data-driven decisions and enabling them to achieve greater organizational resilience.It wasfounded in 2006 and is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. |  | Private Equity | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| UCC Environmental (UCC) | UCC Environmental provides engineered material handling and environmental solutions for power generation and industrial applications. |  | Private Equity | May 24, 2022 |  |
| Prodege | Prodege is a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform that leverages its global audience of reward program members to power its business solutions. Our innovative offerings enable leading brands and agencies to gather meaningful, rich insights and better market to their target audiences. Through deep consumer profiling, our partnerscan more effectively acquire new customers, boost engagement, increase revenue, and drive brand loyalty and product adoption. Bolstered by a major investment by Great Hill Partners in Q4 2021, we are eager to continue to grow and innovate as a company. |  | Private Equity | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Clearwave | Clearwave Corporation owns and operates a healthcare's authentication network and kiosk that allow medical facilities to authenticate insurance eligibility by identifying patients as active or inactive plan members or self-pay patients. Clearwave Corporation was formerly known as HELPS Corp. The company was founded in 2004 and is based inAtlanta, Georgia. |  | Private Equity | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Clearwave | Clearwave Corporation owns and operates a healthcare's authentication network and kiosk that allow medical facilities to authenticate insurance eligibility by identifying patients as active or inactive plan members or self-pay patients. Clearwave Corporation was formerly known as HELPS Corp. The company was founded in 2004 and is based inAtlanta, Georgia. |  | Private Equity | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Clearwave | Clearwave Corporation owns and operates a healthcare's authentication network and kiosk that allow medical facilities to authenticate insurance eligibility by identifying patients as active or inactive plan members or self-pay patients. Clearwave Corporation was formerly known as HELPS Corp. The company was founded in 2004 and is based inAtlanta, Georgia. |  | Private Equity | Oct 26, 2021 |  |

10 of 97 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Great Hill Partners invest in?

Great Hill Partners invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and E-Commerce startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 97 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Great Hill Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Great Hill Partners?

The team at Great Hill Partners includes Atle Skalleberg (Executive in Residence), Cheng Li (Associate) and Christopher Gaffney (Co-founder, Managing Director), among 20 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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