# JMI Equity

> JMI Equity is a VC fund in Baltimore backing Software and SaaS. See 172 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 172
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 62%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jmi-equity
- Website: https://jmi.com/

JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in software companies. Founded in 1992, JMI has invested in over 145 businesses in its target markets, successfully completed over 95 exits, and raised more than $4 billion of committed capital. JMI partners with exceptional management teams to help build their companies into industry leaders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $5M–$60M |
| Series C | $5.5M–$60M |
| Private Equity | $31M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 86 | 50% |
| SaaS | 34 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 27 | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 26 | 15% |
| Security | 12 | 7% |

158 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 46 | 27% |
| Series B | 26 | 15% |
| Series C | 22 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 12% |
| Series A | 14 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 101 | 59% |
| Canada | 10 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Hersman | General Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hersman |
| Charles Noell | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-noell |
| Chas Thomet | Principal | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chas-thomet |
| Claudia De La Vara | Sales Operations Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudia-de-la-vara |
| David Greenberg | General Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-greenberg-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sewer AI | SewerAI is an artificial intelligence software company that optimizes the inspection and analysis of sewer systems. The company is building a system to help assist operators in the field in identifying defects using deep learning and help engineers analyze data using machine learning. Its systems enable cities to quickly and accurately understandtheir sewer systems and plan rehabilitation. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Gaiia | Gaiia offers an operating system for Telcos that focuses on billing, operations, inventory, automation, workforce, and network. The company acknowledges the necessity of an operating system that provides exceptional digital customer experiences while safeguarding growth and profitability. | $40M | Series B | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Raptor Technologies | Raptor Technologies develops and distributes web-based technologies to its clients.The company’s product portfolio consists of visitor management, volunteer management, and emergency management systems. The systems feature screening, custom databases, record maintenance, and reporting.Raptor Technologies was founded in 2003 and is based inTexas. |  | Private Equity | Nov 28, 2025 |  |
| Clio | Clio is a suite of web-based tools that help law firms in practice management and client collaboration. Clio is a suite of online tools designed to manage a law firm. Completely web-based, Clio is a practice management system that is specifically designed for solo practitioners and small law firms. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered inBritish Columbia, Canada. | $500M | Series G | Nov 10, 2025 |  |
| Vantaca | Vantaca offers a cloud-based platform that assists community association management companies in integrating financial operations, workflows, communication, and resident engagement. Its product suite includes accounting tools (AR/AP, budgeting, payment processing), an AI layer called HOAi for automating tasks across community management, andportals for boards and homeowners to interact. Vantaca also provides business intelligence via Vantaca IQ to deliver actionable insights across associations, employees, and operations. Furthermore, the company supports customers through training (Vantaca U), a self-service resource library, and ongoing technical support. | $300M | Private Equity | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| EdSights | Conversational AI to support students through college. | $80M | Private Equity | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Ontic | Ontic is the first protective intelligence software company to digitally transform how Fortune 500 and emerging enterprises proactively address physical threat management to protect employees, customers and assets. Ontic’s SaaS-based platform collects and connects threat indicators to provide a comprehensive view of potential threats whilesurfacing critical knowledge so companies can assess and action more to maintain business continuity and reduce financial impact. Ontic also provides strategic consulting, multidimensional services, education and thought leadership for safety and security professionals at major corporations via its Center for Protective Intelligence. For more information please visit ontic.co | $230M | Series C | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| CompanyCam | CompanyCam is a documentation and communication app that provides a complete photo solution for contractors to monitor projects. It was created by contractors for contractors that enable teams to take unlimited photos all of which are location and time stamped, sent to the cloud, and stored securely.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. |  | Series C | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| First Due | First Due is a comprehensive software platform that aims to revolutionize fire and EMS records management by integrating various operational functions into a single system. The platform centralizes critical operations to help public safety agencies streamline their processes effectively. First Due offers public safety organizations a comprehensiveset of top-tier tools that include pre-incident planning, mobile response, ePCR, NERIS and NEMSIS-compliant reporting, scheduling, fire prevention and inspections, asset and inventory management, and community engagement, all seamlessly integrated within one platform. | $355M | Private Equity | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| First Due | First Due is a comprehensive software platform that aims to revolutionize fire and EMS records management by integrating various operational functions into a single system. The platform centralizes critical operations to help public safety agencies streamline their processes effectively. First Due offers public safety organizations a comprehensiveset of top-tier tools that include pre-incident planning, mobile response, ePCR, NERIS and NEMSIS-compliant reporting, scheduling, fire prevention and inspections, asset and inventory management, and community engagement, all seamlessly integrated within one platform. | $355M | Private Equity | Aug 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 172 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TCV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technology-crossover-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Egan-Managed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egan-managed-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Frontier Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontier-growth) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Forgepoint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forgepoint-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Silverton Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverton-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does JMI Equity invest in?

JMI Equity invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 172 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is JMI Equity's check size?

JMI Equity typically joins rounds of $5M–$60M at Series B, $5.5M–$60M at Series C and $31M–$300M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds JMI Equity participates in.

### How do I contact JMI Equity?

Public channels for JMI Equity include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at JMI Equity?

The team at JMI Equity includes Brian Hersman (General Partner), Charles Noell (Partner) and Chas Thomet (Principal), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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