Spectrum Equity Investors Overview

$100m+
Est Annual Revenue
$3bn-$5bn
AUM

Company Details

Founded in 1994, we have raised six investment funds representing $4.7 billion of private equity capital. We seek opportunities in businesses with common economic characteristics: recurring revenue, significant operating leverage, healthy operating margins, strong free cash flow, and franchise customer loyalty. Our investment activity is focused on business services, entertainment, communications, information services, media, and related growth sectors.

The companies in which we invest are leaders in their industries, have well-established business models, are run by experienced management teams, and have significant opportunities for future growth either organically, through acquisition, or both. Our investment activity includes private companies, public companies, and divisions of larger companies. We invest, either as a minority or majority investor, providing equity capital in a wide variety of transactions including:

Leveraged buyouts
Recapitalizations and dividends
Acquisition financings
Secondary share purchases

We typically invest between $25 million - $100 million per investment and are capable of underwriting much larger equity amounts in conjunction with our limited partners. Our business model and industry focus allows us to respond quickly to opportunities, invest comfortably in a wide variety of investment structures, and provide value to our companies and their management teams as an active member of the board of directors.

Our investment professionals operate from offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California, and we invest across North America and Western Europe. If you are an owner of, manager of, or an advisor to a company that fits our investment strategy, we would like to discuss how we can be helpful to you.

Locations

Location
333 Middlefield Road, Suite 200, 94025 CA
United States
One International Place, 29th Floor, 02110 MA
United States

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Spectrum Equity Investors Interview Questions

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Private Equity
Location San Francisco
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location San Francisco
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division N/A
Location Boston
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location San Francisco
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Growth Equity
Location Menlo Park
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average