Highland Capital Partners

Highland Capital Partners is one of the longest-established and most successful U.S. venture capital firms, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (One Broadway, 16th Floor) with additional offices in Palo Alto, California (Menlo Park) and historically Shanghai, founded in 1987 (celebrating 39 years of operation). The firm is distinct from and should not be confused with the unrelated Highland Capital Management L.P. (a Dallas, Texas-based hedge fund / credit-focused firm that had well-publicised financial difficulties). Highland Capital Partners invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies across consumer and enterprise technology, healthcare and digital health, information technology, and adjacent technology themes, with typical initial check sizes in the USD 3 to 15 million range at Series A and Series B stages with follow-on reserves through Series D and beyond. Highland has raised over USD 3 billion in committed capital across multiple flagship funds (most recently HCP IX in 2018), manages approximately USD 7 billion in aggregate AUM, and has invested in more than 270 companies producing over 200 exits including 50+ IPOs and 40+ unicorns. Current partners include Corey Mulloy (Partner) and others. Notable portfolio companies include Rent the Runway (NASDAQ IPO), 2U Inc. (NASDAQ), Ask Jeeves, Gigamon (NYSE), MapQuest, Lycos, Sybase, VistaPrint / Cimpress, Starent Networks (acquired by Cisco for USD 2.9 billion), Catalant, Harry's, Malwarebytes, nuTonomy (acquired by Delphi/Aptiv), Clearbanc / Clearco, Scopely (gaming unicorn), ThredUP (NASDAQ), Turbonomic (acquired by IBM), Quattro Wireless, RentJuice, Violin Memory, LevelUp, WePay, Qihoo 360, ArmorCode, Bitwise Asset Management, Vecna Robotics, and many others.