# Alpine Investors

> Alpine Investors is a San Francisco private-equity firm that acquires controlling stakes in recurring-revenue software and services businesses, especially founder-owned companies, corporate carve-outs and businesses facing leadership or business-model transitions. Its defining product is not a fund alone but a system: recruit leaders for attributes, place them through executive talent programs, apply a PeopleFirst operating philosophy, and compound growth through operational support and add-on acquisitions. The firm reports $18.5 billion in assets under management as of March 2026 and 850-plus lifetime investments.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Graham Weaver (Founder and CEO), Will Adams (Founding Partner), Dan Sanner (Founding Partner)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn lists 51-200 direct employees. Alpine's broader ecosystem includes hundreds of firm, operating-group and portfolio leaders, while portfolio-company employment was reported at more than 20,000 in 2023.
- **Products:** Control buyouts and majority recapitalizations, Alpine Software Group, Executive talent programs, PeopleFirst operating philosophy, Atlas value-creation support
- **Notable:** Closed the oversubscribed $4.5 billion Fund IX at its hard cap in June 2023., Reports $18.5 billion in assets under management as of March 2026, nine flagship funds and more than 850 lifetime investments., Closed a record 190 deals and launched five platform companies during 2025.

## Products & services

- **Control buyouts and majority recapitalizations** — Equity capital for software, business-services and consumer-services companies with repeat or recurring revenue, generally targeting $1 million to $50 million of EBITDA and enterprise values up to $1 billion.
- **Alpine Software Group** — A vertical-software platform that acquires and builds mission-critical B2B software companies in the gap between venture capital and traditional large-cap buyouts.
- **Executive talent programs** — CEO-in-Training, CEO-in-Residence and related CFO, CPO and investor programs recruit, develop and place leaders into Alpine-backed companies.
- **PeopleFirst operating philosophy** — A portfolio-wide approach to recruiting, leadership development, organizational alignment, coaching, engagement measurement and intentional culture building.
- **Atlas value-creation support** — Operational support for portfolio companies across go-to-market, finance, talent, technology, integration and platform stand-up work.
- **Fund IX** — A $4.5 billion flagship private-equity fund for control investments and add-on acquisitions in software and services companies.

## Achievements

- Closed the oversubscribed $4.5 billion Fund IX at its hard cap in June 2023.
- Reports $18.5 billion in assets under management as of March 2026, nine flagship funds and more than 850 lifetime investments.
- Closed a record 190 deals and launched five platform companies during 2025.
- Sourced more than 18,000 opportunities and hired more than 42 portfolio executives in 2025.
- Named No. 1 in Finance on Fast Company's 2023 Most Innovative Companies list for its work broadening C-suite pathways.
- Certified as a B Corporation since September 2019, with a published B Impact score of 103.1.
- Great Place to Work certified for seven consecutive years and named to Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors list for six consecutive years, according to Alpine's website.
- Developed more than 100 CEOs-in-Training since the program began in 2015, according to Alpine's 2025 program overview.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published its 2026 Force for Good report covering 2025 people, governance, community and environmental programs.
- **2026-03** — Published the launch of Mosaic Service Partners, a residential window-and-door replacement platform initially formed with three regional providers.
- **2026-02** — Reported a record 190 deals, five new platforms, one platform exit, nine ASG business sales and more than 42 executive hires during 2025.
- **2025-10** — Published the Alpine Manifesto, codifying the firm's talent-first culture and operating philosophy.
- **2025-09** — Launched Oakline Properties with Cirrus Asset Management to consolidate property and association management providers.

## Links

- Website: https://alpineinvestors.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpine-investors/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/alpineinvestsf
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@alpineinvestors
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alpineinvestors/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlpineInvestorsSF/

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Last updated: 2026-08-15