# Spotlight Equity Partners, LLC

> Spotlight Equity Partners is a San Francisco private equity firm that acquires controlling interests in profitable software and technology-enabled services businesses, generally investing $5 million to $50 million of equity per transaction. Its pitch to founders and management teams is unusually operational: a concentrated portfolio, partner-level attention and a continuously updated playbook spanning finance, product, marketing, operations and business development.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jeremy Burr (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Philip Hall (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Suken Shah (Co-founder and Managing Partner)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees; LinkedIn listed 17 employees when researched.
- **Products:** Majority-control software investments, Portfolio operating support, Spotlight Playbook, Deal execution and founder liquidity
- **Notable:** The firm reports more than $350 million of equity invested in 14 majority-control transactions with aggregate enterprise value above $1 billion since 2007, including predecessor experience of its managing partners., Spotlight reports access to more than $250 million of investible capital through its limited partners., Identity Automation, backed by Spotlight since 2014, was acquired by Jamf on April 1, 2025 for total purchase consideration of $216.1 million.

## Products & services

- **Majority-control software investments** — Equity investments generally ranging from $5 million to $50 million in established, cash-flow-positive software and technology-enabled services companies.
- **Portfolio operating support** — Day-to-day assistance from operating partners across strategic finance, executive leadership, operations, marketing, demand generation, product and business development.
- **Spotlight Playbook** — A continuously updated body of repeatable practices drawn from investing in and operating software businesses.
- **Deal execution and founder liquidity** — Control transactions structured either to retain founders and management as meaningful minority owners or to enable full founder liquidity with new leadership installed.

## Achievements

- The firm reports more than $350 million of equity invested in 14 majority-control transactions with aggregate enterprise value above $1 billion since 2007, including predecessor experience of its managing partners.
- Spotlight reports access to more than $250 million of investible capital through its limited partners.
- Identity Automation, backed by Spotlight since 2014, was acquired by Jamf on April 1, 2025 for total purchase consideration of $216.1 million.
- Its portfolio has spanned identity and access management, library systems, IT financial management, database operations, secure print management, employee advocacy and industrial maintenance software.
- SirsiDynix, a 2015 investment, serves more than 23,000 libraries in over 70 countries according to Spotlight's portfolio page.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Spotlight acquired DSMN8, an enterprise employee-advocacy software company headquartered in London.
- **2025-04** — Jamf completed its acquisition of former Spotlight portfolio company Identity Automation for total purchase consideration of $216.1 million.
- **2025-03** — Jamf announced the Identity Automation agreement, describing the company as a Spotlight portfolio business and setting an initial cash consideration of approximately $215 million.
- **2021-07** — Spotlight acquired ScaleGrid, a managed database hosting and database-management platform.
- **2021-03** — Spotlight acquired Pharos Systems International, a cloud-oriented secure print-management software provider.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spotlightequity.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotlight-equity-partners-llc

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Last updated: 2026-08-15