GrowthCap is pleased to announce GrowthCap's Top Software Investors of 2026.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As traditional software continues to face pressure and uncertainty caused by AI, the most astute software investors and management teams are successfully transitioning to an offensive posture, protecting and improving their competitive positioning. Software companies that serve as systems of record or have deep domain expertise, it turns out, have real staying power. Now armed with AI, they become further entrenched in their customers' businesses and increasingly relied upon by them.
The best software investors anticipate macro and micro events, see around corners, and work steadfastly to ensure the growth and future prosperity of the companies they invest in. They leverage their pattern recognition, broad executive networks of specialized expertise, acquisition strategies, and proprietary knowledge, among other capabilities. They move quickly when needed and more deliberately over time when a more gradual approach is most effective.
Now in our eighth year of running this awards process, GrowthCap is pleased to announce the Top Software Investors of 2026.
To determine this year's awardees, GrowthCap evaluated the breadth and depth of each candidate's software investing experience along with their advancing AI capabilities and expertise. We looked closely at the types of investments they have made and the role they have played in supporting their companies. We also considered what makes these individuals unique and how they have distinguished themselves from their peers.
Our selections reflect what we learned through the nomination process, conversations across the software and private investment communities, and our broader research into each nominee's career, investment activity, and work with portfolio companies.
The individuals included on this year's list represent some of the most accomplished and respected software investors of today. Please join us in recognizing and celebrating The Top Software Investors of 2026.
Hythem T. El-Nazer (TA Associates), Michael Medici (Summit Partners), George Mathew (Insight Partners), Ben Levin (Level Equity), Ashutosh (Ashu) Agrawal (TA Associates), Stephen W. Bailey (Carlyle), Len Ferrington (Summit Partners), Ben Spero (Spectrum Equity), Arun Agarwal (TPG), Colin Mistele (Summit Partners), Mike Farrell (Spectrum Equity), Ross Hiatt (H.I.G. Growth Partners), Mike Zappert (TPG), Andrew Collins (Summit Partners), Yan-David (Yanda) Erlich (B Capital), Jon Kossow (Norwest), David Greenberg (JMI Equity), Bob Morse (Strattam Capital), Phil Dur (PeakSpan Capital), Bill Skarinka (PSG), Chris Stein (PSG), Romain Railhac (PSG), Chris Nesbitt (PSG), Roger Hurwitz (Volition Capital), Irina Hemmers (Thoma Bravo), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), Nimay Mehta (Lead Edge Capital), Sarah Sommer (Level Equity), Rashmi Gopinath (BAM Corner Point), Ran Ding (Norwest), Chase Thomet (JMI Equity), Sujit Banerjee (K1 Investment Management), Sumit Pande (Haveli Investments), Stephanie Schneider (Five Elms Capital), Ryan Mandl (Five Elms Capital), Joe Onofrio (Five Elms Capital), Carter Griffin (Updata Partners), Eugene (Gene) Nogi (Guidepost Growth Equity), Jon Seeber (Updata Partners), Chris Cavanagh (Guidepost Growth Equity), Humbert de Liedekerke Beaufort (One Peak), David Klein (One Peak), Dave Pandullo (AQL Growth), Will Breskman (Bregal Sagemount), Scott Hoch (AQL Growth), Ben Cukier (Centana Growth Partners), Adi Filipovic (Resurgens Technology Partners), Tyler Newton (Catalyst Investors), Rajiv (Raj) Dhokia (Sprints) and Ida Girma (B Capital).
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