2023
The Year in Review
2023 was a productive year for Level despite continuing macroeconomic headwinds. All of Level’s funds and strategies were active this year, as we successfully executed 50 transactions – 6 new investments, 37 follow-on investments, and 7 liquidity events. Level Structured Capital II held its final close in February, bringing aggregate commitments to $157.5 million and our aggregate capital raised to date to over $3.0 billion.
Recapitalized by Great Hill Partners
Acquired by Clari
Refinanced by Sixth Street Partners
Acquired by Moore Strategic Ventures
Acquired by Raptor Technologies
Recapitalized by General Atlantic
Acquired by Bonterra (Apax Partners)
In 2H 2023, Ray Carey joined Level to lead our in-house team of domain experts, known as NextLevel Operations (NLO). Ray was previously CEO of Optimere, which was acquired by CivicPlus in 2022. Ray’s primary role is to accelerate portfolio company growth and to support Level’s CEOs. Ray brings twelve years of experience as a CEO for three private equity-backed companies, a decade of experience in investing as a Partner at Azure Capital Partners, and five years as an investment banker.
We are making several exciting changes in the new year at NLO. We promoted one of our longest-standing operating partners, Amy Kramer to run our GTM (Go To Market) Operating Partner Team. Her team will consist of Jen Flanagan, a Revenue Operations Expert, and two new expert hires in Demand Generation and Customer Retention. We will also look to hire experts in Project & Change Management in 2024.
To recap a few of NLO’s highlights for 2023; we helped support the portfolio with:
On topics such as:
- Getting the Most Out of Your Go-To-Market Tech Stack
- Generative AI and Large Language Models
- Pricing Best Practices: How to Represent Your Value
- Overcoming Customer Indecision
- 13-week Cash Flow Drill
- Cultivating a Culture of Feedback
- For Sales & Marketing Leaders, February 6 and 7, Miami
- For Finance Leaders, May 2, NYC
- For Product & Tech Leaders, November 9, NYC
Level was recognized in March by GrowthCap as one of the Top 25 Growth Equity firms for 2022 and by Inc. in October as a Founder Friendly Investor for 2023. We continue to invest in capital efficient, rapid growth software businesses that seek to lead the markets they operate in and, as always, aim to be the partner of choice for those who have earned the luxury of that choice through exceptional performance. As owners of these great businesses, we strive to provide them with world class operational support and advice as we collectively chase amazing and profitable outcomes.
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Top 25 Growth Equity firms for 2022. Level Equity submitted a nomination to be considered for and, once selected, paid to be included on, and to promote inclusion on, this list. To learn more about this award, please click here.
Founder Friendly Investor for 2023. This award is the opinion of the party conferring the award and not Level Equity. The award was issued by Inc. on October 31, 2023. Level Equity submitted a nomination and paid an application fee to be considered for this award. Once selected, Level Equity paid a fee to promote this award. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would reach the same conclusion as the party conferring the award referenced herein. To learn more about this award, please click here.