JMI Equity Promotes Chase Thomet and Mac Williams to Partner

BALTIMORE & SAN DIEGO & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JMI Equity (“JMI”), a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies, today announced that it has promoted Chase Thomet and Mac Williams to Partner.

“We take great pride in our proven apprenticeship model, which develops high-quality talent,” said Peter Arrowsmith, Managing Partner at JMI. “Chase and Mac are two recent examples of our model in action – they have both been with us for nearly a decade and have developed into exemplary practitioners of JMI’s partnership-led approach to sourcing and investing in high-quality businesses and driving growth. Over the years, they have had the opportunity to learn, develop and contribute and now serve as trusted partners to our portfolio company founders and management teams. The entire partnership joins me in congratulating Chase and Mac on their well-deserved promotions, and we look forward to their continued contributions as partners well into the future.”

Thomet joined JMI in 2014 and is currently a director of Greenlight Guru, Swiftly, and Visiting Media, as well as a board observer at SOCi and Vena Solutions. Prior to joining JMI, Thomet was an investment banking analyst in the mergers & acquisitions group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He received a B.S. in Commerce from Santa Clara University.

Williams joined JMI in 2016 and is currently a director at OnBoard and Raptor Technologies, as well as a board observer at Apptegy, Higher Logic, Ontic, and UKG. Prior to joining JMI, he was an analyst at Tiger Veda Management, an associate at New Mountain Capital and a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Lazard. Williams received an AB and a Certificate in Finance from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

About JMI Equity

JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. For over three decades, JMI has partnered with exceptional founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams at high-growth software companies to provide flexible capital, industry expertise, and operational support to build businesses of enduring value. To date, JMI has invested in over 185 software businesses in North America and Europe and completed over 120 exits. Today, the Firm’s portfolio of industry-leading cloud software companies represents $9 billion in combined revenue, $75 billion in aggregate enterprise value, and over 37,000 jobs. For more information, visit www.jmi.com.