Advent International

Private equity firm
Boston, Massachusetts, USAFounded 1984$91.6B AUMwww.adventinternational.com

Private equity firm focused on growth-stage technology, financial services, and industrials investments globally.

Strategy

Geographies
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Recent changes

  1. Aug 14, 2026PayPal-Stripe-Advent Buyout Talks Heat Up Again Pulse story
  2. Mar 26, 2026Invested in Shield AI (Series G, $1.5B) Bloomberg

Portfolio

4 total

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Mar 26, 2026Shield AISeries G$1.5B$12.7B
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Bloomberg

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Defense
3 · 75%
AI infra
1 · 25%

Co-Investors

12

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. PayPal-Stripe-Advent Buyout Talks Heat Up AgainTalks to sell PayPal to Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International have reignited, TechCrunch reports, weeks after PayPal's board left the door open to a higher offer than the $53 billion joint bid it rejected in July.
  2. PayPal Leaves Door Open To Higher Buyout OfferPayPal CEO Enrique Lores said the company remains 'open and objective' to evaluating acquisition offers after posting a beat-and-raise quarter, following a rejected $53 billion joint bid from Stripe and Advent International.
  3. PayPal's Board Meets Today to Weigh Stripe's $53B BidPayPal's board is convening as soon as today to weigh a $53 billion buyout offer from Stripe and Advent International at $60.50 a share, a bid that would make Stripe co-owner of the payments company it once tried to disrupt.
  4. Quantum Systems Raises $1.2B Series D as Europe Bets Big on Sovereign DroneQuantum Systems, a German maker of autonomous drones and multi-domain uncrewed systems, closed a $1.2 billion Series D co-led by Blackstone, Airbus Defence and Space and Advent International, more than doubling its valuation to roughly $8 billion.
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