Bryan Taylor joined Advent in February 2019 and is a Managing Partner in Palo Alto. He serves as head of the technology investment team.
Prior to joining Advent, Bryan was co-head of TPG Capital’s technology group, where he was instrumental in building the firm’s software investment capabilities and jointly led a 20-person team.
Prior to joining TPG, Bryan was a founder and Managing Director at Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm focused exclusively on software and technology services investments. Before Symphony, he was a Manager at Bain & Company, where he worked in the private equity and technology practice groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Bryan graduated with honors from Stanford University and earned an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Our mission is to be a world-class tech investment franchise.
We back strong teams leading innovative companies so that we can build the next generation of tech leaders. We believe we are the partner of choice for management teams who have the ambition and talent to build market shaping, thriving, unstoppable businesses.
We’re looking for companies with a large market opportunity, but that’s not enough.
We are attracted to companies pursuing large markets and led by ambitious teams, but those factors alone won’t meet our aspirations. In addition, we need a management team with a maniacal focus on building products that deliver differentiated value to customers. That is how you build a business for the long term.
We believe Advent’s culture is unique.
We are servant-leaders. We are collaborative and consensus-oriented in how we approach our management teams, our limited partners, and our people. Our team consists of high-integrity, low-ego talented people who are passionate about building great businesses.
Cybersecurity is one of the existential threats of our time.
Technology permeates the fabric of our governments, our enterprises, and our personal lives. Cyber criminals constantly threaten this fabric. Our mission is to fund the companies that arm the cyber war fighters. We owe those entrepreneurs, CEOs, and management teams a tremendous amount of respect and gratitude, and I’m privileged to be able to help a few of them on their mission.
