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At a glance
Advent International appears in 3 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2026, leading 3. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is Defense & Space, and its most recent tracked deal was Vinci's $250M Series B round (Oct 6, 2026).
Strategy
Geographies
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Recent changes
- Oct 6, 2026Oct 6, 2026Invested in Vinci (Series B, $250M) Financial Content
- Aug 14, 2026Aug 14, 2026PayPal-Stripe-Advent Buyout Talks Heat Up Again Pulse story
- Jul 2026Jul 2026Invested in Quantum Systems (Series D, $1.2B) Wikipedia
- Mar 26, 2026Mar 26, 2026Invested in Shield AI (Series G, $1.5B) Bloomberg
Portfolio
7 totalRecent Investment Activity
3Track record: led 3 and participated in 0 of 3 tracked venture rounds · 3 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series B, 1 Series D, 1 Series G
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Vinci | Series B | Led | $250M | $1.5B | Advent InternationalLeadunverifiedTemasekLeadunverifiedXoraLeadunverifiedAMD VenturesunverifiedEclipse VenturesunverifiedKhosla VenturesunverifiedMadrona Venturesunverified | Financial Content |
| Jul 2026 | Quantum Systems | Series D | Led | $1.2B | $8B | BlackstoneLeadCNBCNoteusLeadCNBCAirbus VenturesLeadCNBCAdvent InternationalLeadCNBCHV CapitalCNBCDTCPunverifiedThiel CapitalunverifiedProject AunverifiedOmnes CapitalunverifiedScaleUp Fonds Bayern | Wikipedia |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Shield AI | Series G | Led | $1.5B | $12.7B | Advent InternationalLeadunverifiedJPMorganChase Strategic Investment GroupunverifiedSnowpoint VenturesunverifiedRiot VenturesunverifiedDisruptiveunverified | Bloomberg |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Defense
3 · 43%
AI infra
2 · 29%
Consumer
1 · 14%
Semiconductors
1 · 14%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series B
1 · 33%
Series D
1 · 33%
Series G
1 · 33%
Co-Investors
12Andreessen Horowitz · 3 sharedBlackstone · 2 sharedFidelity Investments · 2 sharedHanwha Asset Management · 2 sharedKhosla Ventures · 2 sharedMadrona Ventures · 2 sharedNvidia · 2 sharedSequoia Capital · 2 sharedA.P. Moller Holding · 1 sharedL3Harris · 1 sharedReid Hoffman · 1 sharedThiel Capital · 1 shared
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- Aug 28, 2026Stripe Walks Away From Its $53B PayPal BidThe Stripe-Advent consortium has dropped its pursuit of PayPal after a 40% stock rally priced the group's $60.50-a-share, roughly $53 billion offer out of reach for what would have been one of the largest leveraged buyouts ever.→
- Aug 14, 2026PayPal-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.→
- Aug 4, 2026Defense Tech's Capital Keeps Compounding, Not CoolingDefense tech has already pulled in more venture funding in 2026 than all of 2025 combined, and the checks keep landing even as public defense-tech comps wobble -- a split between private conviction and public market patience.→
- Jul 28, 2026PayPal 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.→
- Jul 20, 2026PayPal'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.→
- Jul 14, 2026Europe's Defense-Tech Rounds Are Catching Up to the USHelsing's $1.8 billion round at an $18 billion valuation puts a concrete number on how fast European defense-tech financing is closing the gap with a US market that produced four separate billion-dollar-plus rounds this year alone.→
- Jul 13, 2026Defense Tech's $14.6B Pace Shows No Sign of SlowingDefense tech startups raised $14.6 billion in the first five months of 2026 alone, already blowing past the previous full-year record of $9.6 billion set in 2025, led by Anduril, Shield AI and Saronic.→
- Jul 3, 2026Quantum 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.→
Advent International FAQ
What companies has Advent International invested in?
Advent International's portfolio includes OpenAI, Shield AI, Vinci, Quantum Systems, Reflection AI, Saronic, and 1 more tracked companies.
Who does Advent International co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Advent International most often invests alongside Andreessen Horowitz (3 shared deals), Blackstone (2 shared deals), Fidelity Investments (2 shared deals), Hanwha Asset Management (2 shared deals), Khosla Ventures (2 shared deals).
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- Bloombergmajor outlet1 fact
- Financial Contentresearch database1 fact
- WikipediaValue Add VC data1 fact
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