Mike Zappert
Partner at TPG
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2019 - Current
Mike is a Partner with TPG (TPG), the $224 billion global alternative asset firm. Mike leads all aspects of TPG's Software & Enterprise Technology Growth investing and strategy across the TPG Growth and The Rise Fund platforms. Mike is also an active investor with and member of the investment committee for TPG Tech Adjacencies (TTAD). Some of TPG's companies in Software & Enterprise Technology include: Box (BOX), C3.ai (AI), Catalis, Checkmarx, Course Hero, Denodo, Dreambox Learning, EIS, Elite, EverFi, Everlaw, Expanse (PANW), Forcepoint, FreedomPay, Greenhouse Software, Greensky (GSKY), Kaseya, Kajabi, MX, New Relic, Onfido (Entrust), project44, Renaissance Learning, Salsify, Sauce Labs, Sayari, Sonatype, Tanium, Toast (TOST), Zenoti, and Zscaler (ZS). Please see https://software.tpg.com for more details. Mike is also active on behalf of TPG across the TPG DE&I Council, as well as organizations like TPG NEXT, HimForHer, the Latino Corporate Director's Association, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow. Previously, Mike served as a Partner at Adams Street, a $2 billion growth equity fund, where he was actively involved with companies including: Skybox Security, Snow Software, Visier, Sauce Labs (acquired by TPG), Couchbase (BASE), TurnKey (VCSA), Chrome River (acquired by Certify), Criteo (CRTO), Five9 (FIVN), ThreatMetrix (acquired by RELX), TeleSign (acquired by BICS), RetailMeNot (SALE), and ServiceMax (acquired by GE). Prior to that, he was at 3i and Credit Suisse, serving in a variety of roles. Mike received a BA in Economics with Honors and MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a Stanford in Government Fellow to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, U.K.
TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a series of funds.
Raised $535,598,425.00 from Macquarie Group, Ares Management, Nomura Holdings, Pierfront Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Partners Group and Barings.
Fundraiser
2018
Fundraise for The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF). The SRF is the United States’ leading 501(c)3 nonprofit investor in scleroderma research and is laser-focused on finding a cure for scleroderma, a rare and deadly disease.
Scleroderma Research Foundation is a onprofit investor in medical research to discover improved treatments and a cure for scleroderma.
Chair of the Board
2023
Sayari Labs is a provider of financial intelligence and supply chain risk solutions for analysts and investigators.
Raised $329,700,000.00 from TPG.
Board Member
2023
Denodo is a developer of a real-time data integration platform.
Raised $336,000,000.00 from TPG.
Investor
2022
Salsify helps brands by providing tools to track and analyze inventories, presentation, and sales of goods on digital shelves.
Raised $452,600,000.00 from CrossWork.us.
Board Member
2021
Everlaw offers a platform for document analysis to law firms, government, and corporations.
Raised $298,604,995.00 from TPG Growth, CapitalG, K9 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, H.I.G. Growth Partners and Menlo Ventures.
Chair of the Board
2021
Greenhouse is a talent acquisition software company that offers its suite of tools and services to help businesses with the hiring process.
Raised $110,130,270.00 from Frontline Ventures and Riverwood Capital.
Board Member
2020
MX Technologies is a fintech company that aims to connect people with financial data in a way that automates the money experience.
Raised $450,000,000.00 from Point72 Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, CapitalG, Regions Bank, Canapi Ventures, TPG, Geodesic Capital, Cota Capital, Greycroft and Digital Garage.
Investor
2023
Social Venture Partners Arizona takes a venture capital approach to philanthropy. We provide expertise and funding to emerging and growing local non-profits that are working to make children successful.
Board Member
2020 - 2024
In April of 2024, Onfido was acquired in an all-cash deal by Entrust to help build the next generation of Identity.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
2003 - 2004
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
1999 - 2004