Driving Software Innovation: JMI Partners Named Top Investors by GrowthCap
We’re proud to share that JMI Partners Larry Contrella and Brian Hersman have been named to GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors of 2025.
This honor, now our sixth consecutive recognition, continues to underscore our ongoing commitment to being a strong and trusted partner to our companies and management teams.
Each year, the volume and caliber of nominees for GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors has continued to rise. This year’s list is especially significant as AI continues to accelerate both opportunity and disruption across the industry. Nominees were evaluated based on the support of others in the software ecosystem, including their firms, portfolio companies, and peers, with additional research conducted on career achievements, breadth of investing experience, ability to scale companies, recent investments and exits, as well as character.
Larry Contrella, Partner, joined the JMI team in 2010 and is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities as well as providing strategic and operational support to portfolio companies. Larry is currently a director of Apptegy, Bloomerang, ChurnZero, Incident IQ, RainFocus, and Raptor Technologies. Prior to joining JMI, Larry was an analyst in the multi-industries group in the investment banking division at Merrill Lynch & Co.
Brian Hersman, Partner, joined the JMI team in 2008 and has been investing in and helping build leading software companies for more than two decades. He is currently a director of Eptura, Greenlight Guru, Intradiem, Safe Software, SimpliGov, and Swiftly, and a board observer at CompanyCam and Visiting Media. Prior to joining JMI, Brian was a senior associate at Vista Equity Partners and a business analyst at McKinsey & Company.
Disclaimer: GrowthCap is a leading growth capital research and advisory firm. The criteria considered for this award is determined by GrowthCap and may include a comprehensive evaluation of nomination materials, career achievements, experience, ability to scale companies, recent investments, and character. The award is the subjective determination of the party conferring the award and not of JMI Equity. JMI Equity submitted nominations for JMI Equity to be considered for, and once selected, paid to be included on, and to promote inclusion on, this list. JMI Equity received this award from 2020- 2024. The time period upon which this award was based includes GrowthCap’s evaluation of nomination materials submitted through August 2025, as well as its ongoing observations and research conducted prior to that date. For more information about GrowthCap, please see their website at growthcapadvisory.com. JMI is not responsible for the contents of any third-party website and has not confirmed the accuracy of any information provided therein.
