Ross Hiatt

Managing Director and Co-Head

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  • Location:

    San Francisco

  • Industries:

    SaaS, Cloud & Data Software
    Internet & Digital Media
    Industrial & Tech Services
    Consumer / eCommerce
    FinTech

  • Investments:

    Bolt
    ProsperOps

  • Education:

    BA, Finance, UT Austin
    MBA, Columbia University

  • Prior Experience:

    TPG Capital
    Goldman Sachs
    J.P. Morgan

Ross is a Managing Director and Co-Head of H.I.G. Growth Partners and is based in the San Francisco office. As Co-Head, he shares responsibility for all the day-to-day activities of H.I.G. Growth Partners, H.I.G.’s dedicated growth equity fund.

Ross has over two decades of investing and finance experience, and focuses on consumer internet, B2B and B2C marketplaces, digital media and entertainment, fintech and enterprise technology.

Before joining H.I.G., he was a senior member of the technology investment team at TPG Capital and was responsible for all aspects of investment sourcing, execution and oversight. Prior investment and board experience includes Calm.com, Dream11, Goal.com, Age of Learning (ABCmouse) and Pray. Before TPG, Ross spent ten years at Goldman Sachs where he worked with some of the world’s leading technology companies. Ross began his career in the leveraged finance group at J.P. Morgan.

Ross earned a B.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, both with honors.