Established in 1994, Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm that primarily focuses on investing in profitable and growing services businesses. It invests as a minority or majority investor by providing equity capital in a wide variety of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisition financings and secondary share purchases. The company s investment portfolio includes private companies, public companies and divisions of larger companies. Its investment activity focuses on business services, entertainment, communications, information services, media and related growth sectors across North America and Western Europe. Spectrum Equity Investors is an active investor in online and electronic information service providers, such as RiskMetrics Group, World-Check, Seisint, Ancestry.com, etc.