Kyle Ryland

Kyle Ryland is Managing Partner of Sumeru Equity Partners. He is responsible for delivering the full resources of the firm for investors, portfolio companies and team members. Kyle chairs the firm’s investment committee and leads investments in enterprise technology companies. Prior to founding Sumeru Equity Partners, he co-founded and served as Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru. He has over two decades of experience with private equity investments, venture capital, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector. Kyle brings deep experience in strategy and value creation and has served as a director for several public and private companies.

Prior to Silver Lake Sumeru, Kyle was a Partner at Shah Capital Partners, a mid-market technology private equity firm. Before that, Kyle was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and the head of Global Technology Investment Banking. He began his technology investment and advisory career at Robertson Stephens where he served as an investment banker and as an investment professional in the firm’s venture capital funds.