Collier Searle

Collier Searle is a principal who focuses on late-stage and buyout software investments. Currently, she is involved with Battery’s investments in Proemion, ORTEC and Shiftmove (formerly Avrios/Vimcar).

Prior to Battery, Collier spent two years as an associate at Apax Partners, where she focused on private equity investments in B2B software companies. She helped lead Apax’s investment in Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT), a provider of customer engagement software, and was actively involved with the firm’s investment in Paycor (NASDAQ: PYCR), a provider of payroll and human-capital management software. Prior to Apax, Collier was an investment banking analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and London.

Collier graduated magna cum laude with a BA in philosophy and political science from Middlebury College.