Fulcrum Equity Partners, a leading growth equity firm headquartered in Atlanta, is pleased to announce the promotion of Philip Lewis to partner. Philip joined Fulcrum as an analyst in 2007 and was subsequently promoted to associate in 2009, director in 2012, and principal in 2015.
“We’re proud to announce Philip’s well-earned promotion to Partner,” says Jeff Muir, a founding partner. “Philip has grown tremendously both professionally and personally since he joined the firm in 2007. Philip is an invaluable leader in our firm, from sourcing opportunities to diligence and working with our portfolio company leaders to tackle a wide array of circumstances. It’s been a pleasure watching him accomplish so much, and we look forward to having him as a partner.”
Philip currently serves on the board of directors of Advantum Health, GoPivot, Fattmerchant, LiveSource and Stratasan; he previously served on the Board of ALS Resolvion and MFG.com. Additionally, he has held hands-on operating roles with SaaSOptics and RivalHealth. Philip was the Chairman of Venture Atlanta in 2017 and served on its Board, the Board of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (Durham, NC) and the Technology Association of Georgia’s Corporate Development Society Board. He also founded the Young Southern Capital Forum. Outside of Fulcrum, Philip is a member of the Leadership Council for non-profit Year Up! Atlanta and chaired the steering committee of the NextWave Society at the Georgia Aquarium.
Before joining Fulcrum, he was an Investment Banking Analyst with A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis. Philip received a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Accounting and a minor in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis.