Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

NEW EXCELERATE L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/22/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP. [AKA]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02116

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	72,644,324	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NEW EXCELERATE L.P. 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X
SUMMIT PARTNERS L P 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X
SUMMIT PARTNERS GROWTH EQUITY FUND IX-B AIV, L.P. 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X
SUMMIT PARTNERS GROWTH EQUITY FUND IX-A AIV, L.P. 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X
CHUNG PETER Y 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X
Fitzgerald Charles James JR 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02116		X

Signatures

/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for New Excelerate, L.P.		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for Summit Partners, L.P.		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-B AIV, L.P.		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-A AIV, L.P.		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for Peter Y. Chung		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robin W. Devereux, as attorney-in-fact for Charles J. Fitzgerald		09/22/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents 72,644,324 shares of common stock held directly by New Excelerate L.P., the voting and disposition of which is controlled by Summit Partners, L.P.
(2)	Summit Partners, L.P. is (i) the sole shareholder of Summit Partners GE IX AIV, Ltd., which is the general partner of Summit Partners GE IX AIV, L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-B AIV, L.P. ("Summit IX-B") and (ii) the sole member of Summit Partners GE IX, LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners GE IX, L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund IX-A AIV, L.P ("Summit IX-A").
(3)	Summit IX-A and Summit IX-B have equal ownership of limited partnership interests of New Excelerate, L.P. Excelerate GP, Ltd. is the general partner of New Excelerate L.P. Summit Partners, L.P., through a two-person investment committee, currently comprised of Peter Y. Chung and Charles J. Fitzgerald, has voting and dispositive authority over the shares beneficially owned by each of these entities and therefore beneficially owns such shares. Mr. Chung and Mr. Fitzgerald disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held directly by New Excelerate, L.P.

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