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Vista Equity Partners is a Texas-based growth and private equity fund that invests in software, data and technology companies. Vista typically invests in companies that are at or near profitability, past the venture stage of their lifecycle. In most cases, we are the majority shareholder and only outside investor. This reduces the distractions commonly associated with having multiple financial investors and permits us to take a differentiated, long-term perspective. We are flexible and creative and pursue investments using a variety of transaction types.Vista Equity Partners has investment teams managing separate private equity, public equity, and credit strategies. We are a value-added investor, contributing professional expertise and multi-level support to help companies realize their full potential. Our investment approach is anchored by a sizable long-term capital base, experience in structuring technology-oriented transactions, and proven management techniques that yield both flexibility and opportunity. Since our founding in 2000 we have completed more than 350 transactions.

Warburg Pincus is a global investment manager with private equity, real estate and capital solutions strategies. Its technology investments have included early-stage financings, growth equity and management buyouts.

Ardian is one of Europe's largest private investment houses. We manage five separate strategies: Fund of Funds, where we invest in other funds (US$49bn under management), Direct Private Equity (US$15bn), Infrastructure (US$10bn), Private Debt (US$7bn) and Real Estats ($1bn). We invest globally, generally in developed markets, although each strategy differs in terms of geography. We have more than 550 employees based in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Santiago, Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, Jersey and Luxembourg. Ardian was founded under AXA, the insurance company, in 1996, and was spun off as a an independent company in 2013.

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm, with more than $90 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia. Silver Lake's portfolio companies collectively generate more than $243 billion of revenue annually and employ more than 586,000 people globally.

General Catalyst combines seed- and growth-focused VC funds with company creation and business buyouts, alongside tailored founder-capital solutions.

H.I.G. Capital is a global alternative investment manager with private equity, growth equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure and growth-stage healthcare strategies.

Sixth Street is a multi-strategy investment manager with growth investing, direct lending, real estate, infrastructure, asset-based finance, insurance solutions and public-markets platforms.

Alpine Investors is a private equity fund focused on buyouts and control transactions of technology (software and services) businesses in the US and Canada. We focus on businesses generating EBITDA of $1-30 million, with recurring revenues and enterprise values between $10 and $300 million.

Coatue Management runs venture, growth, tactical debt-and-equity, and public-equity strategies. Its venture strategy invests in early-stage startups, while its private portfolio spans seed to late-stage technology companies.

ICONIQ Capital is a diversified financial services firm serving families and institutions through investment portfolios and family advisory. Its ICONIQ Growth arm invests in technology companies from product-market fit to IPO.

Francisco Partners is a global private equity fund based in San Francisco that focuses exclusively on investments in technology and tech-enabled businesses. We provide transformational capital to technology companies facing strategic or operational inflection points. Working in close concert with management teams, we seek to reposition, rejuvenate, and grow businesses. With an intense focus on corporate strategy, operational excellence, and financial performance, we leverage our network, resources and experience to help build value for customers, employees, and shareholders. Francisco Partners participates in both control and non-control transactions.

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare across stages, including early-stage and venture-growth opportunities.

TPG Capital is a global multi-strategy asset manager headquartered in California that invests in private equity, credit, real estate, and hedge fund strategies. TPG begun as a private equity investor before expanding into other strategies, and that remains the largest part of the business with more than $60bn under management, representing about 60% of total capital. TPG Sixth Street Partners (the Credit and Special Situations fund) manages $30bn of investments. TPG Real Estate manages $11bn in equity and debt investments. TPG Public Equity Partners manages $2bn of assets. hello ;) TPG was founded as the Texas Pacific Group in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price.

TSG Consumer Partners is a private equity firm that invests in best-in-class consumer-facing brands in the US and foreign markets. TSG is an active investor in the food, beverage, restaurant, fitness, beauty, personal care, household, apparel & accessories, and e-commerce sectors.

Industry Ventures invests in venture funds and companies through primary commitments, secondary transactions and direct investments, alongside technology buyouts. Founded in 2000.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity fund headquartered in Silicon Valley and with subsidiaries in India and Israel. Northwest Venture Partners invests from the seed to late stage and invests across a wide variety of sectors. In Venture, we invest in early-stage venture projects with world-class technologies and entrepreneurs, and later-stage companies with existing customers, strong sales and top tier management and co-investors. For early stage companies with strong growth potential, our general goal is to invest between $10 million and $15 million in each company over time. We sometimes begin with a smaller amount (as little as $1 million to $5 million), and we have the ability to invest as much as $25 million to $30 million. In Growth Equity, we invest in profitable, market-leading companies that demonstrate exceptional growth potential. We take a long-term and flexible approach to partnering with founders and executives in both minority and control investments. Our proven and repeatable research process for finding and evaluating investments allows us to uncover value creation opportunities that others might not see. Our investment size ranges from $20 million to $150 million and we focus on Technology, Information Services, Business Services, Financial Services, Consumer Products/Services and Healthcare.

With $7 billion of committed capital, IVP is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms in the United States. IVP is a hard-working team of experienced investors who have advised a large number of technology executives over the past few decades. We are a dedicated group of investment professionals who specialize in later-stage company growth, typically companies above $100 million valuation. Growth is our doctrine: we truly believe it is the key catalyst that separates the ultimate winners from the rest of the pack. We know that it takes persistence, experience, vision, and agility to achieve true greatness. Our firm works hard to help CEOs mitigate the daunting risks and challenges that inevitably appear during the rapid growth phases of a company's life. We hope we get to be a part of your journey as a growth company. IVP was founded by Reid Dennis in 1980. Since then, IVP has invested in over 300 companies, 106 of which have gone public. IVP is one of the top-performing firms in the industry and has a 36-year IRR of 43.2%.

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market growth businesses valued at up to $400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 520 transactions. We bring strong operational and financial resources and pride ourselves on being a good partner. We prefer to partner with sellers seeking to remain involved in the company as we work together to enhance processes, expand product offerings and attract new customers. We move quickly for compelling opportunities, and can close transactions within 30 to 90 days.