Vista Equity Partners

Private Equity Est. 2000
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USD 100B
Estimated FUM
Type
Private Equity
HQ
Austin, TX, United States
Founded
2000
Focus
Software / Tech

About

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.

Strategies

Buyout
Breadth not publicly established
Growth Equity
Breadth not publicly established

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Stages
Growth
Domains
Technology
Focus
Software / Tech Enterprise Software SaaS Specialist
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Austin, TX, United States
Office Presence
1 country
United States
4 known offices
Austin, TX, United States (HQ)
Chicago, IL, United States
San Francisco, CA, United States
Oakland, CA, United States

Fundraising

Latest fundraise
Latest tracked fund close or raise.
USD 20B
2023
Vista Equity Partners Fund VII
2023
USD 20B

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