Vista Equity Partners
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| Private | |
| Industry | Private equity, Software |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
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Number of locations
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3 |
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Key people
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Robert F. Smith, Founder Brian Sheth, Co-founder |
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Number of employees
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40+ |
| Website | www |
Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is an American private equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled businesses. The firm was founded in 2000 by American businessman Robert F. Smith, and has offices in Austin, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California. Vista operates with around $10 billion in their 2016 VI fund.
In January 2001, Vista made an investment in BigMachines, a provider of ERP and CRM integration software. Vista made additional investments the company through 2012, and sold the company to Oracle Corporation in October 2013.
In May 2009, Vista agreed to acquire Sumtotal Systems for about $160 million, and closed on the transaction in July 2009.
In July 2009, Vista acquired MicroEdge, a provider of financial services software, from Advent Software for $30 million.
In June 2012, Vista acquired Bullhorn, Inc., a provider of CRM Software for the recruitment industry, for a reported price of several hundred million dollars.
In May 2013, Vista announced it would acquire Websense for an estimated $906 million for approximately $1 billion. The transaction closed in June 2013.
In September 2013, Vista announced a new round of funding and a bid of over $1 billion to acquire Active Network, Inc, a provider of online event registration services. Vista has since acquired Lanyon, Inc., a software company based out of Dallas, Texas, with whom they merged a portion of Active Network's Business Solutions Group (BSG).
In September 2014, Vista announced its sale of Microedge to Blackbaud, Inc. for $160 million.
In September 2014, Vista announced that it would acquire TIBCO Software for $4.3 billion.
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