Vista Equity Partners

Vista Equity Partners
Private
Industry Private equity, Software
Founded 2000
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Number of locations
 3
Key people
 Robert F. Smith, Founder
Brian Sheth, Co-founder [1]
Number of employees
 40+
Website www.vistaequitypartners.com

Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is an American private equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled businesses.[2] The firm was founded in 2000 by American businessman Robert F. Smith, and has offices in Austin, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California.[3] Vista operates with around $10 billion in their 2016 VI fund.[4]

Investments

In January 2001, Vista made an investment in BigMachines,[5] a provider of ERP and CRM integration software. Vista made additional investments the company through 2012,[6] and sold the company to Oracle Corporation in October 2013.[7][8]

In May 2009, Vista agreed to acquire Sumtotal Systems for about $160 million, and closed on the transaction in July 2009.[9][10]

In July 2009, Vista acquired MicroEdge, a provider of financial services software, from Advent Software for $30 million.[11][12]

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.[13][14]

In May 2013, Vista announced it would acquire Websense for an estimated $906 million for approximately $1 billion.[15] The transaction closed in June 2013.[16][17]

In September 2013, Vista announced a new round of funding[18] and a bid of over $1 billion to acquire Active Network, Inc, a provider of online event registration services.[19][20] 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).[21]

In September 2014, Vista announced its sale of Microedge to Blackbaud, Inc. for $160 million.[22]

In September 2014, Vista announced that it would acquire TIBCO Software for $4.3 billion.[23]

In June 2015, Vista acquired assets of Student Information System from Pearson PLC (which included PowerSchool), a provider of K-12 student information systems used by 15 million students in 73 countries.[24]

In June 2015, Vista acquired Mediaocean, a software provider for the advertising industry.[25]

In September 2015, Vista announced an agreement to acquire Solera Holdings, a provider of data and software for the automotive and insurance industries, for approximately $6.5 billion.[26] In March 2016, Vista announced its completion of this acquisition.

In June 2016, Vista announced an agreement to acquire Marketo, a marketing automation software company, for approximately $1.79 billion,[27] an agreement to acquire Ping Identity, a single-sign on digital security company, for an undisclosed amount.

In September 2016, Vista announced an agreement to acquired Infoblox, a technology company, for approximately $1.6 billion.[28] On October 7, Infoblox was acquired by Delta Holding.[29]

In September 2016, Vista acquired Regulatory DataCorp, a provider of counterparty risk and financial regulatory compliance data and software.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Company Overview of Vista Equity Partners". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://peracs.com/2015/01/hec-dow-jones-private-equity-performance-rankings-which-firms-generated-best-performance-for-their-investors-over-the-past-years/
  3. ↑ "Vista Equity Partners". Crunchbase. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ Dawn Lim (March 16, 2016). "Vista Equity Sets $10 Billion Upper Limit For New Fund". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Melanie Austria Farmer (March 19, 2001). "BigMachines reels in $29 million". CNET news. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ "BigMachines Secures Additional Growth Investment". Press release. BigMachines, Inc. September 17, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Oracle and BigMachines". Oracle web page. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  8. ↑ Julie Bort (October 23, 2013). "Source: Oracle Paid Over $400 Million For BigMachines To Grab More Salesforce Customers". Business Insider. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  9. ↑ "SumTotal Chooses Rival Bid From Vista". Dealbook. The New York Times. May 27, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ SumTotal (July 24, 2009). "Deregistration of Securities". Form S-3. US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  11. ↑ "US private equity firm Vista Equity Partners pays $30m for finance-related software business MicroEdge". AltAssets. July 30, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Advent Software Enters Into Definitive Agreement for Sale of MicroEdge Subsidiary to Vista Equity Partners". Boston.com. July 28, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  13. ↑ Ingrid Lunden (June 14, 2013). "Software Recruitment Giant Bullhorn Acquired By Vista Equity Partners For A Price In The Lower Nine Figures". Tech Crunch. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ Kyle Alspach (June 14, 2013). "Bullhorn acquired by private equity firm for 9 figures; IPO still a goal". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ Jolie O'Dell (May 20, 2013). "Websense, publicly traded since 2000, goes private in $906M buyout". Venture Beat. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  16. ↑ Steven E.F. Brown (June 25, 2013). "Vista Equity Partners wraps up acquisition of Websense". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  17. ↑ Sharon Terlep and Dana Cimilluca (May 20, 2013). "Vista Equity Partners to Buy Websense". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  18. ↑ Sonja Cheung (September 23, 2013). "Vista Raising Plethora of New Funds". LBO Wire. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  19. ↑ Hillary Canada (May 20, 2013). "Vista Equity Strikes Another $1 Billion Take-Private Deal". Money Beat. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Vista Equity Partners to acquire Active Network". San Francisco Chronicle. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Active Network Business Solutions Merges with Lanyon". Meetings & Conventions. February 21, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  22. ↑ "MicroEdge Enters into Agreement of Sale with Blackbaud, Inc.". Microedge. September 2, 2014.
  23. ↑ Vista Equity to buy TIBCO Software for $4.3 billion. Reuters, 29 September 2014
  24. ↑ "Pearson to sell PowerSchool to Vista Equity Partners". 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  25. ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/mediaocean-to-sell-stake-to-vista-equity-partners-1435541664
  26. ↑ Lance Murray (September 14, 2015). "Vista Equity Partners to acquire Solera Holdings in $6.5B deal". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Marketo Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.79 Billion". Marketo.com. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  28. ↑ "Hedge Funds Starboard Value And Hound Partners Score In Vista Equity's Infoblox Buyout". forbes.com. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  29. ↑ "Vista Equity Partners Commences Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of Infoblox". infoblox.com. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  30. ↑ "Vista Equity Partners to acquire RDC". Press release. Yahoo Finance. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
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