Private equity–owned software & it companies
48 companies, 30 still held, across 19 firms.
Firms involved
- Thoma Bravo 10
- Vista Equity Partners 7
- KKR 4
- Silver Lake 4
- Blackstone 3
- Apollo Global Management 2
- TPG 2
- Hellman & Friedman 2
- CPP Investments 2
- Clearlake Capital 2
- Insight Partners 2
- The Carlyle Group 1
- Bain Capital 1
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice 1
- Birch Hill Equity Partners 1
- Platinum Equity 1
- Francisco Partners 1
- Summit Partners 1
- Novacap 1
Companies
2024
- Instructure — KKR · Software & IT · still held
- PowerSchool — Bain Capital · Software & IT · still held
- Everbridge — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
2023
- Cvent — Blackstone · Software & IT · still held
- New Relic — TPG · Software & IT · still held
- Coupa Software — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- Duck Creek Technologies — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · still held
- Qualtrics — Silver Lake · Software & IT · still held
- Qualtrics — CPP Investments · Software & IT · still held
- Sumo Logic — Francisco Partners · Software & IT · still held
2022
- McAfee — TPG · Software & IT · still held
- Anaplan — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- SailPoint — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- Citrix Systems — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · still held
- Avalara — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · still held
- Zendesk — Hellman & Friedman · Software & IT · still held
2021
- Proofpoint — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- RealPage — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- Medallia — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- Pluralsight — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · exited 2024
- Ingram Micro — Platinum Equity · Software & IT · exited 2024
- Cornerstone OnDemand — Clearlake Capital · Software & IT · still held
- Endurance International — Clearlake Capital · Software & IT · still held
2020
- Ancestry.com — Blackstone · Software & IT · still held
- Tech Data — Apollo Global Management · Software & IT · exited 2021
- Sophos — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · still held
- Instructure — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · exited 2024
- Epicor — Clayton, Dubilier & Rice · Software & IT · still held
- Veeam Software — Insight Partners · Software & IT · still held
2019
- Bumble — Blackstone · Software & IT · exited 2021
- Ellie Mae — Thoma Bravo · Software & IT · exited 2020
- Apptio — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · exited 2023
- Mindbody — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · still held
- Ultimate Software — Hellman & Friedman · Software & IT · still held
- Recorded Future — Insight Partners · Software & IT · exited 2024
- Klaviyo — Summit Partners · Software & IT · exited 2023
2018
- BMC Software — KKR · Software & IT · still held
- Syntax Systems — Novacap · Software & IT · still held
2016
- Epicor — KKR · Software & IT · exited 2020
- Veritas Technologies — The Carlyle Group · Software & IT · still held
- Rackspace Technology — Apollo Global Management · Software & IT · exited 2020
- Marketo — Vista Equity Partners · Software & IT · exited 2018
- SolarWinds — Silver Lake · Software & IT · exited 2018
2015
- Informatica — CPP Investments · Software & IT · exited 2021
2013
- Dell Technologies — Silver Lake · Software & IT · exited 2018
- Softchoice — Birch Hill Equity Partners · Software & IT · exited 2021
2011
- GoDaddy — KKR · Software & IT · exited 2015
2009
- Skype — Silver Lake · Software & IT · exited 2011