Investment Summary

Francisco Partners Invests In Paradigm

On October 13, 2021, private equity firm Francisco Partners invested in software company Paradigm

Investment Highlights
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 50th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 111th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 12th transaction in New York.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-10-13
Target Paradigm
Sector Software
Investor(s) Francisco Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) William Blair (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Paradigm

New York, New York, United States
Paradigm offers a suite of legal software solutions to help lawyers manage, automate and grow their firms. With four legal practice management and payments solutions PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and Headnote managed under one roof, Paradigm empowers lawyers across the spectrum of practice area, geography, and business need. Paradigm is based in New York, New York.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Francisco Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 45.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Francisco Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services. Specific areas of interest include semiconductors, capital equipment, electronics components, systems and manufacturing, IT services and business process outsourcing, communications, security and enterprise applications, and infrastructure software. Prospective investment situations include divisional buyouts, growth equity financings, acquisitions of private companies, sponsored mergers and acquisitions, and take-privates. Francisco Partners looks for opportunities where it can commit a minimum of $100 million per investment. Francisco Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 157
Sector (Software) 50 of 54
Type (Growth Capital) 29 of 37
State (New York) 12 of 13
Country (United States) 111 of 132
Year (2021) 15 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-10 RugsUSA

Cranbury, New York, United States

RugsUSA helps customers turn their houses into homes, offering a stunning array of rug styles, materials, and sizes to suit every design need and budget. With an expansive selection of rugs and home décor products, attractive price points, seamless online shopping experience, and best-in-class fulfillment and customer care, the company is an experienced e-commerce pioneer and rug industry leader, with over eight million rugs sold to nearly two million homes. RugsUSA was founded in 1998 and is based in Cranbury, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-29 Quest

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Quest is a provider of a broad suite of integrated infrastructure software for managing systems, data, and applications. Quest helps organizations be IT resilient by protecting and powering users, endpoints and data, as well as by hardening cybersecurity systems. Quest is based in Aliso Viejo, California.

Sell $5.4B