M&A Deal Summary

Vector Capital Acquires Showpad

On August 26, 2025, private equity firm Vector Capital acquired internet software and services company Showpad

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vector Capital’s 13th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Vector Capital’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-08-26
Target Showpad
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Vector Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) TD Securities (Financial)
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Legal)

Target

Showpad

Ghent, Belgium
Showpad is a sales enablement platform that pushes the best-fit content in the right context to sales reps, on any device, so that reps can sell at any time, from anywhere. Showpad was founded in 2011 and is based in Ghent, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vector Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Vector Capital is a private equity firm specializing in spinouts, buyouts and recapitalizations of established technology businesses. Vector targets both public and private company investments. Prospective businesses typically have strong customer bases, high gross margins, and at least $30 million in sales. Vector Capital was formed in 1997, after spinning out from Ziff Brothers Investments. The Firm is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 52
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 13 of 14
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-14 McGraw Hill Education

New York City, New York, United States

McGraw Hill Education is a provider of educational material and learning solutions for students, instructors, and institutions around the world. McGraw Hill Education was founded in 1888 and is based in New York City, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-10 SingleStore

San Francisco, California, United States

SingleStore is a provider of cloud based data platform that allows to transact, analyze and search data in real time. SingleStore is based in San Francisco, California.

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