M&A Deal Summary

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Accelya

On November 18, 2019, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners acquired information technology company Accelya from Warburg Pincus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 16th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-11-18
Target Accelya
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Vista Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) BofA Securities
Socios Financieros (Financial)
Squire Patton Boggs (Legal)

Target

Accelya

Barcelona, Spain
Accelya is a provider of integrated technology platforms, software and services to the travel and transport industry. The Company’s platform offers technology solutions for the travel industry to solve critical business problems including commercial planning and optimization, sales and distribution management, financial reconciliation and settlement. Accelya delivers business-critical financial, commercial, cargo, analytics and industry solutions to over 400 airlines, travel agents and shippers in over 150 countries. Accelya was founded in 1976 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vista Equity Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 100.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Frost Bank Tower, Vista Equity's main office in Austin, Texas.
Entrance to Frost Bank Tower, Vista Equity's main office in Austin, Texas.

Vista Equity Partners is a mega-sized asset management firm focused on private equity, public equity, credit, and other strategies. The Firm's private equity group looks to invest in and acquire software and technology enabled services companies. Specific areas of interest include software, software-as-a-service (SaaS), technology-enabled business services, and technology-enabled information services. Vista can commit up to $700 million per transaction and will consider a variety transaction situations, including management/leveraged buyouts, growth or acquisition financings, recapitalizations or restructurings, spinouts, and take privates. Vista Equity Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 112 of 149
Sector (Information Technology) 16 of 22
Type (Secondary Buyout) 26 of 36
Country (Spain) 4 of 4
Year (2019) 9 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-24 Acquia

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Acquia is an open-source digital experience company providing the world’s most ambitious brands with technology that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. Acquia was formed in 2007 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy $1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-17 OfficeSpace

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

OfficeSpace is a saas-based platform for managing the workplace that gives forward-thinking companies the tools they need to engage employees, manage moves, maximize space, and keep real-estate costs low. OfficeSpace was founded in 2004 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 191 of 251
Sector (Information Technology) 9 of 13
Type (Secondary Buyout) 31 of 42
Country (Spain) 3 of 3
Year (2019) 19 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-01 ESR

Hong Kong, China

ESR is an APAC-focused integrated logistics real estate platform focused on building logistics infrastructure. ESR was founded in 2011 and is based in Hong Kong, China.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-19 Perfios

Bangalore, India

Perfios is a product technology company in the fintech space enabling financial institutions in realtime decisioning, analysis, and credit underwriting. Perfios provides products across bank statement analysis, e-verification, financial analysis, fraud checks, Form 26AS, ITR analysis, personal finance management, etc. Perfios was founded in 2008 and is based in Bangalore, India.

Buy -
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