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Vista Equity Partners Acquires Finastra

On March 19, 2012, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners acquired software company Finastra for 1.3B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 12th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-03-19
Target Finastra
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Vista Equity Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 1.3B GBP
Advisor(s) Barclays Investment Bank
J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)

Target

Finastra

London, United Kingdom
Finastra is a financial services technology company providing a broad portfolio of banking, capital markets, investment management and risk solutions to the financial services industry. The Company’s corporate banking, retail banking, investment management, managed services, and treasury and capital markets solutions enable customers in financial services to deploy mission-critical technology that allow them to improve operations and mitigate risks. Finastra serves more than 9,000 customers in 130 countries, including 48 of the top 50 banks globally. Finastra was formed in 2017 and is based in London, England.

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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 27 of 153
Sector: Software M&A 12 of 61
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 4 of 25
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 33
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-05 Brainware

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

Brainware, Inc. is a provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions.

Sell $148M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-14 Bullhorn

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Bullhorn is a provider of SaaS-based front office software for staffing and recruiting firms. Bullhorn’s offerings combine applicant tracking, customer relationship management, social media recruiting, online job posting, candidate sourcing, email and calendar integration, and business development tools. Bullhorn was founded in 1999 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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