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M&A Deal Summary

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Regulatory DataCorp.

On September 6, 2016, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners acquired information technology company Regulatory DataCorp.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 8th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 64th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.
Investment Fate
  • Regulatory DataCorp. was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2020 for 700M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-09-06
Target Regulatory DataCorp.
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Vista Equity Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Regulatory DataCorp.

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States
Regulatory DataCorp is a diligence technology company involved in providing Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, Anti-Bribery & Corruption solutions. RDC integrates the industry’s largest financial crime diligence database into an agile SaaS technology platform that minimizes the number of false positives, provides accurate alerts, and protects its clients from regulatory risks.

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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 70 of 149
Sector (Information Technology) 8 of 21
Type (Secondary Buyout) 16 of 36
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 64 of 138
Year (2016) 11 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-18 Granicus

Denver, Colorado, United States

Granicus is a provider of cloud-based government transparency, legislative management and digital marketing solutions for government agencies across North America and the United Kingdom. The Company’s software solutions empower government organizations to create better lives for their constituents by enabling better decision making, communications and engagement while driving significant organizational efficiency via the automation of daily legislative workflows. Granicus was founded in 1999 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-19 Infoblox

Santa Clara, California, United States

Infoblox is a provider of critical network services that protect the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, automate cloud deployments, and increase the reliability of enterprise and service provider networks around the world. Infoblox was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Buy $1.6B
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