M&A Deal Summary

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Acquia

On September 24, 2019, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners acquired software company Acquia for 1.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 47th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 22nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 102nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 9th transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-24
Target Acquia
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Vista Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 1.0B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Goodwin Procter (Legal)

Target

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.

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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 111 of 146
Sector (Software) 47 of 59
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 24 of 27
State (Massachusetts) 9 of 17
Country (United States) 102 of 134
Year (2019) 8 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 22 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-23 Allvue

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Allvue provides a suite of solutions for private capital fund managers, administrators and family offices including Fund/Corporate Accounting, CRM, Portfolio Monitoring, Business Intelligence, and Investor Portals. Built within a Microsoft-based framework, these solutions are available as an integrated end-to-end suite or as independently licensed applications. Allvue was formed in 2008 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-18 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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