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Francisco Partners

Private equity investment firm focused on technology sector

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Francisco Partners

United States

Francisco Partners is an institutional investor (Growth Equity) founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Francisco Partners is one of the largest technology-focused private equity firms in the world, founded in 1999. The firm has raised over $75 billion in capital and invested in 400+ technology companies. Francisco Partners focuses on buyout, growth equity, and structured equity investments in software, hardware, IT services, and healthcare technology sectors. focused on technology sector. It mainly invests in sectors like communications technology, consumer technology, education, healthcare, and more. Fund Philosophy: We are business builders who believe technology is transforming every segment of the economy. We provide capital, expertise, and support for growth-aspiring technology companies. We lean on our deep sectoral knowledge to invest in opportunities and deliver technology companies a performance advantage. We have a unique investment approach, providing transformational capital and expertise at key inflection points. Assets Under Management (AUM): $75 billion+. Notable portfolio companies: NortonLifeLock, McAfee, Sumo Logic, SmartRecruiters, Litmos, RPost, 2U, Renaissance Learning, BeyondTrust, Imprivata, Plex Systems, LoginRadius, ClickSoftware (acq. by Salesforce), Healthland, QuadraMed, eSolutions, DrChrono, GoodRx (NASDAQ:GDRX), MyFitnessPal, Dynamo, Avaya.

Stage
growth, late-stage, buyouts, private credit, growth, late-stage, buyouts, private credit
Check size
$100M to multi-billion
HQ
San Francisco, United States
Founded
1999
Website
https://www.franciscopartners.com/
LinkedIn
https://linkedin.com/company/francisco-partners
Twitter
https://twitter.com/pi_labs
Institutional Investorcommunications technologyconsumer technologyeducation technologyERP & business intelligencefinancial technologyhealthcareindustrial softwaresecurity & infrastructuresemis & systemstech-enabled services

What they look for

technology and technology-enabled businesses at inflection points; primarily North America with opportunities in Europe and APAC; prefers controlling stakes; growth-aspiring companies in specialized tech verticals

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