Vista Equity Partners
By the Numbers
Founded in 2000, Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global investment firm that invests in enterprise software through private equity and private credit strategies.
Additionally, Vista’s private wealth solutions team works directly with wealth professionals to provide eligible investors with access to investments in enterprise software.
Vista partners with companies to maximize enterprise value. The firm’s Value Creation Team supports portfolio companies with operational expertise, helping drive innovation and harness technologies like generative AI.
Vista Equity Investment
Milestones by Date
Quick Facts
Assets Under Management (BN)1
$100+
Vista Offices
Austin, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hong Kong2
5
Investment Strategies:
Private Equity and Private Credit2
2
Channels
Institutional investors and private wealth2
2
Investment Professionals3
175+
1. Assets under management (“AUM”) as of 06/30/2025. Vista’s AUM generally represents the net asset value (“NAV”) of assets Vista manages based on US GAAP plus unfunded commitment amounts as of the measurement date. NAV refers to the fair value of the assets of a fund less the liabilities of a fund. Vista Credit Partners' (VCP) AUM generally represents: (1) the fair market value of assets held in VCP-sponsored investment vehicles, including vehicles formed for the purpose of facilitating co-investments (collectively, the “Funds”), plus (2) unfunded equity commitments of the Funds, plus (3) amounts available to be borrowed under the Funds’ asset based credit facilities, with each figure calculated as of the aforementioned measurement date, plus (4) the fair market value of certain co-investments for which VCP provides non-discretionary investment advice. Vista's AUM figures do not include assets held in certain employee contribution vehicles. Investment professionals, as of 06/30/2025. Includes PE and Credit employees.
2. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025.
3. As of 6/30/25. Includes PE and Credit employees.
Private Equity Transactions
650+
Represented Transaction Value (BN)
330+
Equity Deployed (BN)
$79.2
Equity Returned (BN)
$63.4
4. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025. Inclusive of signed deals. Transactions include platform investments, add-on acquisitions, and monetizations, and excludes public toe-hold positions. Add-on transaction count reflective of platform investments with above 40% Vista ownership and excludes add-ons for public portfolio companies where Vista has less than 50% board representation. Excludes fees and other management expenses. “Private Equity” includes Flagship, Foundation, Endeavor and Companion Funds and all closed deals.
Best Practices5
100+
Dedicated Consulting Team Members6
100+
Value Creation Practice Areas:
Go-To-Market, Product and Technology, Talent, Business Operations, Finance and Administration5
5
5. Vista Equity Partners, 12/31/2024.
6. Vista Equity Partners, 6/30/2025.
Revenue of total portfolio combined (BN)7
$30+
Companies8
90+
Portfolio Executives9
700+
Countries10
185+
Customers (MM)11
2.5+
7. Vista Equity Partners, 06/30/2025. Represents comprehensive portfolio revenue of current portfolio companies of Vista Equity Funds, including public companies.
8. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025.
9. Vista Equity Partners, 06/30/2025.
10. Vista Equity Partners, 12/31/2024.
11. Vista Equity Partners, 12/31/2024.
Investments12
650+
Deployed (BN)13
$14.6+
FounderDirect Origination (BN)14
$5.4+
Unique Private Equity Partners15
75+
12. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025. Transactions reviewed calculated based on the number of transactions VCP has screened and inputted in its database since the inception of VCP in October 2013. Transaction data as of 09/30/2025. Transactions include all signed or closed deals. There can be no assurance that any pending transaction will be consummated at all or on the terms currently contemplated or that any future payouts will be obtained.
13. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025. Capital deployed represents cumulative capital deployed across the VCP platform, inclusive of leverage and recycling as of 09/30/2025.
14. FounderDirect origination reflects the aggregate size of FounderDirect deals sourced and originated by VCP from inception (2013) through 09/30/2025. VCP notes that a portion of certain of these deals were syndicated to non-VCP-managed investment vehicles, including VCP affiliates and third-party co-investors.
15. Vista Equity Partners, as of 09/30/2025. Founder-owned deals and public deals are not included in the sponsor count.