Francisco Partners is a leading global private equity firm that specializes in investments in technology and technology-enabled businesses. The firm focuses on partnering with management teams to drive transformation and sustainable growth in its portfolio companies.

Francisco Partners

Francisco Partners is a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. Since its launch over 20 years ago, Francisco Partners has invested in over 400 technology companies, making it one of the most active and longstanding investors in the technology industry. With approximately $45 billion in capital raised to date, the firm invests in opportunities where its deep sectoral knowledge and operational expertise can help companies realize their full potential. For more information on Francisco Partners, please visit www.Franciscopartners.com. 

Barracuda Networks

Sectigo

LegalZoom

LiveU

SmartBear

Spire Global

Talentsoft

Terran Orbital

Perforce Software

Plex Systems

nShift

Corsair

Eventbrite

R2Net

Tile

GoodRx

iconectiv

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Blackstone Group

Yesterday, we announced we have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Jama Software, an industry leading requirements management and traceability software solutions provider, from Insight Partners and Madrona Ventures for $1.2 billion. Our investment will empower the Company to further extend its leadership position in intelligent engineering management by helping customers improve their development processes to reduce defects, delays, cost overruns and recalls.    
 
“The engineering management market is in the early stages of a fundamental transformation which Jama Software is at the forefront of. We are ecstatic to be partnering with Marc Osofsky and his team in continuing to execute on their industry-leading vision and strategy,” said Petri Oksanen and Mario Razzini, Partners at Francisco Partners.
 
Read more about our investment and Jama Software here: https://lnkd.in/er7PHC8N

We are excited to announce that we have been recognized once again as a top performer in the 2023 HEC Paris - Dow Jones Large Buyout Performance Ranking. Francisco Partners is the only firm that has achieved a ranking in the top three for performance the last four consecutive years.

“We are proud to be recognized by HEC-DowJones as one of the top-performing PE firms with a performance ranking that is 2.10 standard deviations above average,” said "DJ" Dipanjan Deb, Co-Founder and CEO of Francisco Partners. “We are also grateful to our portfolio company employees for helping us deliver these results, our limited partners for their continued support and our employees for their efforts. With our firm focused on continuous improvement, we will work tirelessly to continue to deliver strong returns for our investors.”
 
Read more about the ranking and FP’s recognition here: https://lnkd.in/gwZc8MGN

We are proud to announce that Mergers and Acquisitions - themiddlemarket.com has named Francisco Partners’ Ashley Evans to its 2024 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A list.
 
Ashley is a critical member of our application software team and collaborates with technology executives to drive value creation at scale. Ashley was selected for this award for her status as a dealmaking trailblazer in the M&A industry. 
 
Read more about this award, here: https://lnkd.in/ep6Q2PgE.

Today, we announced the completion of our acquisition of Blancco Technology Group, a market leader in secure data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions. Blancco’s products allow organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorized access, safely redeploy data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased data protection and privacy requirements.
 
“We have been very impressed with the leading market position that Blancco has established through its best-in-class solutions and are thrilled to partner with Blancco’s management team to drive the next phase of expansion,” said Brian Decker, Partner at Francisco Partners, and Karl Shum, Principal at Francisco Partners.
 
Read more about our investment and Blancco here: https://lnkd.in/g5nBJFTU.

We are proud to announce our financing of Zotec Partners, a company leading the way to improve the business of #healthcare. 
 
“As an RCM leader, Zotec has developed a highly differentiated data-driven approach to deliver value for healthcare organizations and physicians. We are excited to support the Zotec team with this financing, which will help provide greater financial flexibility in support of the company’s future growth," said Lee Rubenstein, Managing Director at Francisco Partners.
 
Read more about our investment and Zotec here: https://lnkd.in/efEka_6S.

Francisco Partners Co-Founder and CEO DJ Dipanjan Deb joined Morgan L Brennan and Jon Fortt on CNBC's ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss the state of the M&A market, FP's investing playbook, lessons learned since the pandemic, and how we are managing our portfolio of investments in technology and software. 

Watch the full interview on CNBC.com: https://lnkd.in/gXn4mWed

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