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Vista Equity Partners, the private equity giant that's known for its tech investing, doesn't want its analysts using generative AI for due diligence. "And we do want our humans to actually go and read the stuff that's important that's going to make billion-dollar decisions in the diligence side." Other private equity firms, like the Swedish giant EQT, have introduced generative AI to the due diligence process, BI previously reported. Vista Equity Partners, which is in the business of buying companies, improving them, and selling them for a profit, employs people whose sole job is to transform operations of portfolio companies and help them scale, Saroya said. He added that the firm created a reference guide for its portfolio companies, including the data, cloud, and other software providers needed to be successful, and partnered with those companies for the portfolio companies to use, where appropriate.
Persons: that's, Monti, Saroya, That's Organizations: Vista Equity Partners, doesn't, Milken Institute Global, Flagship Fund, PE, underwriters Locations: Asia
Read previewFormer SoftBank executive Marcelo Claure and serial entrepreneur and investor Paul Judge are in the throes of raising a new $200 million fund. The past year has been transitional for the fund since Claure and Judge bought the $100 million fund from SoftBank. Since then, there haven't been any new investments, but the two are poised to capitalize on the success of the first fund and are raising the second Open Opportunity Fund. He said that limited partners' interest has been positive overall since the Open Opportunity Fund's first fund has had so much success. AdvertisementJudge said that he expects the first Open Opportunity Fund to continue to deliver "top quartile" returns to its investors over the next five to seven years.
Persons: , Marcelo Claure, Paul Judge, It's, Claure, haven't, SoftBank —, I've, Judge, George Floyd's, Masayoshi, Shu Nyatta, Stacy Brown, what's Organizations: Service, Business, Opportunity Fund, Opportunity, Fund, Mastercard, Vista Equity Partners, Ventures, Sprint, Bicycle Capital, TechCrunch Locations: SoftBank, Atlanta, America
A little over two years after selling adtech company Flashtalking to Mediaocean for $500 million , John Nardone is on the hunt for his next big adtech exit, he confirmed to Business Insider. Private equity firm GTCR is poised to be the financial sponsor on such a deal. Nardone intends to become CEO of the roll-up company and expects to bring on his own management team. Days before the agreement closed, "Vista swooped in and stole the deal," Nardone said. Before Flashtalking, Nardone sold the adtech company [x+1] to fellow adtech firm Rocket Fuel for around $230 million , and he helped take the digital marketing and research company Modem Media public.
Persons: John Nardone, Mediaocean, GTCR, Nardone, Innovid, — Innovid, Stephen Master, GTCR's Organizations: Business, Vista Equity Partners, Media Locations: Mediaocean,
Lower Treasury yields could be good news for some stocks on Wall Street, according to Jefferies Equity Research. Stocks soared on the news, even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell insisted that efforts to tame persistent inflation have further to go. Treasury yields pulled back after the the November Federal Open Market Committee decision, with the benchmark 10-year note falling 15 basis points. With interest rates now seemingly on the backfoot, Jefferies screened for stocks with a negative correlation to the 10-year Treasury — meaning they historically benefit from lower interest rates. Stocks have a negative correlation to U.S. bond yields, notably 5- and 10-year yields Tech behemoth Microsoft is one of the outstanding beneficiaries to a decline in the 10-year.
Persons: Stocks, Jerome Powell, Dow Jones, Jefferies, Peramunetilleke, Piper Sandler, Horton, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, companyies, Michael Bloom Organizations: Treasury, Jefferies Equity Research, Federal Reserve, Labor, Dow, Microsoft, Horton, Jefferies, Blackstone, Vista Equity Partners, Energy Locations: 2H23, Horton
The deal represents a bet on energy transition, as power utilities, grid operators and renewable energy developers turn to simulation software to fine-tune use of production capacity and maximize efficiencies. Vista, Blackstone, Riverside and Energy Exemplar declined to comment. Energy Exemplar has grown at an annual compound rate of 30% since 2018 under Riverside's ownership, the sources said. Blackstone is investing in Energy Exemplar through its energy transition arm, which is in the process of raising a new fund. Its previous investments include Transmission Developers, solar mounting firm Esdec, environmental engineering firm Geosyntec, environmental commodity exchange Xpansiv, and renewable energy firm Invenergy.
Persons: Blackstone, Anirban Sen, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Blackstone Group, REUTERS, Blackstone, Vista Equity Partners, Australia's, . Energy, Riverside Company, Blackstone Energy, Partners, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, The, Developers, Foundation, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Vista, Blackstone, Riverside, North Adelaide, The New York, New York
IBM shares rose about 1% in extended trading Wednesday after the technology conglomerate announced third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street estimates. The company's Software unit produced $6.27 billion in revenue. IBM's Consulting division generated $4.96 billion in revenue, up around 6% but lower than StreetAccount's consensus of $5.11 billion. "We still are executing extremely well from my point of view in consulting," Jim Kavanaugh, IBM's finance chief, told CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos in an interview. During the quarter IBM released Granite generative artificial-intelligence models for composing and summarizing text.
Persons: Arvind Krishna, IBM's, Jim Kavanaugh, CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos, Kavanaugh Organizations: IBM, Wall, LSEG, StreetAccount, IBM's Consulting, Accenture, Infrastructure, Vista Equity Partners Locations: New York
Vista Equity Partners Chief Executive Robert F. Smith. Photo: JEENAH MOON/REUTERSVista Equity Partners is close to a $4 billion deal to acquire business-software company EngageSmart , a sizable buyout at a time when many private-equity firms are sitting on the sidelines. Under the terms of the deal, shareholders in the customer engagement and payments software specialist would receive $23 per share in cash, according to people familiar with the situation. The deal could be announced as soon as Monday, barring any last-minute snags.
Persons: Robert F, Smith Organizations: Vista Equity Partners, REUTERS Vista Equity Partners
Vista Equity Partners to buy EngageSmart for $4 billion
  + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Payments software vendor EngageSmart (ESMT.N) said on Monday it would be taken private by Vista Equity Partners for about $4 billion, marking the latest buyout deal in the technology sector. Shares of EngageSmart rose more than 11% in trading before the bell. Under the terms of the deal, shareholders in EngageSmart will receive $23.00 per share in cash. The offer represents a premium of nearly 23% to the stock's closing price on Oct. 4, a day before Reuters reported that private equity firm General Atlantic, which owns a 52% stake, was exploring a sale of the company. Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann ThoppilOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Samrhitha, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Vista Equity Partners, Reuters, Atlantic, Thomson Locations: EngageSmart, Bengaluru
Chevron — Chevron shares fell 3% after the energy giant agreed to buy Hess in a $53 billion all-stock deal , or $171 per share. Walgreens Boots Alliance — Shares popped 5.4% on Monday after JPMorgan upgraded shares to overweight from neutral and raised its price target. Beauty — Shares added 5% after Raymond James upgraded shares to strong buy from outperform in a Monday note. Spirit AeroSystems — The aerospace company's shares gained 4.8% after Bernstein raised its rating on shares to outperform from market perform. FMC Corp — The insecticide company's shares tumbled 12% after FMC issued third-quarter guidance that's lower than what it originally called for.
Persons: Hess, Okta, Pinterest, Raymond James, Olivia Tong, Tong, Bernstein, Pat Shanahan, EngageSmart, Stonepeak, CNBC's Pia Singh, Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Sarah Min Organizations: Chevron — Chevron, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Natural Resources, Citi, Evercore, Stifel, Walgreens, JPMorgan, Vista Equity Partners, Textainer, Clean Holdings, FMC Corp, FMC Locations: Guyana, U.S, America
The pandemic pushed financial giants to embrace a more casual dress code that many other corporations had begun to embrace. Diversity in dressFor some women on Wall Street, the shift from business formal to business casual has allowed them to step out of the unofficial uniform of pantsuits and sheath dresses. Lululemon in the boardroomNo Wall Streeters mentioned buying more Ferragamo ties, but many said they were leaning into athleisure. People still come in wearing their suits and ties and their Louboutins, and I'm like, 'what are we doing here?' "For a lot of client interactions, dressing business casual can make it more comfortable and can lead to a better relationship-building experience."
Persons: Luis Arteaga, Shanta Wu, Kristen Powers, Morgan Stanley, She's, Thom Browne, Anne, Victoire Auriault, Goldman Sachs, Jack Dillon, He's, David Trinh, It's, we've, Thoma Bravo, Andrew Almeida, Richard Handler, Jefferies, Katya Brozyna, I'm, Benjamin Kiflom, Neil Kamath, Sarah Sigfusson, Michael Wilkinson, Wells, Patrick McGoldrick, Laiwala, I've, Rachel Hunter, Goldman, Luna McKeon, Ricky Mewani, Dominic Rizzo, Rowe Price Organizations: Barclays, Fidelity, Vista Equity Partners, Bridgewater, Jefferies, Nike Air Force, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Bank of, Moelis & Company, KKR, Blue Owl, Citadel Locations: Bridgewater, New York, Florida, Miami, San Francisco
Insider Today: Finance's next generation
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. Tech: An Amazon exec told employees the tech giant's RTO plans could take up to three years. An Amazon exec told employees the tech giant's RTO plans could take up to three years. Insider is again highlighting some of the brightest young minds in finance with our annual list of Wall Street's rising stars. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailVista Equity Partners is 'optimistic' about private markets this year and the nextDavid Breach, president and chief operating officer of Vista Equity Partners, discusses opportunities in public and private markets.
Persons: David Breach Organizations: Vista Equity Partners
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - The private equity owners of EagleView Technologies are exploring a sale of the provider of aerial imagery and data analytics services that could value it at about $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. EagleView generates about $300 million in revenue and 12-month earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $165 million, the sources said. In 2018, Clearlake bought a significant stake from Vista, becoming an equal owner in EagleView. Bellevue, Washington-based EagleView Technologies is a provider of software that can be used to measure rooftops with satellite images from the sky, mainly used by insurance companies to make more accurate decisions. The company is utilizing a vast library of images and its patented 3-D measurement software to provide software tools to customers in industries such as insurance, construction, government and public utilities.
Persons: Lucas Jackson, William Blair, Rothschild, EagleView, Vista, Clearlake, Milana Vinn, Marguerita Choy Organizations: New York Fire Department, FDNY, FDNY's, Center, REUTERS, EagleView Technologies, Vista Equity Partners, Clearlake, Co, Vista, Technologies, Thomson Locations: New York, EagleView, Vista, EagleView . Bellevue , Washington
Ali Osman, head of technology and software investments at Abu Dhabi's giant Mubadala sovereign wealth fund, has invested steadily through it all and is not shying away from putting more money to work. He and his team focus on business software and specialize in private equity, making direct buyout investments and indirect bets through major PE firms. Osman works with many of the biggest and most successful PE firms in the tech space, including Thoma Bravo, TPG and Bain Capital. AI uncertainty and dataThe generative AI boom, and the rise of large language models, has introduced a major new variable to software investing. The other bottleneck is capital, basically the cash available to invest in software businesses.
Persons: Ali Osman, Mubadala, Osman, Thoma Organizations: Abu, Thoma Bravo, TPG, Bain Capital, Vista Equity Partners, PE Locations: Morocco, SalesLoft, mindspace
July 26 (Reuters) - Private equity firms Haveli Investments and General Atlantic have agreed to acquire business software vendor Certinia from Advent International for nearly $1 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Haveli, which was launched by former Vista Equity Partners president Brian Sheth, and General Atlantic will buy Advent's majority stake in Certinia as well as a minority stake held by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), the sources said. Haveli, General Atlantic and Advent declined to comment. Austin, Texas-based Haveli has invested in some technology ventures since it was launched by Sheth in 2021. Haveli has launched a fund seeking more than $3 billion for software deals, which will include this one.
Persons: Brian Sheth, Salesforce, Milana Vinn, Anirban Sen, Jamie Freed Organizations: Haveli Investments, General Atlantic, Advent International, Vista Equity Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, Certinia, Siemens, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco Systems, Philips, Sheth, Haveli, Apollo Global Management, Thomson Locations: Certinia, Haveli, General, Jose , California, Austin , Texas, New York
NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - Software company Enfusion Inc (ENFN.N) is attracting takeover interest from private equity firms and strategic buyers, several people familiar with the matter said. Enfusion's management has been approached in recent months by Francisco Partners, Vista Equity Partners and investment firm Irenic Capital Management, said the sources who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The company has experienced turbulence in the executive ranks, with its chief executive officer and chief financial officer resigning just months apart from one another last year. The name of the private equity partner could not be learned. Irenic, which was co-founded by Elliott Management veteran Adam Katz and former Indaba Capital partner Andy Dodge, recently worked with private equity giant Apollo Global Management to buy industrial parts manufacturer Arconic.
Persons: Irenic, Oleg Movchan, Enfusion, Adam Katz, Andy Dodge, Katz, Dodge, Elliott, Deutsche Boerse, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Nick Zieminski Organizations: YORK, Enfusion Inc, Francisco Partners, Vista Equity Partners, Irenic Capital Management, Francisco, Elliott Management, Indaba, Apollo Global Management, Arconic, Harvard, Nasdaq, Deutsche, Svea, Thomson Locations: Vista
June 26 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N) said on Monday it will acquire cloud software company Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion in cash, in the latest deal to bolster its capabilities in cloud and automation. IBM said it will finance the transaction with cash on hand and expects the deal to close in the latter half of 2023. IBM cut about 3,900 jobs early this year and reported under 1% year-over-year increase in revenue in the March quarter. Founded in 2007, Seattle-based Apptio helps companies manage and understand their spending on cloud services and offers functionalities such as IT budgeting, forecasting and financial analyses. Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners agreed to pay about $2 billion for Apptio in 2018, which was over double its market cap at the time.
Persons: Apptio, Yuvraj Malik, Krishna Chandra Organizations: IBM, Vista Equity Partners, Hat, Kyndryl Holdings, Apptio, Thomson Locations: Amazon.com's, Seattle, Bengaluru
IBM to acquire software company Apptio for $4.6 billion
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2023. IBM on Monday announced it will acquire the software company Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion. IBM said in a release that Apptio will help it advance its application management, optimization and observability offerings. "Technology is changing business at a rate and pace we've never seen before," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in the release. Apptio will be acquired with cash, and IBM said the deal is expected to close in the latter half of this year.
Persons: Arvind Krishna, Apptio, we've Organizations: Economic, IBM, Monday, Vista Equity Partners, Microsoft, Google Locations: Davos, Switzerland
IBM's Rob Thomas on acquiring Apptio: A perfect time to do this
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIBM's Rob Thomas on acquiring Apptio: A perfect time to do thisRob Thomas, chief commercial Officer at IBM, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss their announcement to acquire the software company Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion and more.
Persons: Rob Thomas, Squawk Organizations: IBM, Vista Equity Partners
June 23 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N) is nearing a deal to acquire software company Apptio for about $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal between the companies could be completed over the weekend, the Journal reported, adding that it was unclear whether the purchase price includes debt. Apptio, taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2018 for $1.94 billion, provides products including cloud-based and hybrid business management software, a possible asset for technology giant IBM. The deal follows IBM's 2021 purchase of software provider Turbonomic for over $1.5 billion and its 2019 acquisition of software company Red Hat for $34 billion. Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler, Diane Craft and William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Apptio, Rahat Sandhu, Sandra Maler, Diane Craft, William Mallard Organizations: IBM, Wall Street, Vista Equity Partners, Hat, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru
Can Kim Kardashian save private equity?
  + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Jeffrey Cane | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
SuperReturn conference gets underway at a time of challenges for private equity. Kim Kardashian joins Harvey Schwartz, Orlando Bravo, and other leaders in speaking at the conference. The uncertainty has made it more difficult for both private equity and venture capital firms to raise money for their funds. Those are bold-faced names in Wall Street's world, but they can't compete with the star power of another conference speaker: Kim Kardashian. It remains to be seen if private equity can keep up.
Persons: Kim Kardashian, Harvey Schwartz, Orlando Bravo, Kardashian, dealmaking, there's, Carlyle's Harvey Schwartz, David Rubenstein, Julian Salisbury, Goldman Sachs, Robert Smith, Orlando Bravo of Thoma, Bennett Goodman, Jay Sammons, Rubenstein, It's, Sammons, Dre Organizations: equity's, Private, SuperReturn International, Vista Equity Partners, Orlando Bravo of Thoma Bravo, SKKY Partners, Bloomberg, Financial Locations: Berlin
The remainder was equity checks by the private equity firms. Typically, debt accounts for between 60% and 80% of the deal consideration, allowing the buyout firms to juice returns. REFINANCING RISKTo be sure, a handful of private equity firms have already been accustomed to this kind of refinancing risk. An upside to the shift toward equity financing, dealmakers say, is that the companies owned by the private equity firms have more cushion to absorb losses if their business deteriorates. Many of the leveraged buyouts that became bankruptcies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis were the result of private equity firms saddling companies with debt to the hilt.
Private equity firms lend less as demand cools
  + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The amount of loans disbursed by direct lenders so far in 2023 has not shown any pickup, the Refinitiv data shows. Also weighing on deal volumes is the cost of borrowing from private equity firms. This has dampened demand for loans from private equity firms. For their part, private equity firms have also become more risk-averse when it comes to lending, as the economic slowdown and sticky price inflation erode the credit worthiness of some borrowers. To be sure, major deals using private equity firms as lenders are still getting done as banks have continued their retrenchment from risky debt.
LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - European buyout houses Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners are preparing to hang the "for sale" sign on their UK insurance software investments, hoping to woo insurers and fellow private capital funds with their technology. Acturis, Astorg and Open GI did not respond to requests for comment. It last attempted to sell the business in 2018 and has since strived to transform it into a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, which could attract fellow private equity funds with existing investments in the insurance industry, sources said. Open GI could be worth up to 12 times its expected core earnings of more than 30 million pounds ($35.96 million) expected for 2023, two sources said. Revenue rose to 111.9 million pounds from 102.4 million pounds the previous year, as the company added new brokers and insurers to its eponymous SaaS platform.
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cvent Holding Corp (CVT.O), a U.S. software provider that facilitates in-person and virtual meetings, has rejected a $3.9 billion acquisition offer from buyout firm Blackstone Inc (BX.N), people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Blackstone is taking a break from the negotiations after Cvent rejected its $8-per-share offer as too low, the sources said. Shares of Cvent, which is controlled by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, had ended trading on Thursday at $7.64. Cvent, Blackstone and Vista Equity declined to comment. Cvent shares have since dropped due to concerns that an economic slowdown, brought about by the U.S. Federal Reserve's higher interest rates to fight inflation, will lower demand for conferences and events that drive the company's business.
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