Vista Equity Partners

Private equity firm
Austin, Texas, USAFounded 2000$1.8B AUMwww.vistaequitypartners.com

Private equity and credit firm investing exclusively in enterprise software companies.

Strategy

Stages
BuyoutGrowthCredit
Sectors
Software
Geographies
Austin, Texas, USA

Recent changes

  1. Sep 6, 2026Stages updated: Buyout, Growth, Credit vistaequitypartners.com
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Software vistaequitypartners.com
  3. Jul 29, 2026Invested in CAIS (Series D, $170M) CAIS
  4. Jul 8, 2026Invested in SambaNova (Series F, $1B) TechCrunch
  5. Jul 1, 2026Invested in Together AI (Series C, $800M) BusinessWire

Portfolio

3 total

Recent Investment Activity

3
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jul 29, 2026CAISSeries D$170MOver $2B
Vista Equity PartnersBlue Owl CapitalCarlyle GroupAllianceBernsteinFortress Investment GroupGolub CapitalLord Abbett+1 more
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CAIS
Jul 8, 2026SambaNovaSeries F$1B$11B
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TechCrunch
Jul 1, 2026Together AISeries C$800M$8.3B
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Pulse story

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Fintech
1 · 33%
Semiconductors
1 · 33%
AI infra
1 · 33%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series D
1 · 33%
Series F
1 · 33%
Series C
1 · 33%

Co-Investors

12

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. CAIS Raises $170M Series D, Tops $2B ValuationCAIS raised a $170 million Series D led by Vista Equity Partners at a valuation above $2 billion, funding the alternative-investment platform's push to expand access for the more than 65,000 independent financial advisors already on its network.
  2. CAIS Raises $170M Series D at $2B+ ValuationCAIS raised $170 million in Series D funding led by Vista Equity Partners at a valuation above $2 billion, adding strategic investors including Blue Owl, Carlyle, and Fortress to scale its alternative-investments platform for independent financial advisors.
  3. Together AI Raises $800M at $8.3B Valuation as Open-Source Inference Demand TriplesTogether AI closed an $800 million Series C on July 1 at an $8.3 billion post-money valuation, more than doubling its prior mark. The round was led by Aramco Ventures with Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, Nvidia, March Capital and others participating, as annual bookings crossed $1.15 billion on the back of open-source model usage tripling industry-wide in twelve months.
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