Francisco Partners
Leading global private equity firm specializing in technology and technology-enabled businesses. Founded to pursue structured investments in technology companies undergoing strategic, technological, and operational inflection points.
• San Francisco, USA • Est. 1999
Investment Requirements
Revenue (ARR)
Flexible
Deal Structure
Flexible
Target Industries
B2B Software
Geographic Focus
Global
Company Overview
Francisco Partners
What They Buy
- Deal Size: $100M+ deals, often multi-billion
- Target: Tech companies at growth/transition points
- Geography: Global (San Francisco HQ, London, NYC offices)
- Industries: SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare tech, data/analytics
Recent Exits
- New Relic: Bought for $6.5B in 2024
- Sumo Logic: Bought for $1.7B in 2023
- Forcepoint: Acquired from Raytheon in 2021
Track Record
- Founded: 1999
- Experience: 450+ tech companies invested
- Portfolio Scale: $20B+ combined revenue across companies
- Deal Types: Buyouts, growth equity, take-privates, recaps
Founder Testimonials
"We are proud to have built an industry-leading portfolio of security products that protect our customers' infrastructure, people, and data. This transaction represents an exciting opportunity for Forcepoint to continue to innovate and drive growth with Francisco Partners. We believe that this partnership will help us to continue to invest in our products and organization while delivering increased value to our customers."
"Throughout our partnership with Francisco Partners and Great Hill, NMI has successfully accelerated revenue growth, delivered product innovation, and strengthened our customer relationships. We are excited to welcome Insight Partners, a growth-oriented investor with deep integrated software and payments experience, as we expand our global footprint and deliver best-in-class solutions to our customers."
"Ever since our founding over 15 years ago, New Relic has created and delivered groundbreaking innovations, with a maniacal focus on delivering a leading observability platform to help our customers deliver better software faster. We are pleased to partner with Francisco Partners and TPG, who are committed to continuing to build upon New Relic's strong foundation and achieve its full potential."
"Since founding Sumo Logic in 2010, we have created a trusted, cloud-native, SaaS analytics platform for observability and security, enabling our customers to transform complexity into insights. Today's announcement represents a compelling outcome for our stockholders. We are delighted at the prospect of partnering with Francisco Partners in the next phase of Sumo Logic's journey."