Flexible Capital

Providing transformational capital and expertise at key inflection points.

  • Buy-and-Build
  • Divisional Carve-Outs
  • Minority
  • Partnering with Founders
  • PIPEs / Sponsored M&A
  • Private Buy Out
  • Private Credit
  • Public to Private
  • Roll-Over

We partner with those driven to build. We are flexible in our approach: one size does not fit all. Our transformative capital allows us to help companies explore opportunities that they wouldn’t have previously considered.

  • We have helped our companies complete more than 200 add-on acquisitions.

  • We take our management teams through every step of this process, ensuring they build the necessary skills to execute on M&A opportunities independently in the future.

  • We are nimble and make decisions quickly when an investment opportunity arises for a company.

  • Our operating partners are available to support our companies with M&A integration.

Investments

News and Awards —

Trellis Rx Recognized as Americas Small-Cap Winner for PEI's OpEx Awards

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Announces Sale of Trellis Rx

News and Awards —

TS Imagine Recognized as Middle-Market Deal of the Year by M&A

Press Releases —

NMI Acquires IRIS CRM, Expanding Deeper in the Commerce Value-Chain

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Announces Sale of Quest Software

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Portfolio Company Renaissance Announces Significant Growth Investment from Blackstone

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners portfolio company NMI Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Insight Partners

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners portfolio company Dynamo Software Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Blackstone Growth

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Congratulates Three Portfolio Companies for Recognition on 2021 Inc. 5000 List

Press Releases —

Payscale Continues Growth Trend Through Acquisition of Pay Equity Analysis and Compensation Management Software Leader, CURO

Press Releases —

Vendavo Secures Strategic Investment to Accelerate Growth

Press Releases —

Clearlake Capital-Backed symplr To Acquire HealthcareSource From Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Announces Combination of TradingScreen and Imagine Software to Create Leading Trading and Investment Management Platform

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire Leading Legal Education Provider BARBRI

Press Releases —

iZotope and Native Instruments join forces under new music and audio creator group

Press Releases —

Keyloop Acquires RAPID RTC and enquiryMAX

Press Releases —

PayScale and Payfactors join forces to create compensation technology and data powerhouse

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of International Business of CDK Global and Rebrands as Keyloop

Press Releases —

NMI Acquires USAePay to Expand Omnichannel Payment Offering

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners and Marlin Equity Partners complete merger of Consignor and Unifaun

Press Releases —

EMH Partners and Native Instruments’ Founding Shareholders to sell majority ownership in Native Instruments to Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II and Paysafe, A Leading Global Payments Provider Focused on Digital Commerce and iGaming, Announce Merger

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire International Business of CDK Global for $1.45 Billion

Press Releases —

RedSail Technologies, LLC Positioned to Buy PioneerRx® to Transform Community Pharmacy

Press Releases —

SmartBear Announces Investment from Vista Equity Partners

Press Releases —

Dynamo Acquires Imagineer Technology Group, Expanding Its Leading Market Position in Cloud Software for the Global Alternatives Industry

Press Releases —

Waystar to Acquire eSolutions, an Industry Leader in Revenue Cycle & Medicare Analytics

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners acquires Consignor Group for NOK 1.5 Billion

Press Releases —

TA Associates and Francisco Partners Announce Significant Growth Investment in Edifecs

Press Releases —

QGenda Announces Strategic Growth Investment from ICONIQ Capital

Press Releases —

Smith Technologies Completes Acquisition by Francisco Partners and Rebrands as RedSail Technologies

Press Releases —

EG Acquires Holte

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire Pharmacy and Public Sector Software Firm Smith Technologies

Press Releases —

Perforce Software Receives Strategic Investment From Francisco Partners To Accelerate Growth

Press Releases —

EG acquires Lindbak Retail Systems AS

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners completes acquisition of EG

Press Releases —

Genstar Capital Acquires Prometheus Group for Over $1 Billion

Press Releases —

Perforce Software Announces Strategic Investment from Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Dynamo Software Acquires Preqin Solutions

Press Releases —

PayScale Announces Majority Growth Investment from Francisco Partners at an Enterprise Value of $325 Million

Press Releases —

Quest Acquires Development & Database Market Leader ApexSQL to Enhance Information Management Business Solution Offerings

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to acquire EG from Axcel for DKK 3.7 billion

Press Releases —

HID Global Acquires Crossmatch to Expand in Biometric Identity Management

Press Releases —

Bomgar Announces Acquisition of BeyondTrust to Expand Privileged Access Management Offerings

Press Releases —

SmartBear Acquiring Zephyr To Expand Its Market Leading Test Management Portfolio And Strengthen Atlassian Marketplace Alliance

Press Releases —

Bomgar Acquiring Avecto to Create Leading Privileged Access Management Solution

Press Releases —

Quest Acquires Metalogix to Bolster Microsoft Platform Management Solutions Portfolio

Press Releases —

SmartBear Accelerates Continuous Testing With Acquisition Of Hiptest

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire Renaissance

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire Bomgar, Expanding Cybersecurity Portfolio

Press Releases —

Renaissance Acquires myON to Expand Digital Literacy Solutions

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Completes $2 Billion Debt Refinancing for Parent Company of SonicWALL and Quest

Press Releases —

Dynamo Software Announces Growth Investment From Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

NMI Announces New Investment From Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Vendavo Acquires Endeavor Commerce

Press Releases —

Prometheus Group Acquires Pipeline Group, Inc. and Sage Technology

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Buys SmartBear Software

Press Releases —

Kewill and LeanLogistics Rebrand as BluJay Solutions, Unveil World’s First Global Trade Network

Press Releases —

Operative, Inc. Announces Acquisition by SintecMedia

Press Releases —

Prometheus Group Announces Strategic Investment from Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners and Elliott Management Complete Acquisition of Dell Software Group

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners and Elliott Management to Acquire the Dell Software Group

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in QGenda

Press Releases —

Kewill Announces Acquisition of LeanLogistics

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners acquires SintecMedia

Press Releases —

CPSI to Acquire Healthland for $250 Million

Press Releases —

Back to News Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of HealthcareSource

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire HealthcareSource

Press Releases —

eSolutions Receives Strategic Investment from Francisco Partners

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Vendavo, Inc.

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners to Acquire Business-to-Business Pricing Leader Vendavo, Inc.

Press Releases —

Proposed Merger between Micro Focus and the Attachmate Group to Create a Leading Global Infrastructure Software Company

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Sells Masternaut to Newly Formed Joint Venture between Summit Partners and FleetCor Technologies

Press Releases —

CrossMatch acquires DigitalPersona and appoints new CEO

Press Releases —

GE Completes API Healthcare Acquisition

Press Releases —

GE to Acquire API Healthcare

Press Releases —

Barracuda Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Press Releases —

OpenText Enters Into Agreement to Acquire GXS

Press Releases —

Kewill Completes Acquisition of Four Soft

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Nextech

Press Releases —

Population Health Management Solutions Arrive as Healthland Acquires American HealthTech

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners taps software industry veteran to drive growth and extend market leadership

Press Releases —

Barracuda Networks Announces Financing and Recapitalization

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Acquires Biometrics Provider Cross Match Technologies

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Global Supply Chain Software Company Kewill

Press Releases —

Francisco Partners’ Portfolio Company API Healthcare Acquires Concerro

Press Releases —

Lumata: Francisco Partners and Buongiorno Backed Venture Positioned for Global Growth in Mobile Marketing