Vista was formed in 2000 to pursue buyout transactions of enterprise software businesses and technology-enabled solutions companies. Since inception, Vista has consistently demonstrated an ability to create value through a disciplined investment focus on companies that provide mission-critical software, data and technology-enabled solutions, have attractive recurring revenue attributes and offer opportunities for improvement in their operations.
In 2013, Vista established its credit platform (Vista Credit Partners or VCP) to leverage its extensive domain expertise, resources, market presence and proprietary investment acumen built on more than 20 years of successful investing experience in software-focused businesses to capitalise on credit investment opportunities in the growing enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses sector. VCP is focused on the opportunity set across software, data and technology-enabled credit in both the liquid and private credit markets.
As of 31 March 2025, Vista has over US$100 billion in assets undermanagement, with US$9 billion of that total across its private credit funds. Globally, Vista is one of the largest and most active investment firms dedicated to investing in the enterprise software, data and technology-enabled solutions sector, having made over 580 acquisitions in the sector since inception, more than any other company (financial sponsor or strategic).
AGE 65
TRADITIONAL SPLIT
$100,000
AGE 30
AGE 65
WITH PRIVATE EQUITY
$1,240,000
$2,300,000
AGE 30
$100,000
AGE 65
TRADITIONAL SPLIT
$1,240,000
AGE 65
WITH PRIVATE EQUITY
$2,300,000
*Value of hypothetical portfolio in nominal terms based on historical data, with returns averaged across all private equity and an allocation of 20% to private equity. Past performance is not indicative of future performance
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