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Based on the most helpful WSO content, here are some of the top platforms in Tech Private Equity (PE) across various fund sizes:
Mega Funds (MF):
Upper Middle Market (UMM):
Middle Market (MM):
Lower Middle Market (LMM):
These firms are highly regarded for their tech verticals and investment strategies. If you're heading into recruiting, aligning your interests with the specific focus areas of these funds (e.g., software, IT services, or tech-enabled businesses) can help you target the right opportunities.
Sources: Are top MFins target programs for Private Equity firms?, This is the perfect time to go into VC, Tech-focused PE funds?, Venture Capital Salary versus BB and Private Equity, Private Equity vs. Venture Capital in 2018
Veritas aint LMM
This whole list is wrong
Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake and nobody else really comes close. Vista used to be up there but they’ve fallen off a cliff
How about Legacy MFs?
Not sure how H&F was beat out by Silver Lake (maybe if you narrowly focus on firms that exclusively do tech); H&F are some of the best HCIT + software investors historically. Seems like they got a bit undisciplined with valuation in the last cycle (like all other sw PE funds) and are paying for their sins. They should fare better than your Vistas/SLs on MOIC perspective given asset quality/ compounding, but IRR on 21-23 vintage tech investments are likely to be lower
Silver Lake if you want a more generalist tech experience and Thoma if you want to focus on enterprise software
Veritas and Clearlake
Clearlake hasn’t been performing well - Veritas has been doing exceptionally well (top decile) but is a mix of govt & technology (think digital automation for the govt, A&D, regulated tech)
Yah, I think of Veritas as TES vs. a pure play software player like TB
Clearlake is a dumpster fire
Who is best among the Mega Funds? How is EQT?
New School Tech Only: TB, Vista, SLP
Megafund: H&F, Advent, Warburg
Appropriate timing - SLP on that 50B buyout for EA is putting them boys back on top.
Nothing like washing the Saudi’s money for a 10% IRR
SLP - TikTok and EA recently
Silver Lake. And yeah Thoma
Thoughts on TPG?
For ppl that are mentioning SLP because of EA…… just wait until the details come out LOL. Obviously they are one of the absolute top shops, but that deal is a bit of a meme
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