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Change to prose

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This section was out of date and the formatting did not make sense, considering how often this information changes. Converted to prose. Accountmetric (talk) 17:48, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Was just thinking a table might be cleaner. - Indefensible (talk) 19:06, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

COI Edit Request

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Edit Request

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Hello Wikipedia community. I am disclosing my conflict of interest and messaging as a spokesperson for Vista Equity Partners. I would like to request the following edits to the information box on our page:

  1. Could someone please update the logo? we have a new logo that can be found here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_Equity_Partners_logo_2.svg
  2. We would like to change the industry from "private equity" to "asset management"
  3. Can we add the following "products" to the infobox: "private equity" "asset management"
  4. Could someone change the number of employees in the infobox to “75,000+ (2021)." Here are sources:
  5. Can we also add the number of assets under management? As stated on our website, we have over $94 million assets under management [Source: Vista Equity Partners] We realize some sources give different numbers (Bloomberg, PE Hub) but $94 million+ is the most accurate.

VistaEP-37 (talk) 14:55, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I've updated the logo. For #2, most reliable sources describe Vista as a private-equity firm, so will skip this one. For #4, we should be listing the employee count of the company itself, and not be counting the employees across Vista's portfolio companies. I'm also skipping #5, since the page already is tagged for excessively relying on primary sources. Thanks, Ptrnext (talk) 23:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Closing this request as answered, per above. Z1720 (talk) 17:49, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request

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Edit Request

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Hello again Wikipedia.

I work with Vista Equity Partners and am writing this request to ask for the template to be removed from the top of the page. I have done my best to research the issues listed in the template and address them below:

1. “This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: REFBOMB and possibly fails ORGIND as too much reliance on company-produced info/announcements/interviews/quotations.”

Currently, there are 103 sources listed on the page. I only see one that comes from the company, after the sentence, “The company has offices in several cities, including Austin, Texas, New York City, and San Francisco.” Could someone just delete this source? It looks like the other sources listed support that statement.

I have also gone through the sources and I don’t see where company interviews and quotations are overused. I see that some of the sources contain quotes, but it doesn’t look like the quotes are overused to gather information for the Wikipedia article. Could you please point me to specific examples so we can remedy this issue?

I researched the REFBOMB issue to see what that was in reference to. I have done my best to fact check the article, and would like to offer the following adjustments:

- Under the section “2010-2019” it says “The company opened an office in Austin, Texas, in 2011.”

After reviewing the source, it should actually say, “In 2011, the company moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas.”

-Under the section “2020-present” it says, “ In 2020, Vista joined Diligent Corporation's modern leadership initiative and pledged to create five new board roles among its portfolio companies for racially diverse candidates.”

It looks like this information is in the Forbes source, but not in the current Diligent source. Here is a source that supports the information about joining Diligent: [Source: Diligent]

-Under the section “2020-present” it says, “In January 2022, it was announced that Citrix Systems had been acquired in a $16.5 billion deal by affiliates of Vista and Evergreen Coast Capital. The all-cash acquisition will see Citrix merge with TIBCO, a Vista portfolio company.”

I see that the source doesn’t mention anything about TIBICO. Here is a source to support that statement: [Source: Tech Target]

Please let me know if there is any other information that needs better sourcing.

2. “This article contains content that is written like an advertisement.”

Can you point me to specific instances where the content is written like an advertisement so we can adjust?

3. Additionally, we previously made a request to have the company's assets under management placed in the info box on the top of the page. Earlier, we only had a firsthand source, so here is a source from Sept 2022 stating that the assets under management are $96 billion: https://www.pehub.com/vista-equity-partners-adds-charlton-as-managing-director-to-credit-team/

Thank you for your help! VistaEP-37 (talk) 14:44, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request

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Hello, I’d like to suggest the following formatting and content changes:

  1. Remove the 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-present subheadings and content within the sections under the Investments section.

Reason: Reformatting the section into a table to condense the information a bit.

2. Add a new subheading titled “Acquisitions” at the beginning of the Investments section and format the content into a table:

Acquisitions

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Number Acquisition date Company Country Price (USD) Reference
1 August 2000 SourceNet Solutions United States – [1]
2 2003 Aspect Communications United States $50 million [2]
3 2004 Applied Systems, Inc. United States – [3]
4 2005 MDSI Mobile Data Solutions United States $70 million [4]
5 2006 Reynolds and Reynolds United States $2.58 billion [5]
6 2007 Indus International United States $240 million [6]
7 2007 SirsiDynix United States $260 million [7][8]
8 2008 P2 Energy Solutions Inc United States – [9]
9 May 2009 SumTotal Systems United States $160 million [10]
10 2009 MicroEdge United States $30 million [11]
11 2011 Vitera Healthcare Solutions (formerly Sage Healthcare) United Kingdom $320 million [12]
12 June 2012 Bullhorn, Inc. United States – [13][14]
13 June 2012 Finastra

(Formerly Misys)

United Kingdom $2 billion [15]
14 June 2013 Forcepoint

(Formerly Websense)

United States $906 million [16]
15 November 2013 Active Network Inc. United States $1.05 billion [17]
16 December 2014 TIBCO United States $4.2 billion [18]
17 2014 NAVEX Global United States – [19][20]
18 February 2015 Automated Insights United States – [21]
19 2015 PowerSchool United Kingdom $350 million [22]
20 March 2016 Solera Holdings United States $6.5 billion [23]
21 June 2016 Ping Identity United States $600 million [24]
22 2016 Cvent United States $1.65 billion [25]
23 2016 GovDelivery United States $153 million [26]
24 2016 Granicus United States – [27]
25 2016 Vivid Seats United States $850 million [28]
26 August 2017 Marketo United States $1.79 billion [29]
27 2017 Market Track United States – [30]
28 August 2018 Alegeus United States – [31]
29 November 2018 Apptio United States $1.9 billion [32]
30 November 2018 Wrike United States – [33]
31 December 2018 Mindbody United States $1.9 billion [34]
32 September 2019 Acquia United States $1 billion [35]
33 November 2019 Sonatype United States – [36]
34 November 2019 Accelya United Kingdom – [37]
35 March 2020 Tripleseat United States – [38]
36 May 2020 Jio Platforms India $1.49 billion [39]
37 November 2020 Pipedrive United States – [40]
38 November 2020 Gainsight United States $1.1 billion [41]
39 September 2021 Drift United States – [42]
40 September 2021 Blue Prism United Kingdom $1.5 billion [43]
41 January 2024 Engagesmart United States $4 billion [44]

Reason: Reformatting the section into a table to condense the information a bit.

3. Add a new subheading titled “Other investments” below the Divestments section and format the content into a table:

Other investments

Number Investment date Company Country Price (USD) Reference
1 March 2001 BigMachines United States $29 million [45]
2 2015 Main Street Hub United States $25 million [46]
3 2017 Upserve United States $100 million [47]

References

  1. ^ "Vista Equity Partners Acquires SourceNet Solutions". Mergr. Mergr. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ^ "Vista Equity Partners Acquires Aspect Communications". Mergr. Mergr. 2003-01-01. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ "Vista Equity Acquires Applied Systems". Insurance Journal. Wells Media Group, Inc. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  4. ^ "ABB to buy U.S. software company Ventyx for over $1 billion". Reuters. Reuters. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  5. ^ "Vista Equity Partners Acquires The Reynolds and Reynolds". Mergr. Mergr. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  6. ^ "ABB to buy U.S. software company Ventyx for over $1 billion". Reuters. Reuters. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  7. ^ "SirsiDynix Switches from Vista Equity to ICV". PitchBook. PitchBook Data, Inc. 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  8. ^ "Vista Equity Partners Acquires SirsiDynix". Mergr. Mergr. 2006-12-27. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  9. ^ Dezember, Ryan (2013-10-07). "Advent International Agrees to Buy P2 Energy from Vista Equity". Private Equity News. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  10. ^ "SumTotal Chooses Rival Bid From Vista". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  11. ^ Brown, Steven E.F. (2009-07-28). "Advent Software to sell MicroEdge unit to Vista Equity Partners". San Francisco Business Times. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  12. ^ Linsell, Katie (2011-09-22). "Vista Equity Buys Sage Software Healthcare for $320 Million". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  13. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (2012-06-14). "Software Recruitment Giant Bullhorn Acquired By Vista Equity Partners For A Price In The Lower Nine Figures". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  14. ^ Alspach, Kyle (2012-06-14). "Bullhorn acquired by private equity firm for 9 figures; IPO still a goal". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  15. ^ Scott, Mark (2012-03-19). "Vista Equity Partners to Buy Misys for $2 Billion". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  16. ^ Graham, Michael (2015-07-15). "Raytheon to Acquire Websense for $1.9 Billion, Form New Company". SecurityWeek. SecurityWeek Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  17. ^ Moritz, Scott (2013-09-30). "Active Network to Be Acquired by Vista for $1.05 Billion". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  18. ^ Clancy, Heather (2014-12-22). "Exit Interview: What's next for Tibco founder Vivek Ranadivé?". Fortune. Fortune Media IP Limited. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  19. ^ Tan, Gillian (2014-10-14). "Vista Equity Partners Emerges From Private-Equity Shadows". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  20. ^ Vinn, Milana; Oguh, Chibuike (2022-12-14). "BC Partners considers selling a stake in compliance software firm Navex-sources". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  21. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (2015-02-12). "Vista Acquires Automated Insights, The Startup Behind The AP's "Robot" News Writing". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  22. ^ Wan, Tony (2015-06-18). "Pearson to Sell PowerSchool to Vista Equity Partners for $350M". EdSurge. EdSurge Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  23. ^ Murray, Lance (2015-09-14). "Vista Equity Partners to acquire Solera Holdings in $6.5B deal". Dallas Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  24. ^ Miller, Ron (2016-06-12). "Ping shapes new identity after $600 million acquisition". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  25. ^ Bhattarai, Abha (2016-11-29). "After months of government scrutiny, $1.65B Cvent acquisition is finalized". The Washington Post. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  26. ^ St. Anthony, Neal (2016-09-27). "$153M Sale to Vista Equity Will Allow GovDelivery to Step Up Growth". Star Tribune. Star Tribune Media Company. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  27. ^ Chuang, Tamara (2018-01-02). "Vista Equity buys another Denver tech firm, Granicus". The Denver Post. MediaNews Group. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  28. ^ "Vista Equity Looking To Unload Vivid Seats For $1.5B". PYMNTS. PYMNTS.com. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  29. ^ Gagliordi, Natalie (2016-05-31). "Marketo is acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.79 billion". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  30. ^ "Vista Equity Acquiring Market Track From Aurora". WSJ Pro Private Equity. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  31. ^ "Vista Equity to Acquire Alegeus From Lightyear Capital". WSJ Pro Private Equity. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  32. ^ Krazit, Tom (2018-11-11). "Vista Equity Partners to pay $1.9 billion in private-equity deal for Apptio". GeekWire. GeekWire. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  33. ^ Schubarth, Cromwell (2018-11-30). "Private equity firm buys majority stake in San Jose software startup Wrike". Silicon Valley Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  34. ^ "Vista Equity Partners to buy Mindbody in a $1.9 billion deal". Reuters. Reuters. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  35. ^ Miller, Ron (2019-09-24). "Vista Equity Partners buys Acquia for $1B". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  36. ^ Whittaker, Zack (2019-11-18). "Cybersecurity firm Sonatype acquired by Vista Equity". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  37. ^ Chowdhry, Amit (2019-11-22). "Vista Equity Partners Acquires Accelya". Pulse 2.0. Pulse 2.0 LLC. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  38. ^ Cooper, Laura (2020-03-04). "Vista Equity Portfolio Company Gather Technologies Buys Tripleseat". WSJ Pro Private Equity. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  39. ^ Gubagaras, Mark Anthony (2020-05-08). "Vista Equity Partners to Acquire Jio Platforms Stake for US$1.49B". S&P Global. S&P Global Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  40. ^ O’Hear, Steve (2020-11-12). "Sales CRM Pipedrive takes majority investment from Vista Equity Partners to reach unicorn status". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  41. ^ Miller, Ron; Wilhelm, Alex (2020-11-30). "Vista acquires Gainsight for $1.1B, adding to its growing enterprise arsenal". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  42. ^ Azevedo, Mary Ann (2021-09-01). "Vista Equity to acquire majority stake in SaaS startup Drift, taking it to unicorn status". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  43. ^ Miller, Ron; Wilhelm, Alex (2021-09-28). "RPA industry consolidation continues with sale of Blue Prism to Vista for £1.095B". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  44. ^ Cooper, Laura; Dummett, Ben (2023-10-23). "Vista Equity Partners Agrees to $4 Billion Buyout of EngageSmart". WSJ Pro Private Equity. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  45. ^ Farmer, Melanie Austria (2001-03-19). "BigMachines reels in $29 million". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  46. ^ "GoDaddy Acquires Main Street Hub". WSJ Pro Venture Capital. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  47. ^ Rogers, Bruce (2017-08-28). "Angus Davis Builds Upserve To Serve As Management Platform For America's One Million Restaurants". Forbes. Forbes Media LLC. Retrieved 2024-10-16.

Reason: Reformatting the section into a table to condense the information a bit.

Please let me know if there are any changes or recommendations to help improve this information. I am putting together another request for the future to expand and improve this section further in the future.

Thank you!

VistaEP-37 (talk) 19:28, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: While I can appreciate the work you put into this, per WP:USEPROSE Wikipedia generally has a strong preference for prose over tables and lists. While I grant that the current 'Investments' section isn't the most thrilling read, it's not the worst case of proseline I've seen, and in my opinon the stated reason for the request of "condensing the info a bit" doesn't warrant the change. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:56, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @DrOrinScrivello,
Thank you so much for your feedback, I’m still learning the ins and outs of the platform so I appreciate all the help I can get. I was looking to reformat the Investments section into tables because I would like to update the article in the future regarding acquisitions and investments to include more of our portfolio. I saw this Wikipedia article in which their acquisitions are formatted in a table, so I assumed that was more appropriate for us as well. Our current copy that we aim to have implemented has 76 total acquisitions and 30 total investments. I’d be happy to share with you what I am looking to add to the article if that helps with your thought process. If you still disagree with reformatting the sections, would you mind if I get input from other editors through a consensus?
Thank you again!
VistaEP-37 (talk) 17:08, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, VistaEP-37. The issue as I see it is twofold; first, the purpose of the organization's article isn't to include more of [your] portfolio, though I grant that it can be difficult to draw the line between what's relevant for inclusion and what isn't; second, I believe the presence of a 76-item chart would overwhelm the article visually for what is relatively trivial information (the one you linked to in your reply only lists 13 - though there have almost certainly been more - which is more on balance for the rest of the article). An argument could possibly be made for the creation of a separate List of acquisitions by Vista Equity Partners article that includes a comprehensive detailing of each transaction, but I fail to see how an exhaustive chart benefits the parent article.
With all of that said, articles about corporations and firms like these are not my typical topic area to edit in, so it may be that my opinion is in the minority. I'm reopening this edit request to allow other users to chime in, and of course you're always welcome to open a new request at any time. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:35, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@VistaEP-37: I'd recommend taking a look at Wikipedia's neutral point of view (NPOV) policy, particularly the section on due weight. Basically, Wikipedia articles should only summarize the most important information, which is information that is written about in reliable, secondary sources. A notice that a lot of these merger citations are to basic announcements of the merger, rather than in-depth articles about the mergers. The neutral way to write the article would be to emphasize the mergers and acquisitions that have received that kind of media coverage. The table you've created could potentially be a list as well, titled something like "List of Vista Equity Partners acquisitions". If you do intend to create that article, note that the COI guidelines require you to create a draft article and use the articles for creation process. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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