equity founded 1999 founders david stanton dipanjan deb benjamin ball neil garfinkel sanford r. sandy robertson headquarters letterman digital arts center san francisco california united states key people dipanjan deb ceo david golob cio ezra perlman co president deep shah co president tom ludwig coo andrew kowal chris adams ben ball peter christodoulo neil garfinkel keith geeslin petri oksanen matt spetzler total assets 10 billion number of employees 35 investment professionals website www.franciscopartners.com francisco partners is an american private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology enabled services businesses . francisco partners management llc was founded in august 1999 and is headquartered in san francisco and maintains an additional office in london . since inception the firm has raised approximately 10 billion in committed capital across four funds and has built an investment portfolio including over 70 companies . 1 contents 1 history 2 investments 3 references 4 external links history edit francisco was founded in 1999 as the emergence of dedicated technology buyout firms began . 2 the founders of the firm came from a group of private equity firms including tpg capital together with the founder of technology focused investment bank robertson stephens . investments edit francisco partners specializes in financing divisional buyouts take privates of public companies sponsored mergers and acquisitions growth equity financing recapitalizations and restructurings . it prefers to invest in mature or maturing technology and technology related companies . the firm invests in software internet healthcare technology communications hardware and technology services . it prefers to invest in companies with enterprise values ranging from 25 million to 2 billion . the firm makes equity investments ranging from less than 25 million to over 500 million . it typically acquires a majority or controlling stake in its portfolio companies but will be a minority investor with board of director representation . francisco partners has more than 30 active portfolio companies . francisco has acquired former venture capital backed companies as well as many divisions of large conglomerates and it companies worldwide . 3 francisco partners have invested in or purchased the following companies 4 company name status aconex exited aderant exited advancedmd software exited aesynt exited akqa exited allston trading current ami semiconductor exited api healthcare exited attachmate exited attenti exited avalon current avangate current barracuda networks current betterment current blue coat exited city index current c mac microtechnology exited dell software 5 current corsair current crossmatch current covermymeds current dextrys current clicksoftware technologies 6 current efjohnson exited efront exited ex libris group exited foundation 9 entertainment exited frontrange solutions exited grass valley exited gxs exited healthland current hypercom exited ichor systems current k2 current kewill current legerity exited lumata current lynx medical systems exited masternaut exited metaswitch networks current metrologic instruments exited minicom exited mitel networks current nextech emr & pm current nexttraq exited nptest exited nso group current 7 numonyx exited officetiger exited paylease current paymetric current plex systems current primavera exited prosper current quadramed exited quantros current redprairie exited smart focus current smart modular technologies exited source photonics current specific media exited therapeutic research center current t system current ultra clean technology exited vendavo current watchguard current webtrends current xcellenet exited references edit http www.franciscopartners.com http www.edn.com home printview contentitemid 4359902 bring us your small unloved start ups . may 15 2004 http www.franciscopartners.com investments francisco partners and elliott management to acquire the dell software group . dell . 20 june 2016 . retrieved august 23 2016 . chen angela 30 april 2015 . clicksoftware to be bought by francisco partners for 438 million . wall street journal . retrieved 6 september 2015 . secretive cyber warfare firm nso group explores sale sources . reuters . november 2 2015 . advanced micro to sell most of communications unit . new york times may 23 2000 g.e. is selling off most of electronic commerce business . new york times june 25 2002 citing a tight bond market g.e. makes a loan to a buyer . new york times september 28 2002 francisco partners to sell aesynt for 275m . pitchbook november 2 2015 external links edit francisco partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 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