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Vista Equity Partners

also referred to as: vista · vista equity

6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2020 by Harry Stebbings · said 51 times in 27 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Lemkin (18), Harry Stebbings (14), Rory O'Driscoll (4), Everett Randle (3), Roger Ehrenberg (2), Ravi Viswanathan (1), Nick Mehta (1), Mitchell Green (1)

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Everything said about Vista Equity Partners, oldest first

Apr 6, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
NewView Capital's $1.35B debut fund yielded three major exits within two years
“Launched in 2018 with their 1.35 billion dollar debut fund, They've already set themselves as leaders in the world of growth funding, with three massive exits in less than two years, in the form of, check this out, Plaid sold to Visa for 5.3 billion dollars, A…”
Harry Stebbings Apr 6, 2020 ▶ 0:24 20VC: Raising A $1.35Bn Fund I, The Emerging Secondary Opportunity For Early Stage Managers and Founders & What It Takes To Win The Best Growth Deals Today with Ravi Viswanathan, Founder & Managing Partner @ NewView Capital
Jul 15, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Vista Equity Partners acquired Gainsight for $1.1 billion in 2020
“Last year, as a result of their incredible success, Gainsight was acquired by Vista for a reported 1.1 billion dollars.”
Harry Stebbings Jul 15, 2021 ▶ 0:32 20VC's Therapist Thursday: We Are Not All Crushing It All The Time So Let's Stop Pretending, Working Through Challenges of Self-Worth and Self-Doubt & How To Find Joy in the Striving with Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight
Jan 31, 2022 neutral
Prediction Partly held up
Ehrenberg: Tech PE will fill M&A void but pay lower valuations
“And maybe what that speaks to, Harry, is a further rise of firms like Vista and Insight. So you have tech PE start to step into the shoes of M&A. The issue there, though, is they don't pay as much. Somebody like Vista, you know, they have accumulated a bunch o…”
Roger Ehrenberg Jan 31, 2022 ▶ 30:41 20VC: How Startup Valuations, Fund Deployment Cycles, M&A and IPO Markets Will All Change in This New Market, Where Will The Biggest Crunch Be, When Is The Right Time To Be Aggressive vs Conservative with Roger Ehrenberg, Founding Partner @ IA Ventures
Nov 30, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Lemkin: Pipedrive Sold to Vista Equity Partners for $1.5B Cash
“The first one was pipe drive. They sold for 1.5 billion cash to Vista last year.”
Jason Lemkin Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 4:50 Jason Lemkin: Cold Email Tips; Why Only 15% of Founders Listen to their VCs | 20VC #954 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 3, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Vista wrote down its $3.5B Pluralsight acquisition to zero
“So the Pluralsight news was that Vista wrote down their three and a half billion dollar buyout of Pluralsight last week to zero.”
Harry Stebbings Jun 3, 2024 ▶ 1:05 Jason Lemkin: PluralSight S*** the Bed & The Next IPO Candidates | E1160 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 9, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Clements: Private equity firms will acquire overvalued 2021 tech startups
“I think it's probably a good time to be in the LBO business. I think it's probably a good time to be in the Toma Bravo Vista Blackstone KKR business. There will be homes for a lot of those companies, you know, who get themselves to a sustainable place and they…”
Miles Clements Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 41:02 "Cursor is Dead" is Total BS: Here is Why | Miles Clements · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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