Private equity and the software grail

Introduction

The software industry is a very popular sector for private equity companies and corporations. Following Vista Equity Partners, with approximately 98% of all software companies remaining private, the private markets are uniquely positioned to benefit from the tailwinds driving this sector’s outperformance while simultaneously playing a critical role in the next frontier of the software sector’s development.

The increasing popularity of software, and SaaS in particular, can be traced back to the industry’s adoption of a…